Scottsboro, Alabama

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• Floodwater from Roseberry Creek eases toward Scottsboro's Trammell Stadium
  

  Floodwater from Roberry Creek here eased toward Trammell Stadium tonight as flooding on the Collins Middle School campus and roads throughout the city prompted officials to delay buses and classes two hours ...

• Flooding delays classes for Scottsboro and Marshall County schools
  

  Flooded streets have prompted Scottsboro City and Marshall County schools to delay the start of its bus routes and classes Wednesday two hours.

• Completion of new movie theatre expected
  

  Construction on Scottsboro's new movie theatre, Hollywood 10 Cinema, is coming along well, according to City Building Inspector Rick Baird.

• Roseberry group to speak to council
  

  A group of homeowners on Roseberry Creek will speak to the Scottsboro City Council Monday at the work session.

• FUMC to host organ recital
  

  John Cannon will perform an organ recital at First United Methodist Church in Scottsboro.

• One woman's New Year's resolution
  

  When Catherine Stewart became a personal trainer, she could tell her clients from experience that achieving fitness was within their reach.

• Elizabeth Elkins Siria
  

  Elizabeth Elkins Siria, 76, of Stevenson, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Huntsville Hospital.

• City employees could see cost-of-living raise
  

  If all goes well, city employees in Scottsboro could see a cost-of-living raise in April or May of 2009.

• Two people face meth charges in Etowah County
  

  Two people from the Valley are facing meth related charges in Etowah County. 40-year-old Brenda Holt from Scottsboro and 36-year-old Arey Mullins from Fort Payne were arrested after a traffic stop on Interstate ...

• Scottsboro Council again delays vote on rezoning of Goosepond Island
  

  The Scottsboro City Council on Monday voted 4-1 to hold a third public hearing on an Athens developer's request to rezone a 92-acre site on Goosepond Island from residential to light manufacturing.

• Council delays rezoning vote again
  

  The Scottsboro City Council made a vote on the rezoning issue on Goose Pond Island Monday night.

• Emergency crew responds to train-car collision in Scottsboro
  

  Emergency personnel are at the scene of a train-car wreck in Scottsboro. Authorities said a Huntsville man, whose name was not immediately known, got his car stuck at North Houston Street and Mary Hunter Avenue ...

• Bike stolen at residence
  

  Three bicycles were stolen from a residence in Scottsboro last Friday morning. According to Detective Bob Petty of the Scottsboro Police Department, the bikes were taken from a residence on West Stewart Road.

• United Givers Fund donations still short
  

  The Jackson County United Givers Fund has reached $87,875 toward the $120,000 goal for the 2008-09 campaign season.

• Spreading Christmas Cheer
  

  Scottsboro Kiwanis Club played Santa this year to 52 Jackson County children through Christmas Charities.

• SBOE accepts personnel recommendations
  

  The Scottsboro City Board of Education approved a number of personnel actions Monday night, including the resignation of Chief Financial School Officer Connie Roberts.

• Author returns home to Scottsboro
  

  Janet Burton will be returning home to Scottsboro this week to sign copies of her new children's book.

• Joseph Edward Kinsey
  

  Joseph Edward Kinsey, 66, of Bridgeport, was called to Heaven by our Lord on December 14, 2008, where he died at Highlands Medical Center in Scottsboro.

• Senior centers to close for holidays
  

  Senior centers throughout Jackson County will be closing after this week for the holidays.

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City Description

Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 14,762. Named for its founder Robert Scott, the city is the county seat of Jackson County. Prior to Scottsboro's founding, the area encompassing the present-day city was inhabited by the Cherokee Indians. While the Tennessee Valley did not have large Native American settlements at the time of the first white settlers, there was a Cherokee town named "Crow Town" near where Scottsboro is located today. As settlers began pouring into the Tennessee region, they found the Tennessee River to be an excellent source of food, water, and a way of shipping goods to the big cities. John Hunt, in 1805, decided to migrate to the area and built a small log cabin in the woods near the river. More people settled in the area and Huntsville was formally incorporated in 1811. More settlers moved into the Mississippi Territory, resulting in the statehood of Mississippi, and the creation of the Alabama Territory in 1818. Delegates from Tennessee and the newly formed Madison County met in Sauta Cave and decided to admit a

City Contained By:

• Jackson County
• Alabama

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 133.902385304 km squared

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