Shorter, Alabama

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Shorter

Sunny
Temperature: 63.6 °F

Humidity: 33 %
Wind Speed: 7 mph S
Pressure: 29.8 "

Dew Point: 34 °F
Gusts: 27 mph S
Rain Today: 0.06 "

• PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Romain Collin at the Blue Note,NYC January 3, 2009
  

  SOURCE: All About Jazz Publicity To celebrate the holiday season and the imminent release of his debut record, The Rise and Fall of Pipokuhn on Fresh Sound Records, there will be a special performance by ...

• Gaming Taxes To Pay For Schools?
  

  How do you spell relief for the education budget? Could it be B-I-N-G-O? Lawmakers may consider a gambling tax in the next session.. And the Alabama Education Association is all for it.

• Hubbert wants gambling taxes
  

  Alabama can't rival Las Vegas or Atlantic City - or even Mississippi - but gambling has arrived here, and it could get even bigger if Indian tribes ever reach a compact with the state.

• McGhar - Marshall
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Steven Lamar McGhar of Montgomery, Alabama announce the engagement of their daughter Meredith Marie McGhar of Montgomery, Alabama to Matthew David Marshall of Montgomery, Alabama, son of Mr.

• Shorter Police investigate first murder in 6 years
  

  It's a story that rocks small town Alabama. "We haven't had a homicide in at least 6 years," explained Shorter Police Chief Sandor Maloy.

• Police Investigating Murder Near Macon County Gas Station
  

  WSFA 12 news is following some breaking news right now from Macon County. Shorter police confirm a man was shot and killed across the street from the Cold Keg gas station right off exit 22 on I-85. It happened ...

• Examiners find court funds missing
  

  When six of seven audits of small town courts conducted by state examiners find missing public money or sloppy bookkeeping, there is something significantly wrong.

• Interstate 85 accident involves log truck, traffic backed up for miles
  

  WSFA 12 News following breaking news from Macon County where an accident on Interstate 85 northbound has traffic backed up for miles.

• Ties the bind
  

  A real family is more than flesh and blood. It's working toward a common goal, celebrating accomplish ments, pulling together when times are tough and loving uncon ditionally.

• We've got a problem, Alabama
  

  By the numbers, all have violent crime rates higher than Birmingham, according to the FBI's most recent numbers.

• Posh & Marc Jacobs: Short Hair, Shorter Skirts! - ET
  

  Entertainment Tonight Headlines Victoria Beckham is still showing off her new 'do at fashion week in New York -- while she and her friend, designer Marc Jacobs , both show off their short skirts! Last night, ...

• New information in fatal Shorter house fire
  

  An update on a sad story out of Macon County with the death of a retired teacher's aid Willie Frizzel died when her home caught fire early Wednesday morning.

• Macon County Greyhound Park ordered to pay woman
  

  A circuit judge has ordered Macon County Greyhound Park to pay $10 million to a woman who sued the park in a dispute over an electronic bingo game jackpot.

• Former officer suspect in robberies
  

  The Central Store was robbed at gunpoint Friday night, and the prime suspect identified by Elmore County Sheriff's deputies is a former police investigator with 11 years in law enforcement.

• Former Roanoke police officer arrested in robbery
  

  Mississippi law enforce ment arrested a Roanoke man who is a suspect in an Elmore County armed rob bery.

• Former Roanoke police officer arrested in robbery
  

  Mississippi law enforce ment arrested a Roanoke man who is a suspect in an Elmore County armed rob bery.

• Former Roanoke police officer arrested in robbery
  

  Mississippi law enforce ment arrested a Roanoke man who is a suspect in an Elmore County armed rob bery.

• Former Roanoke police officer arrested in robbery
  

  Mississippi law enforce ment arrested a Roanoke man who is a suspect in an Elmore County armed rob bery.

• Former Roanoke police officer arrested in robbery
  

  Mississippi law enforce ment arrested a Roanoke man who is a suspect in an Elmore County armed rob bery.

City Description

Shorter is a town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 355. Shorter is located at 32°24′5″N 85°56′36″W / 32.40139, -85.94333 (32.401397, -85.943326). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 355 people, 121 households, and 93 families residing in the town. The population density was 206.1 people per square mile (79.7/km²). There were 133 housing units at an average density of 77.2/sq mi (29.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 81.69% Black or African American, 16.34% White, 0.85% Native American, and 1.13% from two or more races. There were 121 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples living together, 29.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.45. In the town the population was spread out with 33.0% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to

City Contained By:

• Macon County
• Alabama

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 4.40297978757 km squared

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