Zach Tyler
The Anniston Star
Alabama, United States
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Every year, this Oxford man’s garage becomes a magical, miniature Christmas village
OXFORD — It’s a scene out of Mayberry, right here in George Pierce’s garage. → Read More
Four area children chosen for Alabama’s Special Olympics team
Special Olympics USA recently picked four children from Oxford and surrounding areas as the team that’ll represent Alabama at the national Special Olympics next year. → Read More
Oxford City Council to seek grant for destruction of Hell’s Gate Bridge
The truss bridge, built as many as 87 years ago but closed for a decade now, isn’t salvageable, the City Council’s members have learned. They hired an engineering firm earlier → Read More
Anniston City Council interviews four for city manager job
Four of five finalists for Anniston’s city manager position interviewed Monday, but City Council members aren’t picking favorites yet. “They were all impressive,” Mayor Jack Draper said after the day-long → Read More
Snowy day darkens, with roads closed and power out for some
As the sun set on a snowy Northeast Alabama on Friday, some thousands were without electric power, and roads were closed throughout the region. → Read More
Snow leads to 15,600 without power in eastern Alabama
“During any kind of winter storm,” Alabama Power Eastern Division spokeswoman Jacki Lowry said by phone Friday, “the main threat is the weight of snow or ice.” → Read More
Proposed amendment specific to Calhoun County would block Southside’s taxing power
A Jacksonville lawmaker has proposed a state constitutional amendment that would prevent cities outside Calhoun County from taxing folks living within it. → Read More
Calhoun County officials choose familiar face to direct sports complex
Lisa Mullinax worked for Anniston for more than 30 years before retiring, 23 of those at the park as secretary to its directors before the city closed the gates. She's → Read More
Anniston's city Manager candidates have held variety of public service jobs
A top candidate for Anniston’s city manager position resigned five days after accepting a job earlier this year in Baton Rouge City Hall, when newspaper reporters raised questions about his → Read More
Anniston council set to interview top five city manager candidates
Anniston officials on Tuesday announced they’d narrowed the field of candidates for a city manager position open since August to five men, four of whom have experience in similar posts. → Read More
McClellan board stops short of move to disband
Directors of the McClellan Development Authority seem to agree that they must dissolve and pass to Anniston the development of former Army land — but questions remain over when and → Read More
Tractor-trailer crash kills one, blocks interstate lanes
A 62-year-old semi driver was killed Sunday night when his tractor-trailer left Interstate 20 west of Heflin in a wreck that left both westbound lanes of the highway blocked by → Read More
State greenlights Anniston Water Works plant improvements
Odor control equipment used at an Anniston Water Works & Sewer Board sewage treatment plant off of Interstate 20 will be replaced as part of a multimillion-dollar renovation project the → Read More
Group paid $6.7M for Quintard Mall, records show
The man in charge of a Georgia-based real estate management company in November spent millions to become the newest owner of Oxford’s Quintard Mall, outspending city officials by hundreds of → Read More
Calhoun County Commission helps get $49k grant for Anniston Fire
More than $49,000 from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency will in the next year pay for new equipment for an Anniston Fire Department hazardous materials team, county officials learned Thursday. → Read More
School officials seek bids for new bleachers at White Plains High
School officials want someone to tear down the visitor side bleachers that now stand and build new ones to match home side stands, renovated earlier this year for $529,000. → Read More
‘Breakfast with Santa’ set for Saturday in Oxford
Christmas elves are set to serve breakfast Saturday at Oxford High School in an annual fundraiser for a nonprofit foundation supporting the school system. → Read More
Oxford council votes to let Calhoun County 911 handle fire calls
The council’s members during a meeting Tuesday night agreed to pay the Calhoun County 911 District $75,500 each year to dispatch Oxford firefighters for the next three years. It’s a → Read More
Hobson City housing project stalled, mayor says
The regional commission overseeing the Hobson City project still needs to find contractors qualified to repair the homes, Mayor Alberta McCrory and others involved in the work said Monday. → Read More
Birders roost at Choccolocco Park
Beautiful fall days bring birds and birders out to Choccolocco Park in Oxford, but the latter are there to not merely look at the former, but to count them, too, → Read More