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The Anniston Star

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Perfect attendance: James Conaway is 89 years old, and has hardly ever missed a day of Sunday school

In a sunroom with horseshoe-pitching trophies, old high school letterman sweaters and University of Alabama memorabilia, James Conaway has a display case of 57 pins, each noting a year of → Read More

Anniston officials launch youth bike program

The $15,000 grant, provided by the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama, helped supply 12 bicycles and 30 helmets for kids to use as they learn how to mountain bike. → Read More

Assisted Suicide Ban Act passed with mixed reactions

Some say the law was written in support of a patient’s right to live. Others, however, worry about the burden it places on those charged with providing pain medication to → Read More

Anniston couple charged with animal cruelty

Randy Moeller, the assistant district attorney for Calhoun County, said both are being charged with aggravated cruelty to animals. He said the charges are class C felonies that can be → Read More

Alabama approves new tax on alternative-fuel cars

Gov. Kay Ivey signed HB 333 into law on May 4. According to state Rep. Ken Johnson, R-Moulton, the purpose of the bill was to switch from a decal system → Read More

Man is assaulted in Calhoun County Jail after allegedly touching other inmates

The sheriff said a man was brought to the Calhoun County jail after being arrested by Weaver police for public intoxication at 3:09 a.m. on Monday. He was placed in → Read More

Man assaults two Anniston police officers during arrest

Anniston police Sgt. Shaun Firestone said the officers responded to a call after midnight about a suspicious person in a parking lot in the 1400 block of Nocoseka Trail. → Read More

Calhoun County officials discuss plans to prevent elder abuse

In the 2016 fiscal year, the Alabama Department of Human Resources investigated 9,000 reports of suspected abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults, which includes the elderly. → Read More

Calhoun County deputies searching for beer, honey bun burglar

According to Sheriff Matthew Wade, a Jacksonville-area man called his office Monday saying someone broke into his residence and drank his beer. → Read More

Closure of public health department the latest struggle for cash-starved Coosa County

ROCKFORD — If you’re sick in Coosa County and you have health insurance, nurse practitioner Jamie Chappell may be your best bet. → Read More

Some expect more ticks, potential for Lyme disease

Dani Carroll, a regional extension agent for Calhoun County, said locals can expect more ticks than normal this year because of a warmer winter that allowed faster growth of the → Read More

Natural hair styling gets boost from new state law

The new law allows for natural hair style apprenticeships and lets anyone who has completed 420 hours as an apprentice apply for a natural hairstyling license. → Read More

City stormwater fee puts cemetery on the auction block

The nonprofit that runs New Highland Cemetery failed to pay the stormwater user fee in 2016. The cemetery, adjacent to the city-owned Hillside Cemetery where the city fathers are laid → Read More

Alabama bill requiring jails to provide feminine hygiene products fails

A bill to require Alabama jails to provide feminine hygiene products to inmates failed to pass before the Legislature adjourned last week, but supporters say they’ll bring it back next → Read More

Demolition of Lenlock Shopping Center begins

Demolition of the Lenlock Shopping Center began Monday, after most of the center sat vacant for years. → Read More

WHY THEY RIDE: Five cyclists tell us why they keep coming back to the ‘toughest ride in the South’

The Cheaha Challenge Gran Fondo kicks off today with a huge twist. → Read More

Lincoln council to decide on Sunday alcohol vote date

Lincoln Mayor Lew Watson is not sure when voters will will decide on Sunday alcohol sales in the city, but the City Council may decide in June on an election → Read More

Rural county seeks reimbursement from Forever Wild

The cash-strapped Coosa County is seeking a carve-out in Forever Wild Land, a 25-year-old program that set up a state-funded nonprofit to buy environmentally sensitive land for public use. → Read More

Ivey appoints new tax department head

Gov. Kay Ivey appointed Vernon Barnett as Alabama’s revenue commissioner today, marking the fifth change in her cabinet since becoming governor. → Read More

Lenlock Center on block at property tax auction

For $331.69, Oxford resident Marquis Mason got a chance this week to own part of the Lenlock Center, once a thriving shopping center in Anniston. → Read More