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Buffalo Rock Company has named Matthew Dent as the chief executive officer.
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DECATUR (AP) — An Alabama councilman apologized for making a racially charged social media post two years ago but a fellow council member believes the apology isn't enough.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two men wanted in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol were arrested over the weekend, including one who reportedly served as a bodyguard to former President Donald Trump's longtime political confidant Roger Stone, federal authorities said Monday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Several million people stand to save hundreds of dollars in health insurance costs, or more, under the Democratic coronavirus relief legislation on track to pass Congress.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A journalist went on trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice in Des Moines last year, after Iowa prosecutors defied international pressure to drop a rare effort to punish a working reporter.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd on Monday paused jury selection for at least a day while an appeal proceeds over the possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Goodbye, sunshine. Hello, study sessions.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fully-vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Before posting a selfie with her COVID-19 vaccination card on Twitter, Aditi Juneja debated whether to include an explanation for why she was eligible for a shot.
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Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts.
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ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — When Phil and Shar Roos heard about the tornado damage at Joe Wheeler State Park, they pointed their recreational vehicle that way.
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SELMA (AP) — The commemoration of a pivotal moment in the fight for voting rights for African Americans will honor four giants of the civil rights movement who lost their lives in 2020, including the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
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The Athens-Limestone Hospital Foundation will be honoring physicians throughout the month with the 2021 Doctors' Day campaign.
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OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Hurricane Zeta devastated Lesley Lee’s oyster farm.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s mask mandate expires April 9, but not the recommendation to wear masks, the state health officer emphasized Friday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums.
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Editor’s note: This is the 17th installment of Q&As with the teachers who have been chosen by Limestone County Schools as teachers of the year. Future installments will tentatively appear in Saturday and Wednesday editions of The News Courier.
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Learning from a book is one thing, but sometimes learning by doing strikes a chord with more students. That is why kindergarten teachers at FAME Academy at Brookhill Elementary have put together a project-based learning unit on the weather.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats' showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emergency jobless benefits broke a logjam that had stalled the package.
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On Feb. 26, Athens Police Department and Athens Fire and Rescue responded with Athens-Limestone Ambulance Service to U.S. 31 and Interstate 65 to a call about an unresponsive person. When Officer Mac McWhorter and Officer William Newton arrived, they performed CPR until more help arrived.
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Each year, the Boys and Girls Club of America hosts a competition known as Youth of the Year. Teens in the organization have the chance to compete on the regional, state and national level for scholarships and prizes.
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The trial for Limestone Sheriff Mike Blakely is now set to begin this summer, records show.
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BESSEMER, Alabama (AP) — Some Democratic members of Congress and national union leaders on Friday sought to rustle up support for unionizing a massive Amazon facility outside Birmingham, comparing Alabama workers' organizing campaign to the civil rights movement.
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More than 27 million Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to keep waiting for guidance from federal health officials for what they should and shouldn't do.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a surprisingly robust 379,000 jobs last month in a sign the economy is strengthening as virus cases drop, vaccinations ramp up, Americans spend more and states ease business restrictions.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa journalist faces trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Eric Swalwell, who served as a House manager in Donald Trump's last impeachment trial, filed a lawsuit Friday against the former president, his son, lawyer and a Republican congressman whose actions he charges led to January's insurrection.
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A former State Department aide in President Donald Trump's administration has been charged with participating in the deadly siege at the Capitol and assaulting officers who were trying to guard the building, court papers show.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a robust 379,000 jobs last month, the most since October and a sign that the economy is strengthening as confirmed viral cases drop, consumers spend more and states and cities ease business restrictions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police has appealed to congressional leaders to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two months after the law enforcement breakdowns of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate steered on Friday toward a voting marathon on Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after enduring an extraordinary half-day holdup forced by a Republican foe of President Joe Biden's top legislative priority.
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Imagine being trapped in the confines of your own neighborhood, losing a sense of the outside world — and of yourself — with each passing day.
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A Toney woman arrested with a Tennessee man after a traffic stop revealed methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in their vehicle had to be taken to a local hospital to have several grams of meth removed from a body cavity, officials said.
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DETROIT (AP) — Pandemic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders kept many drivers off U.S. roads and highways last year. But those who did venture out found open lanes that only invited reckless driving, leading to a sharp increase in traffic-crash deaths across the country.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact her about getting one, especially after she spent nearly two days stuck …
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Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools. Yet in almost every case, sponsors cannot cite a single instance in their own state or region where such participation has caused …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for longtime immigrants who have been convicted of a crime to avoid deportation.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Breaking from other Southern GOP governors, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey extended her state’s mask order for another month Thursday but said the requirement will end for good in April.
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would give cities and counties a possible avenue to take down unwanted Confederate monuments and relocate them elsewhere for preservation.
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — An Alabama Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would let the governor pick the state’s top public health official.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement was on high alert Thursday around the U.S. Capitol after intelligence uncovered a "possible plot" by a militia group to storm the iconic building again, two months after a mob of Donald Trump supporters smashed through windows and doors to try to stop Congre…
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District 4 Commissioner LaDon Townsend has closed New Cut Road between U.S. 72 and Shaw Road until 4 p.m. Thursday for repairs, according to Limestone County Emergency Management Officer Daphne Ellison.
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HOMEWOOD (AP) — Liza Scott, 7, started a lemonade stand at her mom's bakery last summer so she could buy some frills like toys and sequined high-heel shoes. The bouncy little girl is still in business months later, yet the money is going toward something entirely different: surgery on her brain.
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MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will announce whether she will extend, or lift, a statewide mask order that has been in place since July.
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Two weeks ago, Limestone County was struck by a significant ice storm that brought down trees and power lines across the area. Two days later, a winter storm dropped several inches of snow before the county had a chance to thaw out.
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One of two men accused of traveling to Sonic to rob and kill a man in 2016 could see his day in court later this year, records show.
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Authorities continue to piece together a series of events that apparently started with a shooting in Tennessee and ended in a wreck in Limestone County that injured two people.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition, advancing to the Senate what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation.
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James Alvin Hill, 81, of Athens, passed away Friday, March 5, 2021, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2021, at McConnell Memorial Chapel with Ben Donahue officiating. Visitation will be from 12-1:45 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2021, at McConnell Funeral …
James Floyd Carroll, 77, of Anderson, Alabama, died Friday, March 5, 2021, in Florence, Alabama. There will be a 2 p.m. graveside service Monday at Pettusville Cemetery. No visitation is planned. Spry Funeral Home is directing.
Mrs. Evelyn Oceal King, born July 12, 1930, passed from this life on March 3, 2021, at the age of 90. The funeral service will be held noon Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Spry Funeral Home Chapel. Please note that the chapel doors will not open until noon. Dwight Ridinger and Joe Curtis will be…
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