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SHEFFIELD — Bobby Bretherick smiles big at the very mention of Helen Keller Hospital's Parkinson's Disease Management Program.
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MONTGOMERY — The federal relief spending bill moving through the Legislature directs the lion’s share of $772 million to broadband internet infrastructure, water and sewer projects and health care.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — Five Colbert Animal Services employees and one former employee have told the animal services board they are concerned that a board member removed their personnel files as part of a review of a complaint against the animal shelter.
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Dozens of brides to be as well as matrons of honor, bridesmaids, mothers of the bride and even a few grooms were on hand on Saturday for the Happily Ever After spring bridal show at the Marriott Shoals Conference Center.
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The Shoals unemployment rate in December dropped to 2.9%, securing a remarkable string. It marked an entire year with unemployment below 4%.
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RUSSELLVILLE — Franklin and Colbert County middle school students have an opportunity to receive scholarships to a special Science, Technology, Engineering and Math related program at Space Camp in Huntsville.
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TUSCUMBIA — The recent risk of ice and snow in the Shoals has put a spotlight on a potential problem for the Colbert County Road Department and other departments within the county.
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MUSCLE SHOALS — A childhood tragedy led Greg Kennedy into a career as a firefighter, and now the 24-year veteran has been promoted to assistant fire chief.
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SALT LAKE CITY — It didn't take long for abortion to re-emerge as a flashpoint in state legislatures.
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CAIRO — The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen’s Houthi rebels climbed to at least 82 detainees, the rebels and an aid group said Saturday.
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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Community College System reported a 6% systemwide enrollment increase in for-credit programs in fall 2021 compared to the previous year.
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NEW YORK — The 22-year-old New York City police officer who was shot to death while responding to a call in a Harlem apartment came from an immigrant family and grew up in a community with strained police relations, but joined the force to make a difference in the “chaotic city," he once wrote.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Surveillance video shows a Black 17-year-old struggling with staff at a Wichita juvenile center last fall before he died after he was restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes.
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BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — A stray bullet struck and killed an English astrophysicist while he was inside an Atlanta-area apartment, authorities say.
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When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped. They believed the town was almost triple that size and feared an inaccurate number could force them to make budget cuts.
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LONDON — Revelations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff partied while Britain was in a coronavirus lockdown have provoked public outrage and led some members of his Conservative Party to consider ousting their leader.
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