Alabama
Posted under Crime, courts, Alabama on July 29th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
20 year old Gabriel Rice will be heading back to Alabama to face federal bank robbery and carjacking charges.
US Magistrate Walter Johnson will sign a warrant for removal to the northern District of Alabama as soon as paperwork can be processed and that’s expected to occur sometime late this week or early next week.
Posted under Auto Accidents, Alabama on July 11th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
Two Floyd Countians have died in an Alabama traffic accident.
The accident involved three tractor trailers on I-59 year Springville Alabama. The accident shut down the northbound lanes on I-59 for nearly four hours. The victims have been identified as 76 year old James Culberson Sr. and 40 year old James Culberson Jr.
The […]
Posted under Radio, Alabama on July 1st, 2008 by RomeNewswire
Rome Broadcasting and Advertising Executive Michael McDougald will be inducted into the Alabama Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame of Broadcasting at special ceremonies planned for Saturday July 19th at Point Clear, Alabama’s Marriott-Grand Hotel Resort. He will be cited for special accomplishments in radio broadcasting in Alabama during a seventeen year period from 1960 […]
Posted under courts, Alabama on June 30th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
It’s back to court for jurors in Centre who found a Conyers woman guilty of murder over the weekend.
The jury will decide whether Barbara Roberts is to be put to death or gets life in prison without parole.
The victim of the slaying, Martha Darlene Roberts was employed at Inland Rome as a personnel […]
Posted under Auto Accidents, Accidents, Alabama on June 24th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
At approximately 5:00 est on Monday afternoon emergency crews responded to reports of an overturned 18 wheeler on Highway 9, just north of the Country Store in Cedar Bluff.
The truck was hauling a load of contaminated topsoil, containing PCB’s. The topsoil was from the GE plant in Rome and the 18 wheeler was en […]
Posted under Medical, Alabama on May 6th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
An Alabama man who worked as a nurse in the Rome area was killed in a motorcycle accident over the weekend during Bike week in Panama City Beach Florida.
According to Panama City Beach Police Major Dave Humphries, 46 year old Robbie J. Green of Weaver, Alabama was riding his motorcycle north on Pier Park Drive […]
Posted under Alabama on April 24th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
Cherokee County authorities responded to a report of a body being discovered in Weiss Lake, near the state docks, at approximately 8:45 this morning (9:45am EST.).
According to Sheriff`s Department Investigator Mark Hicks, authorities are not sure at this time if this is a homicide, a case of suicide, or an accidental death.
The victim was found […]
Posted under Alabama on March 19th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
The battle against the sale of beer in Cedar Bluff is not over. State Attorney General Troy King has filed a motion to join a suit against the town.
The issue revolves around the legality of the vote five years ago in which citizens overwhelmingly supported the sale of beer.