A sinkhole between Hartselle and Priceville that has forced detours on Interstate 65 should be filled by Sunday.
It’s unknown, however, when the interstate will reopen.
Crews worked through …
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Day 2 of a detour around a sinkhole in the northbound lane of Interstate 65 at mile marker 329.9, between Priceville and Hartselle, seemed to go more smoothly than its first, authorities …
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By Ronnie Thomas and Tiffeny Hurtado Staff Writers
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3/20/10
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Woman facing forgery charges
A Hartselle woman faces charges she forged a man’s check to pay a Decatur business in January, police said.
Ann Wilhite Whitlow, 40, was charged Wednesday with …
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On his way home to Ohio from the Florida beaches, Don Leifheit encountered the sinkhole detour that took him through Hartselle, Decatur and Priceville.
He was not happy. He was among the many …
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“We’re literally looking for a needle in a haystack.”
That’s how Buddy Cox, a geo-technical engineer with the Alabama Department of Transportation, described the search Thursday for the …
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By Ronnie Thomas Staff Writer
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3/19/10
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HARTSELLE — Repairs to an Interstate 65 sinkhole created bumper-to-bumper traffic and, at one point Thursday, backed up I-65 northbound traffic as much as three miles.
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Two local volunteer fire departments will soon receive federal funds to purchase new equipment.
The Oak Ridge Volunteer Fire Department near Hartselle was awarded a $27,132 grant, and the Oden …
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FALKVILLE — “You’re a lucky man.”
That’s what Mike Davis of Falkville said an emergency room doctor at Huntsville Hospital told him Thursday night before his release.
Davis was …
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By Ronnie Thomas Staff Writer
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3/13/10
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FALKVILLE — A man is recovering at Huntsville Hospital after the van he was working on fell on top him Thursday afternoon, police said.
Falkville police and firefighters went to a home at …
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FALKVILLE — When Falkville patrolman and K9 handler Johnny Howell takes Marco to elementary schools, students often ask about the dog’s strange-looking right eye.
“I tell them he has an …
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