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MRS. JANICE ORENA BOBO ROBERTS
Mrs. Janice Orena Bobo Roberts, 83 of Collinsville, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 22, 2013 at the Collinsville Funeral Home-Sharpe...
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MRS. AMY JORDAN EARLY
Mrs. Amy Jordan Early, 40, passed away on May 15, 2013, 2013. She was born in Centre. Survivors include husband, Timothy Early, father, Joseph D. (Buddy) Jordan, mother, Patricia Jordan Peden, si...
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MR. HOMER PRINCE
Mr. Homer Prince, 73 of Cedar Bluff, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm Monday, May 20, 2013 at Perry Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Glen Stu...
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MRS. NAOMI CRANE
Mrs. Naomi Crane, 84 of Centre passed away May 17, 2013 at Cherokee Health & Rehab. Mrs. Crane was a native of Cherokee County, and was of the Baptist faith. Funeral services were held Sunday, May ...
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MR. BILLY PAUL MORGAN
Mr. Billy Paul Morgan, 79 of Centre, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Cherokee Medical Center. Mr. Morgan was a native of Cherokee County. Funeral services were held Sunday, May 19, 2013 a...
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MRS. SYBIL DELAINE DEAN
Mrs. Sybil Delaine Dean, 82 of Rainbow City passed away Sunday evening May 12, 2013 following an extended illness. Mrs. Dean is the Mother of our Editor, Terry Dean. She was a native of Cherokee Co...
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REV. CLAYTON DOUGLAS GOWENS, SR.
Rev. Clayton Douglas Gowens, Sr., 67, passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at his residence. He was a life long resident of Piedmont. He was a licensed minister with the Congregational Holiness Ch...
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MR. DANNY LEE POUNDS
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MRS. CLARICE HIGGINS SHAW
Mrs. Clarice Higgins Shaw, 84 of Oxford, passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2013 at Regional Medical Center in Anniston.Mrs. Shaw grew up in Pollards ...
MRS. MARY BEARD
Mrs. Mary Beard, 83 of Leesburg, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Beard was a native of Cherokee County and was a member o...
MR. TRAVIS JAMES
Mr. Travis James, 88, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2013 at his residence after an extended illness. He was a lifelong resident of Cherokee County. ...
MRS. IRENE H. GRAHAM
Mrs. Irene H. Graham, 98 of Centre passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Cherokee Health and Rehab. Mrs. Graham was a native of Cherokee County, an...
MRS. SYBIL DELAINE DEAN
Mrs. Sybil Delaine Dean, 82 of Rainbow City passed away Sunday evening May 12, 2013 following an extended illness. Mrs. Dean is the Mother of our E...
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'I just felt totally helpless’

Damage along May Avenue in South Oklahoma CityAnthony Connel could only watch as the tornado destroyed his home.


Tue May 21 16:58:37 UTC 2013
Gay teen faces charges for contact with underage girlfriend

In this photo made available by the Hunt family, Kaitlyn Hunt and her father Steve in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday May 20, 2013. Kaitlyn, 18, was expelled from school for dating and having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, who was a fellow player on her basketball team. Hunt was arrested and charged with two felony counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12 to 16 years. (AP Photo/Hunt Family, HO)An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend.


Tue May 21 17:40:31 UTC 2013
Senate panel approves immigration bill

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee.


Tue May 21 23:06:18 UTC 2013
Pentagon seeks $450M for Guantanamo

FILE – In this March 30, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)The funds will maintain and upgrade the prison that President Obama wants to close.


Tue May 21 19:51:46 UTC 2013