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18, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Legislature says no money for jailed Alabama mom - Gadsden Times
The Alabama Legislature has refused to pay nearly $119,000 to a west Alabama woman who spent nine months in jail facing a capital murder charge that resulted from a botched autopsy on her newborn son. The Senate had included the appropriation ...
18, May 2012 - Montgomery, AL AL high court allows city bankruptcies to proceed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court paved the way for the city of Pritchard to move forward with a nearly 3-year-old filing for bankruptcy. The ruling released on Friday says cities don't need to have bond debt in order to declare bankruptcy. That means Pritchard's filing can move forward, but also paves the way for Jefferson County's largest-in-history municipal bankruptcy. When ...
18, May 2012 - Redistricting includes Shelby, Madison County - Auburn Plainsman
“To move a district that’s wholly within Jefferson County to Madison County makes ... process be done after each federal census, Alabama did not redistrict from 1901 through 1972 when the repercussions of a Birmingham court case, based on the 14th ...
18, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Raiders' McClain sentenced to 180 days in jail - Birmingham News
(AP) — Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for assault and other charges stemming from a November fight in his hometown. Decatur Municipal Judge Bill Cook convicted the 22-year-old former Alabama star ...
18, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Update: Random search for drugs at McAdory High School lands two students in jail - Everything Alab
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama -- Two McAdory High School students were arrested ... The two male students, both 18, were booked into the Jefferson County Jail. Ian James Haddock is charged with second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana.
18, May 2012 - Jefferson County softball spectator charged after bloodying ump's nose - Everything Alabama Bl
Deputies were called to the Mt. Olive ball park just before 8 p.m. on a report of an assault ... Keeton was booked into the county jail with bond set at $2,000. He was released early today after posting bond. The Class C charge of assault ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama lawmakers, Jefferson County officials keep talking about financial rescue - Everything Alab
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Jefferson County officials ... dealing with an occupational tax threatened the bill's chances of becoming law. Such a tax under the bill as now written would apply to architects, lawyers, doctors, engineers and others ...
18, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Chat live with Joey Kennedy about Jefferson County bailout showdown
MOBILE, Alabama-- A Mobile man charged with shooting another man during an argument at Seabreeze Court is out of jail on bail today, according to Mobile County Metro Jail records. Nathaniel Arrington, 27, was released from jail shortly after 1 p ...
18, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Sheriff: Cuts to corrections would create problems - Anniston Star
A Senate version of the 2013 Alabama budget would slash state prison funding in half and possibly release thousands of inmates, according to Department of Corrections officials. In an attempt to meet Medicaid’s budget demands, the Senate approved a ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama lawmakers added a year to Jeffco bankruptcy-lawyer - Reuters
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. May 17 (Reuters) - Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County and creditors owed $4.23 billion will spend a t least an extra year battling in court, the county's lead bankruptcy lawyer said, because state lawmakers killed a bill ...
18, May 2012 - Alabama court says bonds not needed for muni bankruptcies - Daily Press
In a 13-page opinion supporting Jefferson County, which last November filed the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy, the Alabama Supreme Court said another distressed local government, the City of Prichard, was eligible for Chapter 9 filing under ...
18, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Convicted arsonist asks to be released from prison - ABC 33/40 News
CENTREVILLE, Ala. (AP) - 1 of 3 men who pleaded guilty to arson charges in a series of 2006 rural Alabama church fires has asked to be let out of prison early. Russell DeBusk, a former Birmingham-Southern student, on Monday asked Bibb County Circuit Judge ...
18, May 2012 - Stockton Blunders on Books Helped Propel City to Crisis - Businessweek
Stockton, the California ... seek court protection, it would join Central Falls, Rhode Island, which entered Chapter 9 bankruptcy in August after failing to win union concessions, and Jefferson County, Alabama, which became the biggest municipal ...
18, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Former Alabama Organ Center director sentenced to 13 months - Fox Birmingham
The United States Attorney's Office say the former director of the Alabama Organ Center was sentenced to 13 months in prison for his role in a scheme to take kickbacks from a funeral home. U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor handed down the sentence on ...
17, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Alabama court says bonds not needed for muni bankruptcies - Town Hall
In a 13-page opinion supporting Jefferson County, which last November filed the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy, the Alabama Supreme Court said another distressed local government, the City of Prichard, was eligible for Chapter 9 filing under ...
17, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Alabama Lawmakers Kill Jefferson County Rescue Bill - NASDAQ
Jefferson County, home to about 658,000 residents and the city of Birmingham, filed for bankruptcy protection ... Its problems worsened after the Alabama Supreme Court declared that a wage tax that once pumped roughly $75 million into the ...
17, May 2012 - Ex-LSU QB Jefferson sued over bar fight - Hutchinson News
A grand jury declined to indict Johns, while Jefferson was indicted on a misdemeanor charge. Both players were reinstated to the team last season, and Jefferson started in LSU's BCS national championship game loss to Alabama. Johns' lawyer ...
17, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Jefferson County judge upholds life sentence for Terrell French in Terrory Murphy killing (updated)
BESSEMER, Alabama -- The mother of Terrory Murphy pleaded with a Jefferson County circuit judge this afternoon to "send a message" about black-on-black crime by giving Terrell French, the man convicted of fatally shooting her son during a ...
17, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Alabama lawmakers getting more time - Examiner
Wednesday, the last day of the Alabama legislature ... Bankrupt Jefferson County hoped the lawmakers would pass a new occupational tax to replace the other taxes declared illegal. Those court decisions helped toss the county into financial ...
17, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Overcrowded prisons prompt sentencing changes - CBS42.com
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. "I think we're feeling okay about the fact that violent offenders are going to, the sentences are going to remain at a level that's acceptable." At Good People Brewing Company in Birmingham, Alabama a company truck was ...
17, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Alabama Cities, Counties Can Go Bankrupt, High Court Says
Alabama cities and counties without bond debt can file for bankruptcy, the state Supreme Court said in a ruling that supports Jefferson County’s entering court protection last fall.
16, May 2012 - How ex-mayor's borrowing put Harrisburg near bankruptcy - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- Stephen Reed, Harrisburg's mayor for 28 years, pushed ... of seeking court protection, underscores the risk of piling up debt. More than $3 billion in sewer bonds led Alabama's Jefferson County to become the nation's biggest municipal ...
16, May 2012 - Ex-LSU QB Jefferson sued over bar fight - Houston Chronicle
A grand jury declined to indict Johns, while Jefferson was indicted on a misdemeanor charge. Both players were reinstated to the team last season, and Jefferson started in LSU's BCS national championship game loss to Alabama. Johns' lawyer, Thomas Damico ...
16, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Convicted arsonist asks to be released from prison - Gadsden Times
One of three men who pleaded guilty to arson charges in a series of 2006 rural Alabama church fires has asked to be let out of prison early. Russell DeBusk, a former Birmingham-Southern student, on Monday asked Bibb County Circuit Judge Marvin ...
16, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL What happens if Jefferson County is left to burn? - Everything Alabama Blog
And the hard-hearted seem unmoved that crowds of inmates are stuffed like anchovies into county jail cells meant for four. It's easy, from most suburban cities or counties, to fiddle while Jefferson County burns. If you don't live in ...
16, May 2012 - Alabama Bond Fight Begins a New Round - Wall Street Journal
Holders of the $3.14 billion in debt, which was used to finance the sewer system before Jefferson County filed the largest municipal ... In a court document filed April 9, the county's lawyers accused Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the trustee ...
16, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Southside attack suspect also indicted on sex offender registry violation - Everything Alabama Blog
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Birmingham man charged on Thursday in a ... Hamner was a registered sex offender due to a past sexual abuse conviction in Jefferson County Family Court, those records stated. Additional details were not immediately ...
16, May 2012 - Alabama court says bonds not needed for muni bankruptcies
Jefferson County and other Alabama local governments do not have to have bonds as debt to file for Chapter 9 federal bankruptcy, the state's top court said on Friday. In a 13-page opinion supporting Jefferson ...
16, May 2012 - Alabama Cities, Counties Can Go Bankrupt, High Court Says - Bloomberg
The U.S. Bankruptcy Code allows states to limit or bar municipal bankruptcies. The Alabama high court ... in favor of Jefferson County. The creditors’ opposition to Jefferson County’s bankruptcy is being led by Bank of New York Mellon ...
16, May 2012 - Latest Alabama news, sports, business and entertainment - WNCT
Court records show the ... for superintendent of the Columbus Municipal School District. The Commercial Dispatch reports that leaves three candidates Isaac "Ike" Leon Haynes, superintendent of the Jefferson Davis County School District; Pamela ...
16, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Alabama panel OK's trimmed tax law for bankrupt Jefferson County - Reuters
May 8 (Reuters) - A key Alabama legislative panel on Tuesday passed ... which was killed last year by a state court, according to Jefferson County Manager Tony Petelos. On Tuesday, State Representative Randy Wood from St. Clair County, near ...
16, May 2012 - The ‘Redneck Riviera’: How a fish-tossing contest helped define Alabama beach life - Anniston S
Jackson III — himself a son of the coastal South — explores ... Some folks say they aren’t even fish at all; they are birds. A Florida court said so. Michael Swindle, in his book “Mulletheads,” tells of how, back in the 1920s, three guys were ...
16, May 2012 - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas B. Bennett 'ideal person' at the center of precedent-setting
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- One of Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett's first acts after being assigned to preside over Jefferson County's bankruptcy case was to warn lawyers on both ... was a partner in a West Virginia law firm, having ...
16, May 2012 - Jefferson, AL Alabama grandfather faces felony charges for attacking youth softball ump - YAHOO!
As reported by Birmingham Fox affiliate WBRC -- and noted by USA Today, among other outlets -- Jefferson ... a Alabama law stipulates that brief attack must yield Class C felony charges which could land the grandpa as many as 10 years in prison.
16, May 2012 - Georgia man accused of shooting Opelika woman in Phenix City - Everything Alabama Blog
He was later found at his home and was taken into custody. Lajuan Ford Jr., 31, from Hamilton, Ga., is charged with attempted murder. He is currently being held at the Russell County Jail.
15, May 2012 - Jefferson County Creditors Need Committee, Official Says
Jefferson County, Alabama’s creditors should have a court-approved committee to represent them in the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy, federal court official J. Thomas Corbett said today in a court filing.
15, May 2012 - Leeds, AL Jefferson County Creditors Need Committee, Official Says - Bloomberg
Jefferson County, Alabama’s creditors should have a court-approved committee to represent them in the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy, federal court official J. Thomas Corbett said today in a court filing. The three companies were the only ...
15, May 2012 - Bankruptcy Administrator Recommends 3 Creditors
The administrator for the northern district of Alabama's federal bankruptcy court has tapped a three-member committee to represent unsecured creditor in Jefferson County's bankruptcy case.
15, May 2012 - Judge in historic bankruptcy case works long hours - Dispatch
One of Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett's first acts after being assigned to preside over Jefferson County's bankruptcy case was to warn lawyers on both sides ... judge's job in Alabama. "I tell people it was the fickle finger of ...
15, May 2012 - Ex-LSU QB Jefferson sued over bar fight - News Channel 7
A grand jury declined to indict Johns, while Jefferson was indicted on a misdemeanor charge. Both players were reinstated to the team last season, and Jefferson started in LSU's BCS national championship game loss to Alabama. Johns' lawyer ...
15, May 2012 - Birmingham, AL Jordan Jefferson to be sued over bar fight incident - Birmingham News
Lance Unglesby, who is one of Jefferson's attorneys, said the timing of the lawsuit ... and Jefferson started in LSU's BCS national championship game loss to Alabama. Johns' lawyer, Thomas Damico, said his client was misidentified and that ...
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