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Limestone students compete in national career skills event

Students from the Limestone County Career Technical Center competed in a national competition last week in Kansas City, Mo. The students won first-place in the State SkillsUSA competition earlier … more

6/29/09 | 104 views

No suspects after Limestone robbery

Limestone County sheriff’s investigators have no suspects in a robbery that occurred Saturday night at the Dollar General Store at 16521 Alabama 251, a spokeswoman said. more

6/22/09 | 191 views

Horsing around or serious business?

A horse in a pasture along U.S. 72 near Clements in LImestone County appears to be horsing around, but he’s actually trying to sratch an itch he couldn’t get to any other way. more

6/16/09 | 888 views | 2 comments

Sheriff says man fled, tossed scales and pills out car window

PROSPECT, Tenn. — Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely said a Limestone County man tossed out drug scales, straws and pills from his car during a two-state chase Monday. That driver is in a … more

By Holly Hollman
Staff Writer | 6/16/09 | 359 views

Barkless in Limestone

The bark of a tree at 14478 East Limestone Road is pealed off Wednesday after severe thunderstorms stuck the area. No one was home at the residence. more

6/11/09 | 233 views

Water fight!

Smuel Appleton hits volunteer Zach Conlon with a water balloon during Camp Hope session on Tuesday at the Camp Helen compound in East Limestone County. Camp Hope’s aim is to help children cope … more

6/10/09 | 261 views

Murderer on the loose

An inmate who confessed to killing an Elkmont man as part of a murder-for-hire plot is on the run after escaping from a private prison. more

By Holly Hollman
Staff Writer | 5/27/09 | 1345 views | 3 comments

2 Athens men ID’d as wreck victims

Alabama state troopers have released the identities of the victims in Saturday’s fatal two-car crash in Limestone County’s Ripley community. The head-on collision killed both drivers, … more

By Evan Belanger
Staff Writer | 5/18/09 | 4308 views

Corn rots; cotton washes out

With cotton production costly and prices low, area farmers have turned to corn the past couple of years. Then recent rainfall turned those cornstalks yellow and robbed them of nutrients. “I … more

By Holly Hollman
Staff Writer | 5/13/09 | 794 views

Tree splits home; mom, child unhurt

SEGERS — A mother and her toddler were huddled inside their mobile home Wednesday when an EF2 tornado uprooted a tree and split the mobile home in half. Athens-Limestone Emergency Management … more

By Holly Hollman
Staff Writer | 5/7/09 | 921 views