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]]> Sheffield police said the search for a Florence man who held a machete to the throat of a local woman during a robbery is intensifying. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205025 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209995
]]> Authorities say a former Franklin County resident has been indicted after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman when she was a child. Franklin Courthouse officials said Richard O’Neal Matthews, 58, 1901 Virginia Ave., Muscle Shoals, was indicted on charges of first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree sodomy. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209995 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209996
]]> City councilmen are considering two budgets presented by one councilman that is an alternative to the mayor’s budget that has been in contention since last month. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:16:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209996 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209997
]]> Police say a local woman was arrested this morning, accused of trying to shoot her boyfriend. Cynthia Carol Vaden, 43, 333 S. Orleans St., Florence, was arrested on charges of first-degree attempted assault. The incident took place at 1 a.m. at Vaden’s residence. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209997 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209999
]]> Ray Roberson, of Florence, has traveled the world, first as a pilot in the Air Force and then on a part-time basis jetting celebrities such as Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Angelina Jolie to their various destinations. In that time, he took in the sights and sounds of the planet, but he also noticed something else. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:58:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209999 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209998
]]> In a tough economy where every business is having to tighten its belt, non-profit organizations are no exception. But the burden of limited resources can be eased somewhat when agencies work together. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:59:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/news/911209998 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205026
]]> For the past two weeks, elementary students and middle school students in Collinwood have been on a field trip to Europe - without leaving southern Tennessee. "It's really been fun, and we've learned so much about different places in Europe," said Brianna Tidwell, 12, a seventh-grade student. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205026 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205027
]]> The attorney for a Tennessee man accused of killing and sexually assaulting a Shoals waitress in Knoxville is seeking to quash a statement the suspect gave police after his arrest in 2008. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:57:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205027 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205033
]]> JoAnn Pierce wore a thick blue jacket and baseball cap Thursday afternoon, yet perspiration was still dripping from her brow as she paused briefly and leaned against a rake. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205033 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205030
]]> Keeping her father's memory alive has become a sort of cause for Jessica Rains. "I remember going to my local libraries to see if there was anything written about my dad," she said of her father, Hollywood legend Claude Rains. "I found 26 for Bette Davis but none for my dad. That was outrageous to me." Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205030 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205032
]]> A 79-year-old Franklin County man has been indicted for inappropriately touching a teenage girl. Franklin County Courthouse officials said an indictment of first-degree sexual abuse has been issued against Hoyt Harold Prince, 2747 Duncan Creek Road, Russellville. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205032 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205035
]]> Seventy-three years ago, on a chilly night on the 19th of November, Adolf Hitler unleashed his soldiers on Germany's Jewish community. They burned synagogues, ransacked Jewish homes and looted Jewish businesses. It's a night commemorated each year in the Jewish community as Kristallnacht, or Crystal Night. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205035 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205031
]]> Debbie Dixon is bracing for a great number of requests coming her way over the next few weeks. Dixon, a Florence woman who founded the Christmas for Kids program 17 years ago, says some 200 local children are signed up this year. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205031 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205029
]]> LITTLEVILLE Two injured in morning accident Two people were injured in a two-car accident Thursday morning. The accident occurred at the intersection of U.S. 43 and Lynwood Street at 6:44 a.m., Littleville Police Chief Chris Joly said. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205029 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205028
]]> RUSSELLVILLE Motorcycle ride set for Saturday A motorcycle ride to benefit the Sheriff's Boys Home will be Saturday beginning in Russellville and ending at the boys' home, which is in Danville. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20091120/articles/911205028