Scott Robertson and his wife, Amanda, and four children, daughter Jordan, 16; son Matthew, 14; son Dallas, 9; and daughter Lily, 5, lost everything they owned on Aug.
Vickie Strasser, 52, was taken by ambulance at about 10:40 p.m. to Athens-Limestone Hospital with second- and third-degree burns over 95 percent of her body.
Governor Bob Riley will be headlining a rally at Athens State University Tuesday for state legislative candidates Bill Holtzclaw of Madison and Dan Williams of Athens.
Walter Miller was standing in his garage off Lindsay Lane on Wednesday when a dark blue van containing two white men in their 30s entered his driveway and stopped.
The traditional student body at Athens State University is comprised mostly of undergraduates from the North Alabama/Southern Tennessee area, with an occasional student from as far away as Atlanta or Mobile.
Clinton Street in Athens, between Lee and Forrest streets, will be closed for at least two more weeks while Athens Utilities replaces sewer lines that are up to 75 years old, an official said.
Dr. Lee Cheek, associate vice president for academic affairs at ASU; and Trisha Black, Spirit of Athens executive director; outside the future location of the Center for Lifelong Learning.
The city of Decatur could undertake a massive sewer project aimed at stimulating commercial growth along an unincorporated portion of Beltline Road and encouraging annexation.
Athens State Foundation Board President Dick Chittam, left, and President Bob Glenn, right, congratulate Dwight Lovell, second from left, and Necedah Henderson on their years of service to the school.
