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1 month ago | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton |Donna Donna
The Fort Payne Board of Education approved a resolution confirming the school system’s intent to create and operate a new magnet school that will be known as the Fort Payne Career Academy. “I think this is a great opportunity … to fully utilize Williams Avenue,” Superintendent Brian Jett said.
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1 month ago | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton |Donna Donna
Testimony began Tuesday (March 4) at the DeKalb County Courthouse as a Grove Oak man stands accused of murder, claiming that he shot a neighbor in self-defense and/or the defense of others. The state and the defense agree that on May 8, 2023, at about 2 a.m., Gregory Mark Bagwell went to Keith Duane Sullivan’s home in the Grove Oak community. The encounter ended with Sullivan – a church music director, and a teacher of piano and guitar -- shooting Bagwell outside his home.
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2 months ago | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton |Donna Donna
On Tuesday, Fort Payne City Council approved installing a fence along the wall at the sports complex parking lot, as recommending by the city’s insurance company. The company recommended putting no parking signs along Valley Head Road as well, to lessen the city’s liability exposure. City Clerk Andy Parker said a loss control representative visited recently, to make recommendations on what they city can do to lessen liability and keep insurance costs down.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton
The great show of support Monday for the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Northeast Alabama Community College’s new Entrepreneurial Center was fitting. State and local elected officials, business people, educators from Northeast and from the local school system, and more came out to show support for a facility on a mission to provide support for start-ups and new businesses in DeKalb and Jackson counties.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton
DeKalb County Commission President Ricky Harcrow announced at the close of Tuesday’s commission meeting that he will not run for re-election to the post he’s held for eight consecutive terms. “I didn’t say I am retiring,” Harcrow said, or that he would not seek some other office. About two years remain in his term, and Harcrow said he was announcing the decision now others interested in seeking the office have time to prepare.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton
While roads were impassable or hazardous for part of Friday through Sunday, this first winter storm of 2025 seems to have passed without major incidents. Snow lovers may be excited by some predictions of round two this coming weekend, but according to DCEMA Director Michael Posey, you shouldn’t get your hopes up. “I’m terribly sorry,” the post on the DCEMA Facebook post reads.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton
DeKalb County residents woke up to about two inches of snow Friday morning, and by 6 a.m. DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency was putting out the word: All county roads were impassable or quickly getting that way. DCEMA Director Michael Posey said Friday that conditions were considerably better than he’d thought they might be. Sporadic power outages had been reported, he said, but as of midday Friday, public utilities showed no outages.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton
Let's face it: It's hard for the print edition of a newspaper to give readers the up-to-the minute details of a potential extreme weather situation. There's the lag-time of producing the paper and delivering it, and the likelihood that as soon as information is committed to print, it will change. Here are some firm facts about the potential weather situation: SchoolsDeKalb County Schools, Fort Payne City Schools, and Cornerstone Christian Academy School and Pre-School will be closed Friday, Jan.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton
On Tuesday morning, according to the DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency, the forecast was for a medium to high risk of frozen precipitation beginning as early Thursday evening, and lingering into early Saturday morning. “The forecast from NWS (National Weather Service) Huntsville is sufficiently certain that accumulation amounts between five and three inches are possible,” DCEMA reported.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
times-journal.com | Donna Thornton
The DeKalb County Emergency Management Agency is working with its partners to prepare for bitterly cold temperatures currently in the forecast for next week. The forecast calls – first of all – for the possibility of freezing rain Sunday night-Monday morning, DCEMA Director Michael Posey said. Then, according to the National Weather Service in Huntsville, there is a medium to high chance of lower than normal overnight/morning temperatures – dropping to 14-19 degrees F or lower.
