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  • Pet Raccoons Lead to Illegal Possession of Wildlife Charges

    Posted on: 7:37 pm, April 29, 2013, by , updated on: 07:48pm, April 29, 2013

    ASBURY, Ala. (WHNT) – A Marshall County man said he knew it was against the law to have two raccoons...
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    Pet Raccoon (Photo: Jodi Smith Carter)
  • Injured State Trooper Carries Special Olympics Torch

    Posted on: 2:58 pm, April 27, 2013, by

    ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — A state trooper struck by a car in November jogged a quarter-mile Friday for the first...
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    Chuck Ellis
  • Marijuana Mailed, Delivered to Boaz City Jail

    Posted on: 2:26 pm, April 25, 2013, by , updated on: 04:06pm, April 25, 2013

    BOAZ, Ala. (WHNT) — A post office mix-up led to the arrest of a Marshall County woman when the Boaz...
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    A corrections officer inspected the mail for contraband and found a cardboard pocket containing a bag of marijuana. (Photo: Robert Richardson, WHNT News 19)
  • Update: Terrorist Threat Charges Filed Against Arab Jail Escapee

    Posted on: 11:57 am, April 24, 2013, by , updated on: 11:10am, April 30, 2013

    ARAB, Ala. (WHNT) — A Marshall County man who escaped the Arab City Jail and avoided capture for several hours...
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    Jeremy Lewayne Lang (Photo source: Arab Police)
  • Surprise Homecoming for Marine at Albertville Primary School

    Posted on: 3:54 pm, April 19, 2013, by

    ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – A second grade student got a surprise visitor at school Friday when her father walked into her...
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    Eight-year-old Alivia Michael rushes to her father, Marine Sergeant Jacob Michael. (Photo: Robert Richardson, WHNT News 19)
  • Police Frustrated by Assault Victims Declining to File Charges

    Posted on: 8:03 pm, April 18, 2013, by

    MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – Not having a suspect in a violent crime is frustrating for police, but so is knowing...
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  • Arab City Council to Decide Future of Twin Lakes Golf Club

    Posted on: 8:17 pm, April 17, 2013, by , updated on: 08:19pm, April 18, 2013

    ARAB, Ala. (WHNT) — The Arab zoning board opposes the construction of apartments on a former golf course, but the...
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  • Wigley Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter In Marshall County

    Posted on: 9:15 am, April 17, 2013, by , updated on: 10:10am, April 17, 2013

    MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – A Horton man pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting and killing his wife at their home...
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    June 2010: Investigators discuss evidence found at the Wigleys' home in the Horton area of Marshall County. (Photo: WHNT News 19)
  • 50th Anniversary of MLK’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail”

    Posted on: 11:40 am, April 16, 2013, by , updated on: 01:03pm, April 17, 2013

    GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Guntersville librarians and Marshall County officials celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” with...
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    Martin Luther King
  • Pre-Prom Mock Wreck Demonstrates Drunk-Driving Dangers

    Posted on: 4:47 pm, April 12, 2013, by

    DOUGLAS, Ala. (WHNT) – Several proms are this weekend, and schools are putting on programs to encourage students to make good...
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    Douglas Mock Wreck
  • Bond Revoked for Scottsboro Teen for Repeated Drug and Gun Offenses

    Posted on: 7:26 pm, April 10, 2013, by

    SCOTTSBORO, Ala, (WHNT) – A teenager who was involved in a deadly shooting last fall is now being held in the...
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