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Col. Leo K. Thorsness is a native of Walnut Grove, Minn. but has called Madison County home for years and North Alabama is proud to claim him as one of its own.

After an overnight low around 65 and some patchy fog, you can expect lots of sunshine on Memorial day with a high near 89.

There were at least 15 burglaries to vehicles reported since Saturday morning, with a rash of thefts on Eagle and Otter trails Southwest, police records show.

Oakwood Adventist Academy held it's Class of 2014 graduation Sunday morning May 25th. The graduation was held in the school's new Multi-Educational Complex, with this being the first class to graduate there.

The public is invited to attend a Memorial Day ceremony at Maple Hill Cemetery on Monday at 11 a.m.

The 53-year-old victim reported that he was sitting on his apartment porch in the 1500 block of Beard Street when he saw two makes shooting at each other.

Just '3 white guys playing poker and drinking whiskey' -- not so harmless when Father Emile Joffrion joined his friends the Rev. Will Campbell and writer William Faulkner in Oxford, Miss.

We've asked, you've answered and our efforts to identify a project that could benefit from regional cooperation are taking shape. And now, there are two more opportunities for you to provide your input.

The bullet struck a window of an occupied apartment, and the three offenders fled.

Break out the straw hats, the white shoes, the summer dresses and the seersucker suits: Memorial Day weekend for the Tennessee Valley will be straight out of of tourist brochure.