The Andalusia Star-NewsServing your local news.2009-11-20T15:49:53-06:00http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/Proration forces schools to cut budgetstag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/19/proration-forces-schools-cut-budgets/2009-11-19T23:59:00-06:00Justin Schuverjustin.schuver@andalusiastarnews.comAfter Gov. Bob Riley declared 7.5 percent proration in the 2009-10 education budget earlier this year local school ...ACORN dinner a Thanksgiving meal for alltag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/19/acorn-dinner-thanksgiving-meal-all/2009-11-19T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comThose in need of a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal need not look any further than St. Mary’s Episcopal Church ...DA would reject video bingotag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/19/da-would-reject-video-bingo/2009-11-19T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comThe subject of bingo — specifically electronic bingo — is no stranger to Alabama or the residents of ...CPC to host talk for church headstag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/cpc-host-talk-church-heads/2009-11-18T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comThe Covington County Children’s Policy Council will host a symposium Tues. Dec. 1 to allow local religious leaders ...BOE asks city to join tax disputetag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/boe-asks-city-join-tax-dispute/2009-11-18T23:59:00-06:00Justin Schuverjustin.schuver@andalusiastarnews.comAfter almost a year of unsuccessfully lobbying the state for collection of an additional 3 mills in ad ...Millions set to ‘smoke out’tag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/millions-set-smoke-out/2009-11-18T23:59:00-06:00Justin Schuverjustin.schuver@andalusiastarnews.comToday across the U.S. thousands of smokers will try to kick the habit for just one day as ...EJM leaves airporttag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/ejm-leaves-airport/2009-11-18T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comEJM Aerospace a tenant at the South Alabama Regional Airport since 2007 has broken its five-year contract vacated ...School clinics will offer H1N1 flu nasal misttag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/school-clinics-will-offer-h1n1-flu-nasal-mist/2009-11-18T23:59:00-06:00Staffnewsroom@andalusiastarnews.comAlabama schoolchildren younger than 10 will be offered the nasal mist swine flu vaccine at clinics beginning next ...‘The Store’ destroyed in firetag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/store-destroyed-fire/2009-11-18T00:11:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comA fire completely destroyed a Gantt Lake fixture Monday night.River Falls work delayed till Junetag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/river-falls-work-delayed-till-june/2009-11-18T00:09:00-06:00Michele Gerlachmichele.gerlach@andalusiastarnews.comWork on River Falls Street will likely be delayed until at least June 2010 Andalusia Mayor Earl Johnson ...AHS looks to boost reading grad ratetag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/ahs-looks-boost-reading-grad-rate/2009-11-18T00:07:00-06:00Justin Schuverjustin.schuver@andalusiastarnews.comWhen Andalusia High School failed to make its federally mandated Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goal in the 2008-09 ...Bypass road work planned Thursdaytag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/18/bypass-road-work-planned-thursday/2009-11-18T00:04:00-06:00Staffnewsroom@andalusiastarnews.comThe Alabama Department of Transportation would like to inform the traveling public that a section of Martin Luther ...Sales tax revenues slightly downtag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/16/sales-tax-revenues-slightly-down/2009-11-16T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comDespite national reports of a sagging retail economy residents opened their wallets to local merchants during this year’s ...Women’s shelter to have ‘extreme makeover’tag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/16/womens-shelter-have-extreme-makeover/2009-11-16T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comIt’s been said “we are products of our environment.” And the nine citizens who gathered Monday at the ...650 angels ‘need a home’tag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/16/650-angels-need-home/2009-11-16T23:59:00-06:00Justin Schuverjustin.schuver@andalusiastarnews.comTwenty-three Andalusia area churches and businesses are already decorating for the holidays with Christmas trees. But these trees ...Tip leads to drug arreststag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/tip-leads-drug-arrests/2009-11-13T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comThanks to a confidential tip and fast action by law enforcement two people are in jail on drug ...234 get H1N1 vaccinetag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/234-get-h1n1-vaccine/2009-11-13T23:59:00-06:00Justin Schuverjustin.schuver@andalusiastarnews.comTwo hundred thirty-four more Covington County citizens were vaccinated against the H1N1 “swine” flu at the county health ...Center helps child sex crime victimstag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/center-helps-child-sex-crime-victims/2009-11-13T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comWhen sexual predators prey on our county’s children there is one place to which law enforcement and the ...Harlan honoredtag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/harlan-honored/2009-11-13T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comW.S. Harlan principal Brent Zessin likes to say his school is full of winners — winners leading the ...Bubba becomes (more) famoustag:www.andalusiastarnews.com,2009:www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/bubba-becomes-more-famous/2009-11-13T23:59:00-06:00Stephanie Nelsonstephanie.nelson@andalusiastarnews.comMeet Sgt. Charles Bailey — or “Bubba” as he’s known around town — the Andalusia Police Department officer ...