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Some snakes you might step on. Others you might trip over. AL.com's Leada Gore reports that a 12-foot python was captured last week in an industrial area in Steele, Alabama, in St. Clair County. The Steele Fire Department said the snake was given to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. SFD posted a message to exotic pet owners: “If you can’t afford to take care of your pets please don’t turn non-native species loose into our environment!” Burmese pythons have caused all kinds of ecological problems in the Florida Everglades region, but pythons can't tolerate the cold. A few weeks into football season it'll be bone-chilling to pythons. |
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Alleged murder plot in the Bahamas |
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A former Auburn football player's wife was charged and jailed in the Bahamas, suspected of planning to kill her husband, reports AL.com's Savannah Tryens-Fernandes. Robert Shiver was a long snapper for the Tigers from 2006-2008. Lindsay Shiver was a cheerleader at the school. Their family has been living in his hometown of Thomasville, Ga. Bahamas Court News reports that Lindsay Shiver is accused of conspiring with two men, one whom prosecutors suspect is a boyfriend. Police say they were investigating a break-in at a bar in Guana Cay, looking at a suspect's cell phone, when they discovered the alleged murder plan. |
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UMS-Wright football coach Terry Curtis is the National Coach of the Year, as voted on by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association, reports AL.com's Ben Thomas. The award was presented at the Association's convention last week in Lincoln, Neb. Curtis has more career coaching victories than anyone in the state of Alabama. Last fall he passed former Vestavia Hills coach Buddy Anderson and tacked on two more wins to reach 348 in his career. He's about to begin his 25th season leading UMS. |
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In 1916, Billy Hitchcock of Inverness, major-league ballplayer and later manager. In 1956, Michael Biehn, originally of Anniston but moved away at a young age. You undoubtedly know several of his roles. He was no daisy at all in "Tombstone." In 1982, DeMarcus Ware of Auburn, who has the relatively new title of "Pro Football Hall of Famer." |
The National Association of Black Journalists is holding its 2023 convention Wednesday-Sunday in Birmingham. |
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