Judge's order clears way for sale of Richard Scrushy's Lake Martin home

Michael Tomberlin - The Birmingham News

Date: 11/5/2009

A Jefferson Count Circuit Court judge denied Richard Scrushy's attempt to block the sale of his assets this morning, paving the way for the sale of his $7 million Lake Martin home to be sold at an auction Monday. Judge Allwin Horn held a hearing this morning to hear various motions from lawyers for HealthSouth… Read More

Bankruptcy, lawsuits raise questions about backers of Selma pellet mill

Staff Writer - Mobile Press-Register

Date: 10/5/2009

A deal to build a wood pellet mill in Jackson is dead, says Mayor Richard Long, although the city is looking for someone new to build a similar mill on the same property, which it spent $500,000 to prepare. "They have given it just about all the time they could give it and I would say they're not coming," Long said… Read More

Ala. high court upholds large boat ban at 3 lakes

The Associated Press - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Date: 9/26/2009

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans houseboats, cigarette boats and some other large boats from three lakes in east Alabama.The court ruled Friday that the law passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2006 is not vague and provided sufficient notice to the public concerning what… Read More

Corps denies Alabama Allatoona claim

Jeremy Redmon - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Date: 8/15/2009

In a 1940 letter that is now at the heart of a water rights war in Georgia, then-U.S. Army Chief of Engineers J.L. Schley wrote Congress about the purposes for a new reservoir on Georgia’s Etowah River: flood control, navigation and power generation.Congress ultimately approved the Allatoona Reservoir’s construction… Read More

Kayakers paddling Coosa River

Lisa Rogers - The Gadsden Times

Date: 7/27/2009

Sam Davis saw some parts of the Coosa River last week he never would have seen if he had not been paddling a kayak. Davis, of Gadsden, says he is "60 years young," and he and three paddling buddies proved it with a 55-mile trek from Leesburg to Gadsden."There would be no way to ever see some of these places," he said. "A… Read More