Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:48 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:48:58 GMT
A fire damaged a Florence plant early Wednesday morning. Investigators said all workers were accounted for, after the fire at the Fiberex plant on Parkway Drive. Investigators told WAFF 48's Marie WaxelMore >>
Investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that damaged a Florence plant early Wednesday morning.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:45 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:45:18 GMT
Ten schools in North Alabama made the state's failing schools list under a new Alabama law that lets parents receive tax credits for sending their children to a better school.More >>
Ten schools in North Alabama made the state's failing schools list under a new Alabama law that lets parents receive tax credits for sending their children to a better school.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:49 AM EDT2013-06-19 12:49:43 GMT
A new study ranks Alabama 19th among in the states in the amount of federal funding that goes into the state government's general revenue. The study by the Tax Foundation says federal funding accountsMore >>
A new study ranks Alabama 19th among in the states in the amount of federal funding that goes into the state government's general revenue. More >>
GUNTERSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
Monday, a Marshall County Judge dismissed a motion filed by Whitney Leigh Holsonback's attorney. In the motion, the attorney asked the judge to dismiss the charges against his client due to the vagueness of the law concerning chemical endangerment of a child.
Holsonback, 24, was charged with chemical endangerment of a child in August of 2010. Medical professionals said both Holsonback and her child tested positive for meth at birth.
The motion filed today stated that the law did not make clear what constituted a child. While the judge believed it to be a good argument, the motion was dismissed.
However, a new law, HB8, by State Representative Wes Long would amend the law to clarify what the term "child" means.
The District 27 Representative says in the law, the term "child" includes an unborn child; to establish venue; and to create a rebuttal presumption of exposing a child in utero to a controlled substance if both the mother and the child test positive for the same controlled substance not prescribed by a physician.
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