Coming in Thursday's Star

Calhoun County Sheriff's Office deputies have found 40 of the 90 guns stolen from a house in Glencoe this weekend. Crime reporter Andy Johns will have more on that in tomorrow's paper.

Munford Elementary School students this week headed to the campus of Servants in Faith and Technology. So did education writer Matt Kasper. His story will explain what the Munford kids learned about environmental science, and why.

We'll also have a rundown of area Independence Day celebrations, a preview of the Berman Museum's new book on world weaponry, and a look at $59 million a Senate appropriations subcommittee has approved for McClellan's Center for Domestic Preparedness.