Thursday in The Star

Check out Thursday's Anniston Star for these stories:

Anniston taxi companies are asking the city for permission to raise rates in the face of rising gas prices. Megan Nichols has this story.

A swath of eastern Alabama has high rates of death and hospitalization from strokes. Why? Andy Johns writes about this issue.

Get ready for another round of severe weather on Friday. What can we expect in the Anniston area? Todd South updates you on what we might see later in the week.

A bill providing tax incentives to lure filmakers to Alabama appears to be on hold. Markeshia Ricks reports on the status of the bill.