Healing seminar targets grief

FLORENCE — The Healing Place is offering a one-day seminar for area counselors, nurses and social workers Friday titled Unresolved Grief: Healing After Loss, Change and Trauma.

The event will be at Cross Point Church of Christ, 1350 Cox Creek Parkway, Florence.

Registration through Monday is $60, with late registration $65.

The event is from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

The program features speakers on various topics including healing techniques for children and teens, ethics, and the impact of unresolved grief on the body, mind and spirit.

Registration may be mailed to The Healing Place, P.O. Box 2765, Muscle Shoals, AL, 35662 or paid online at thehealingplaceseminar.eventbrite.com.

Brooks hosting open house

FLORENCE — U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks will host an open house at his new Shoals district office Tuesday.

As part of redistricting, Brooks no longer represents Colbert County, which is now in the 4th District.

The 1:30-3 p.m. event will be at his office on the Third Floor of the Florence-Lauderdale Government Building at 102 S. Court St.

Brooks, a Huntsville Republican, won a second term in the November general election.

For more information, call Laura Smith at 256-718-5155.

Acquitted man sues for false arrest

VERNON — An Alabama man is suing the city of Vernon and the local police department months after a jury acquitted him of attempted murder.

The Tuscaloosa News reported Jamison Carr filed a civil lawsuit last week in federal court saying he was falsely arrested and his civil rights were violated. He's seeking $1 million in compensation.

A jury found Carr not guilty of attempted murder and second-degree assault last October. Police had arrested him at a car wash in February 2012 after a confrontation with another man.

Staff, wire reports