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March 25, 2004 / Front Page

Man injured in fall onto barge

By Evan Carden
SA Editor

A Jackson man was critically injured Tuesday when a cable snapped as he was being lowered onto a barge with a piece of equipment at Jackson Wood Fiber. More...

More limited parking to be added at courthouse

By Kathryn F. Pickard
Special to
The South Alabamian

More one-hour parking signs will be placed at parking spaces "from corner to corner" in front of the Clarke County Courthouse. More...

Search is underway for local WWII vets

"They fought their way through the Battle of the Bulge in Europe and up the hills of Iwo Jima in the Pacific about 60 years ago," recalled Frankie Garrett, President of the John Oliver Jr. More...

Special Sections

Church

Directory of Area Churches

U.S. Hwy. 43 North, Jackson
Center Point Baptist Church
Hwy. 154 - Coffeeville
Cliff Scarbrugh, Pastor
First Baptist Church - Jackson

214 College Ave. More...

OBITUARIES

Helen Grace Hart Amesbury

Helen Grace Hart Amesbury, died March 13, 2004 in a local nursing home at the age of 72. She was a native of Gainestown and a resident of Jackson. More...

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Editorials

Publisher’s Comments

By Jim Cox
SA Publisher
Imagine the fun of the old Tombigbee steamboats

If you squinted your eyes and used your imagination at the Jackson river landing this past week you could almost think yourself transported back to the 1800s and early 1900s, the days when steamboats were queens on the Tombigbee River. More...

New facility will give area citizens a choice

The approval by the Jackson City Council, Tuesday, for the construction of a new municipal building at the municipal pool, for the estimated cost of $299,500, was good. More...

Alabama Scene

By Bob Ingram
Syndicated Columnist
Interim Auburn president gives
new meaning to

First it was Athletic Director David Housel who was told to clean out his desk, then Alumni Vice President Betty Dement, and then basketball Coach Cliff Ellis. More...

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People

‘Springtacular Celebration’ to benefit Exceptional Children, Inc. April 3

The third annual "Springtacular Celebration" to benefit Exceptional Children, Inc. (ECI) is set for April 3 at the Chatom Community Center. More...

Pogue - Grace to marry May 1 at Orange Hill Baptist Church

Cecelia Dinkins Pogue of Grove Hill and Emrol Pogue of Mobile, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jamila Dé Juan, to James Darrell Grace, son of George Grace of Peterman and the late Gwendolyn Salter Grace. More...

Woullard - Gilmore engagement announced

Patsy Causey-McGrew announces the engagement of her daughter, Elena Shalonda Woullard, to Ryland Cornelious Gilmore, son of Dorothy Gilmore of Coffeeville and James Gilmore of Salitpa. More...

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Brush fires cause trouble for McIntosh Fire Dept.

SA Editor

By Evan Carden

The McIntosh Volunteer Fire Department got plenty of hands-on training the week of March 7-14 when it had 17 fire calls. More...

Woman charged for buying products to make crystal meth

By Evan Carden
SA Editor

Jackson police officers arrested a Mobile woman Sunday afternoon for purchasing large amounts of the drug Pseudoephedrine, which is used in the manufacture of the illegal drug crystal methamphetamine. More...

Spring Jubilee event draws large crowd

By Evan Carden
SA Editor

Clarke County Association for Retarded Citizens (CCARC) Director Graham Braswell said Saturday More...

News

DuBose announces candidacy for DA

"After careful thought, mature consideration, prayer, and the support of my family and friends, I am happy to announce my candidacy for the office of District Attorney of the First Judicial Circuit, including Choctaw, Clarke, and Wash-ington Cou More...