September 9, 2004 RSS feed / Front Page

Couple flees from Frances two days after moving to Florida

Wife is terminally ill patient at Jacksonville

Imagine being uprooted from your home to move to another state for medical treatment, only to have to leave your new home just two days after arriving there. More...

Special Sections

Church

Directory of Area Churches

First Baptist Church - Chatom

ASSEMBLY OF GOD First Assembly of God Coffeeville Road More...

New Hope Methodist Church celebrates homecoming service

New Hope Methodist Church in Frankville recently celebrated their homecoming at the historic church where the Rev. Nadine Brewster Walters is pastor. More...

New Canaan Missionary Church hosting fall revival Sept. 19-24

Everyone is invited to attend a fall revival at New Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson beginning on Sunday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. and continuing through Sept. 24. More...

Education

Harwell completes Ph.D degree at UA

David H. Harwell of Birmingham recently completed work on a Ph.D degree and defended his dissertation/book at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. More...

Area residents among UA graduates

The University of Alabama awarded 1,260 degrees at summer commencement ceremonies on Aug. 16 at the Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus. More...

Wiggins completes floral class in Oklahoma City

Phyllis Wiggins of Jackson recently completed a class titled, More...

Sports

Bears rout Excel in first region game

The Bears did it all by land and none by air when they pounded the Panthers of Excel 26-6 last Friday. More...

JHS’s Aggies fall to region/county foes,THS Tigers

The South Alabamian The Jackson High School Aggies suffered a tough 40-22 region loss at the hands of Thomasville High School More...

Top 15 reasons to watch college football

No.15. There is no Maurice Clarrett this year. Thank goodness that guy is gone and he got what he deserved. I hate that Mike Williams had to take one under the chin, but that is just how it goes. More...

2004 Fire Prevention Court chosen

The members of this year More...

Four-wheeler accident claims life of teenager

There are few details on the Labor Day four-wheeler accident that claimed the life of a Thomasville eighth-grade teen-ager. More...

Man trapped in car after wreck in critical condition

A Midway community man may have been trapped in his wrecked vehicle for hours before his cousin More...

Jackson native first woman to be AWF president

Jackson native Rebecca Wright Pritchett of Birmingham was recently installed as president of the Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF). More...

News

Lang and White of Troops 223 and 55 make Eagle Scout

Local Boy Scouts Jonathan Lang of McIntosh, and William Clifford White of Jackson, recently joined the ranks of Eagle Scouts everywhere. More...

ClarkeCo Health Department September ratings announced

The Clarke County Health Department announced its ratings for eating establishments for the month of September. More...

Clarke County Sheriff’s Report

It appears Labor Day weekend was a quiet one in Clarke County. Law officers were out in force with the Click it or Ticket campaign, to enforce traffic laws, specifically targeting drunk drivers. More...

Coming Events

VFW 5355 meetings

The VFW Post 5355 and ladies auxiliary will meet the third Thursday of every month, 6 p.m., at the VFW Club on Club Wiley Road. More...

Editorials

85th b’day party fetes gentleman J. W. Andrews

One of Jackson More...

Census Bureau report misleading

The Census Bureau recently released reports on the rise in poverty and the number of people without health insurance that created quite a stir among liberals desperate for bad news. More...

Terrorism a global problem

The news of the hostage situation in Beslan, a small city in southern Russia, has offered us a strong reminder that terrorism is not something aimed exclusively at the United States and her interests around the world. More...

People

BTAPC conducting auditions for ‘Eleemosynary’ on Sunday

Auditions for the play More...

Mr. and Mrs. Odom to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Sunday

Mr. and Mrs. Lon Odom of Leroy will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004 in the First Baptist Church of Leroy activities building from 2-4 p.m. More...

Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lawson (nee Allison Outlaw) of Florence announce the birth of a daughter, Anna Elizabeth, on Aug. 24, 2004 at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield. She weighed 7 lbs., 14 ozs. and was 20 inches long. More...