June 23, 2005 RSS feed / News

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Southern Travel Calendar

While July is most known for ringing in Independence Day with fireworks and barbecue is there are many other great events happening around the South. Weekend travelers can head to the Gulf Coast for fishing rodeos; let loose in a tomato fight in Rutledg
By: Craig Guillot, Freelance Writer & Photographer Special to The South Alabamian
Essence Fest, New Orleans, La., July 1-3: This massive musical festival will feature performances by Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Kanye West, Destiny More...

2004 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report St. Stephens Water System

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Rabies Clinics

Rabies clinics will be conducted Saturday, June 25, at the times and locations listed below. More...

Courthouse addition bids come in high

Architects working on the proposed addition to the Clarke County Courthouse went back to the drawing board to try and scale the project back after bids for the addition came in high last week. More...

Clarke Prep School among 32 schools nominated for safety awards by ASSI

Clarke Prep School in Grove Hill was recently nominated for the Alabama Safe Schools Initiative 2005 Awards of Excellence. More...

Pugh elected head cheerleader at AU

Erin Pugh, former resident of Jackson, was recently elected as head cheerleader at Auburn University. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. More...

Clarke area host families needed now

Foreign high school students are scheduled to arrive soon for the academic semester and year program homestays, and the sponsoring organization needs a few more local host families. More...

What do you think?

Ed Dortch of Jackson recently picked this eggplant from his garden. The eggplant had the features of a face. He said, More...

John Bumpers is recognized for talent

John Bumbers, 12, who is a seventh grade student at Washington County High School, was recently recognized by the Duke University Talent Identification Program during an awards ceremony at the University of Alabama. More...

Grove Hill man charged with kidnapping

A Grove Hill man was charged with kidnapping after his mother and stepfather came home and discovered he had left and taken a child he was babysitting with him. More...

Grows big cabbage

Jody Fox, 78, of Fools Acre Road, Jackson, recently grew this 49-inch, 20-pound cabbage in his garden. Fox has been farming all of his life. He and his wife, Bessie, also grow turnips and peppers. More...

WashCo Sheriff’s Dept. investigating ATV thefts

By Evan Carden SA Editor

For the past several months, deputies with the Washington County Sheriff More...

Mark Your Calendar

JMC offers diabetes classes Diabetes classes are offered at Jackson Medical Center on Tuesday nights. Please call 251-246-9021 for class schedules. More...

Construction to begin soon at Jackson H.S. and Gillmore Elem.

Equipment is being gathered at Joe M. Gillmore Elementary School and Jackson High School and work is expected to begin soon on construction projects at both schools, according to Clarke County Superinten-dent of Education Gerald Stephens. More...

Living donors asked to contact Joe Matthews

Jackson native Joe Mathews is waiting on a kidney donation and has to take multiple dialysis treatments each day. More...

‘The Old Bats in Red Hats’ gather for lunch

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Erica Pezent receives business degree from UA

Erica Lynne Pezent of Jackson graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on May 7, 2005. She received a bachelor of science degree in business administration. More...

Enormous cabbage

Krista Overstreet of Salitpa, a third grade student at Jackson Intermediate School, recently picked this cabbage from her garden. It weighed 14 3/4 lbs and was 36 inches in circumference. More...

Kimberly Skinner inducted into business fraternity

Kimberly Skinner of Jackson was inducted April 2, 2005 into the Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity of the University of South Alabama in Mobile. More...

Bond sale good move for town of Chatom

By Randy Reese SA Reporter

The Chatom City Council was notified Monday that the city will get a little over $400,000 back in the town More...