Political newcomer Marc Keahey, a Grove Hill attorney, defeated Wayne Lathan to win the Democratic nomination for the Alabama House of Representatives, District 65 in Tuesday's runoff. More...
By Kathryn F. Pickard Special to The South Alabamian
Lawmen in Alabama and Georgia are on the lookout for an inmate that escaped through the roof of the Clarke County Jail sometime between 6 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday. More...
Richard Stringer received nearly 58 percent of the vote to beat McIntosh Police Chief Mike Barnett to replace the retiring William Wheat as Washington County's sheriff, in Tuesday's Democratic runoff election. More...
In one day, this week, I took photos of three large rattlesnakes. Two were killed together in Leroy and one was killed in the Jackson subdivision of Magnolia Trace. More...
There is more to the sudden departure of Roy Johnson as chancellor of the two-year college system in Alabama than meets the eye. A lot more. As they are wont to say on television, "Stay Tuned." More...
Southwest Alabama's first telephone town hall meeting
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District
I am proud to announce that last Tuesday night I hosted my first telephone town hall meeting and the first telephone town hall meeting-to my knowledge- in the entire state, and certainly the first one in southwest Alabama. More...
The Jackson High School Quarterback Club would like to thank the city of Jackson for allowing us to present the community with a street dance in conjunction with the 4th of July celebration. More...
Amanda Kaye Davis of Memphis, Tenn. and Joshua Paul Shirley of Muscle Shoals were united in marriage on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at Stave Creek Baptist Church in Jackson. More...
A Jackson woman wanted by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General for FEMA fraud turned herself in to the ABI in Mobile Tuesday. More...
Adispute over a bass boat led two charges of attempted murder for a Jackson man and one of the victims being arrested on warrants from another county. More...
Grove Hill attorney George (Marc) Keahey pulled in the most votes in Tuesday's runoff, defeating Jackson funeral home owner Wayne Lathan for the right to challenge Nick Williams (R-Sims Chapel) for the District 65 Alabama House of Representatives sea More...
A delegation of Clarke County residents attended the annual meeting of the El Camino EastWest Corridor Commission in Washington, D.C. last week. Most say they were encouraged that the southwest Alabama portion of U.S. More...
Derrick Jackson, a senior at Jackson High School has been chosen to play in the USA Junior Nationals after an outstanding performance in the USA Junior Nationals allstate high school basketball competition at Hoover High School, located south of Birm More...
Bauer Leila Belle Bauer, a resident of Jackson and a former resident of Citronelle, died July 14, 2006 at the age of 91 at a local health care facility. A member of the First Baptist Church in Jackson, she was a division manager with Sears. More...