"Prevent Cooking Fires: Watch What You Heat" is the theme for this years' annual observance of Fire Prevention Week scheduled for Oct. 8-14 in Jackson More...
A Jackson woman faces drug possession charges after trying to walk away from Task Force One agents during an interdiction in the Depot area of town. More...
The Southwest District of the Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention recently conducted an informational meeting and announced its new president. More...
Shirley Wright benefit There will be a benefit singing for Shirley Wright on Saturday, Sept. 23, 6 p.m. at the Clarke County High School in Grove Hill. More...
Mrs. Clanton's fourth period seventh grade art class at Jackson Middle School learns about twodimensional design. They use abstract shapes from reality and combine them in a composition, putting together a "collage". (Photo submitted) More...
Cotton season is here. The fields over at Leroy are dotted with white. There isn't much -if any-cotton in Clarke County anymore but not too many years ago it was big business everywhere. More...
You got your money's worth when you layed down your $5 last Friday night at Anderson Field as the Thomasville Tigers outlasted the Jackson Aggies 27-18 in a key region game as well as a county rival game. More...
Sixty years and four months ago, Technical Sergeant Nathan Beverly returned home from Europe ending his military service. Sergeant Beverly enlisted at Ft. McClellan on July 24 1943. His training began immediately; assigned to the newly commissioned "547th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons (AA More...
Gaines Rice Gaines Rice, 77, a Clarke County native and a resident of St. Stephens, died Sept. 14, 2006 at a local hospital. An avid golfer and fisherman, he enjoyed pitching in the "Farmer's League" in the his early years. More...