April 19, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

First UMC gets steeple

The Jackson First United Methodist Church received a new edition April 11, when its steeple was installed by Cambellsville Industries of Cambellsville, Ky. More...

Special Sections

Church

Chilton's Hopewell Baptist to celebrate 150th birthday

The year was 1857 and the new building was finished. More...

Annual 'Women's Day' planned April 22 at Spencer Chapel

Spencer Chapel A.M.E. Church in Fulton is planning their Women's Day program on Sunday, April 22 at 11:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be Maxine Stallworth of Good Hope Baptist Church in Walker Springs. More...

Greater New Hope hosting 'Fruit of the Spirit 2007' April 29

The Women's Department at Greater New Hope A.M.E. Church in Millry will be hosting "The Fruit of the Spirit -2007" on Sunday, April 29 at 3 p.m. More...

Editorials

No explanation for Virginia Tech tragedy

The massacre of 32 innocent college students at Virginia Tech University by a deranged Tech student is terrible. My heart goes out to the parents who had children killed there Monday. More...

Turn lane for Highway 43 welcome news

welcome news The announcement last week that the Alabama Department of Transportation will construct a center turn lane on U.S. More...

Outlook focuses on area's growth

Included in today's issue of The South Alabamian is our annual "Outlook" edition, a look at growth and progress in Jackson and the region. More...

Sports

Jackson Aggies win 4A Area 1 crown

The Jackson High School Aggies went 1-3 over the past week, however the one win was the only one that counted towards the playoffs. With the win over Monroe County, the Aggies have won the 4A Area 1 crown. More...

Leroy wins 2A Area 1 crown

The No. 2 ranked team in Class 2A picked up three wins over the past week, including a win over their cross-river rival. In their first game last Tuesday, the Bears knocked off the Fruitdale Pirates 16-1. Phillip Ervin pitched a complete game. More...

Lady Eagles win two area games

On Monday, the Lady Eagles traveled to Butler to take on the No. 5 ranked Patrician Academy Saints. The Eagles lost another heartbreaker in extra innings 3-2. More...

For the Record

Douglas Delano Flowers

Douglas Delano Flowers, 68, a native of Greenville and a resident of Wagarville for 45 years, died Friday, April 13, 2007 at a local hospital. He was retired from Ciba Specialty Chemicals where he had worked for 45 years. More...

Della Rhee Odom

Della Rhee Odom, 86, a native of Aimwell and a resident of Jackson, died April 15, 2007 at a local hospital. A homemaker, she was a member of Good Springs Baptist Church. More...

Judith Ann Wilson

Judith Ann Wilson, 62, a homemaker and resident of Jackson, died April 14, 2007. She was a native of Texas. More...

JPD investigating theft of ring through Internet sale

Jackson Police Detective Richard Harvey is investigating the reported theft of a $3,400 engagement ring from a Jackson resident via the Internet. More...

Cyclists following historic route of the Underground Railroad

Two of a group of cyclists taking a journey from Mobile to Ontario, Canada stopped for a rest at the White Smith Memorial Library in Jackson, Tuesday. More...

LHS teacher writes essay 'Wish For Lit' and wins

Imagine the surprise when Betty Brackin, a Leroy High School library media specialist, answered her cell phone last Tuesday to be informed that she was one of three winners of the Amazon.com's "Wish For Lit" contest. More...

News

More than 50 cases settled in Clarke County Circuit Court

Clarke County More than 50 cases were settled in Clarke County Circuit Court last month with Judge Thomas Baxter presiding. More...

Leadership Clarke County Class of 2007

Leadership Clarke County's Class of 2007 was honored recently at graduation ceremonies in Thomasville at the Alabama Tombigbee Conference Center of Alabama Southern Community College. More...

JPD releases stats for 2006

The Jackson Police Department has released its statistics for the period of January through December 2006. Out of 423 total cases, 12 were unfounded. Of the remaining 411, 217 were resolved. More...

Coming Events

Mark Your Calendar

Wagarville VFD fund-raiser April 28 The Wagarville Volunteer Fire Department will be conducting a fund-raiser at the Wagarville Nutrition Center on Saturday, April 28 at 6 p.m. There will be a cake auction, a variety show, food and drinks. More...

Education

CCSWCD announces 2007 poster and essay winners

The Clarke County Soil & Water Conservation District announces their poster and essay winners for 2007. More...

UAB awards scholarship to Michelle McKenzie

Michelle McKenzie is the recipient of a one-year University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Dottie Monro Presidential Minority Scholarship valued at $2,500. More...

Ezell crowned

Ericka Ezell of Grove Hill, center, was crowned Miss Alabama Southern 2007, April 12 at Nettles Auditorium on the Monroeville campus of Alabama Southern Community College. More...

People

Williamson - McGrew to wed April 21

Pastor and Mrs. Darin Rogers of Millry announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sandra B. Williamson of Millry to Eric L. McGrew of Butler, son of Bishop and Mrs. Walter McGrew Sr. of Silas. More...

Parker - Bryan to say vows June 9

Dee Chastain Parker and Kenneth T. Parker, both of Columbia, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lauren Brooke, to Tyler Eugene Bryan of Tuscaloosa, son of Deborah Bryan and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. More...

Paul - Rostas will exchange vows June 9

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Paul of Grove Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandy Lyn, to Brandon Scott Rostas of Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott B. Rostas of Jackson. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Jewell G. More...