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August 9, 2007
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Jackson Police Chief Charles Burge talks with Jackson volunteer fireman Bob Bumpers at an accident involving an asphalt dump truck last Friday. The dump body of an extended Mobile Asphalt Company dump truck turned over on Highway 43 as it was unloading into an asphalt spreader in front of Wal-... More...
DHR, workers, day care owner are charged with negligence

The Alabama Department of Human Resources, specific DHR employees and the owner of a day care facility near Jackson where two toddlers almost drowned in a swimming pool on March 8 are being sued for negligence in Clarke County Circuit Court. More...

Thomasville's heated debate on wet-dry similar to Jackson's in 2005

Jackson has had the distinction- critics would say the notoriety- since July 2005 of being the only locality in Clarke County where alcoholic beverages could be legally purchased. That could change Tuesday as Thomasville voters go to the polls to decide a municipal wet-dry referendum. More...

Members of Clarke County Citizens Against Litter (CCCAL) brain-stormed with District 65 Rep. Marc Keahey, during their Aug. 2 meeting, about ways to obtain funding for the committee's operations. Rep. Keahey indicated he would attempt to find out if there are any funding sources on the state leve... More...
Youth, Men and Women Conference, Aug. 11 The annual conference for youth, men and women will be conducted Saturday, Aug. 11 at the Grove Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Uriah (Eliska), 503 Scott Road. The Rev. T.L. Douglas is pastor. More...
Clarke County DHR board meeting The Clarke County DHR quarterly board meeting will be conducted Aug. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Clarke County DHR board room, 22609 Highway 84, Grove Hill. Lou J. Boykin is director. ADC meets Aug. More...
Rhiannon Brackin, a graduate of Jackson Academy in 1999 and the University of South Alabama Mobile in 2003, graduated summa cum laude from Auburn University on Aug. 4, 2007 with a master's degree in elementary education. More...
Good to see participation in 'America's Night Out'
Tuesday evening I was pleased to see that at least some of the citizens of Jackson decided to take time out from their regular routines to participate in the national "America's Night Out," hosted locally by the Jackson Police Department. More...
Advice from the "Bear"
"If you believe in yourself, have dedication and pride-and never quit, you will be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards," Those words were made famous by former Crimson Tide Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant years ago but they still ring true today. More...
Cheryl and Gene Clarke of Grove Hill announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Dyan, to Larry Tyler Bagley, son of Kay and Larry Bagley of Grove Hill. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Gloria Crider of Decatur and the late Byron Crider, and the late Doris and... More...
Roseann Halloran Dolbear Roseann Halloran Dolbear, 73, a native of Chicago, Ill. and resident of Jackson, died Aug. 6, 2007 at the family residence. Retired, she was a cashier at Winn Dixie, a member of the VFW Auxiliary in Jackson and a member of Visitation Catholic Church in Jackson. More...