Pushmataha stood out among area Indian leaders
Rambling & Ruminating
Walter Davis
      Any student of Alabama history, especially as it pertains to Clarke County, would surely be familiar with Ft. Mims, Ft. Sinquefield and the Bashi Skirmish. Actually, Ft. Mims was in northern Baldwin County, but events that occurred there are closely tied to this area.
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Hurricane Dean a reminder that worst of season still ahead
Editorial Opinion
      Hurricane Dean hit the Yucatan peninsula Tuesday with winds of 165 mph and gusts of 200 mph, blowing out windows, toppling trees and pushing a large storm surge ashore. It has been a relatively quiet hurricane season until now and this Category 5 storm was a shocking reminder that the worst of th...
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Hearing what's on your mind
Report From Congress
Jo Bonner
      Last week, several members of my staff and I began our most recent series of 20 town hall meetings throughout the First District, bringing our total over the past four and a half years to 170 meetings.
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Race to fill Byrne's seat in State Senate underway
One candidate not accepting contributions from anyone
Alabama Viewpoint Bob Martin
      The Republican runoff election on Sept. 11 for Senate District 32 in Baldwin County to succeed former Sen. Bradley Byrne, has the eyes and ears of the state riveted on the Gulf Coast. Byrne resigned two months ago to accept an appointment as chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system.
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This Week In Alabama History
Wallace's birthday this month
Ala. Dept. of Archives & History
      August 23, 1864: The Battle of Mobile Bay ends with the Confederate surrender of Fort Morgan. Alabama had seized the fort from federal control in January 1861 and then turned it over to Confederate forces, which, until August 1864, used it to keep the U.S. Navy out of Mobile Bay, while letting blo...
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