The 2009 Clarke County Junior Miss program was conducted Saturday night at Sage Auditorium in Grove Hill with 13 young ladies from around the county competing for the title. More...
Washington County Commissioner Willie Dixon pleaded guilty, Tuesday, May 6, to two separate counts of use of public office for personal gain, a class B felony, and will be forced to vacate his District 5 county commission seat. More...
St. Stephens Fire Department was paged out to a forest fire, Thursday, May 1, near a hunting camp located off the Mobile Cut-off Road. The fire burned a number of acres approximately 3 miles from U.S. Highway 43. St. More...
Good Hope Baptist celebrates Usher's Day The Good Hope Baptist Church of Salitpa will be celebrating their annual Usher's Day program May 18, during the 11 a.m. service. Guest speaker for the occasion is Minister Dennis Taylor. More...
"Show me your mad face," Armani said. My wife, Nancy, had just picked him up along with his sister and brother for an evening at our home. This was their first visit. So was 8-year-old Armani preparing himself for an eventual mad-face encounter? More...
Spiritual Beliefs E.C. Russell First Assembly of God
John 17:18, "As thou has sent Me into the world, even so have I sent them into the world." Have you ever realized that as Christians we take the place of Christ in the world? We are to occupy in His stead till He comes. More...
Pastor Jackson to be honored St. Luke Baptist Church of Grove Hill will honor Pastor Robert Jackson Sr. on Pastor Appreciation Sunday, May 18 at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Elijah Scott of the Pine Chapel No. 1 will be the speaker. More...
The Coffeeville High School graduating class of 2008 is a small one with less than 10 students but the ranks will be increased by one for the May 22 commencement with the addition of a 76 year old who will receive a belated diploma. More...
We may not be able to do anything about $3.50 a gallon gasoline but we should be able to retrain our driving habits to save a gallon here and there. Here are some tips from the Web site saveenergy.about.com. More...
Glenda and Nelson McClain announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Stephanie Leigh of Marbury, to Wesley Glover Bumpers, the son of Faye and William Bumpers, all of Jackson. More...
An explosion at Louisiana- Pacific's Clarke OSB mill south of Thomasville early Wednesday morning injured six workers and has temporarily shut down the plant. More...
It's an achievement for which many have strived, but only an elite few complete--becoming a pilot for the United States Air Force. One of Jackson's own is well on his way to completing that task. More...
During a visit to Calvert, Saturday, May 3, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions said the main reason for the recent price hike in fuel prices is due to oil-producing nations placing restriction on production. More...
A black bear was captured by conservation officers around midnight Friday near Cirrus Road north of Coffeeville after it had entered a residence and scared the occupants. The bear had been tagged in January near Carrabelle, Fla. More...
For several months there's been a new face at New Era Cap Company in Jackson. Alvin Williams, former plant manager of the Demopolis plant, recently took over as the plant manager of the Jackson facility. More...
Shade Weaver (left) and Andrew Wade (right), fourth graders at Jackson Intermediate School, recently attended the annual Scrabble Championship at the University of West Alabama in Livingston where they placed 6th. More...
Leroy High School has announced its 21st Century D.A.S.H. Summer Enrichment program. Dates are as follows: June 5-9 "Passport" - Fun art using geography adventures. More...
Professor Sue Brannan Walker, poet laureate of Alabama, recently paid a visit to Jackson in preparation for the 11th Annual Alabama Writer's Symposium, which was conducted May 1-3 in Monroeville. More...
Henry Dunagan dropped out of school in 1949 to enter the U.S. Navy. On July 20, 1949 after turning 18 Dunagan left for boot camp in San Diego, Calif. More...
The top-ranked Leroy Bears battled back from a 1-0 deficit in the best-of-three series against Wicksburg with two straight wins to advance to the semi-finals of the Alabama High School Athletic Association's playoffs. More...
(Each best-of-three series is scheduled May 9-10 with a doubleheader Friday and a single game, if necessary, Saturday. All times at CDT.) Class 1A Providence Christian at Brantley, 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. (1 p.m. More...
Jeremy Reeves ripped a threerun homer to put Jackson up 9-8 and cap off a six-run bottom of the sixth inning to send the Aggies to the AHSAA semifinals Friday night with a twogame sweep of the defending 4A champion Childersburg Tigers. More...
Leon Lawrence Baugh Leon Lawrence Baugh, 76, died May 1, 2008 at the Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. A member of the Bassetts Creek Baptist Church in Grove Hill, he was a retired logging foreman for Scotch Lumber Co. in Fulton. More...
The following arrests were booked into the Clarke County Jail for the week of April 29 through May 6: Lashan Kennedy, 34, theft by deception, first degree, $20,000 bond, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff's Dept. More...
The Washington County Sheriff's Department reported the following arrests during the past week: •Michael Travis, 50, of McIntosh was arrested April 29 and charged with violation of probation. He was ordered to serve 40 days. More...
