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Ground broken for new JHS athletic facility

A groundbreaking ceremony was conducted Tuesday morning for the new athletic fieldhouse on the Jackson High School campus. More...

Callahan to graduate Air Force Academy

By Evan Carden SA Editor

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...

Sessions compares oil situation to extortion

By Evan Carden SA Editor

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...

News

Bear captured after invading Coffeeville home

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...

Alvin Williams takes over as New Era plant manager

By Evan Carden SA Editor

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...

Scrabble champs

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...

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Coming Events

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

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...

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Education

Leroy High School announces Summer Enrichment Program

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...

Poet laureate visits Library Reader's Club

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...

Coffeeville High School 1949 senior graduates 58 years later

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...

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Sports

Bears escape Wicksburg, head to semi-finals

By Chris Sherman SA Sports Writer

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...

Alabama High School Athletic Association's semifinal pairings

(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...

Reeves' 3-run homer lifts Aggies over Childersburg

By Chris Sherman SA Sports Writer

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...

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For the Record

Area Obituaries

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...

Clarke County Sheriff's Report

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...

Washington County Sheriff's Report

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...

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Burn victims airlifted after explosion at LP plant

By Arthur McLean

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...

Wreck injures two

A wreck the afternoon of May 1, on U.S. Highway 43 near Edgewood Drive, left two people injured. More...

Dozier named Clarke County Junior Miss

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...

Dixon pleads guilty

District 5 commission seat left empty

By Evan Carden and Ellen Williams

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...

Forest fire threatens hunting camp

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...

Church

Church Calendar

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...

Does God have a mad face?

Inspiration Point

"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...

Do you mirror the reflection of Christ?

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...

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