June 12, 2008 RSS feed / Editorials

$20 billion 'green scheme' passes House

Report From Congress

The House Democratic majority last week brought to the floor a bill that takes $20 billion in taxpayer money and creates a massive, bureaucratic school construction program. More...

Golf course attacks

We are happy to see arrests made for the attack of a 76- year-old local citizen playing alone on the Jackson Links golf course but we are still concerned about the problem. More...

Clarke County HIPPY program improving kids' lives

Life has never been easy in Clarke County, 1,200 square miles of mostly timberland wedged between the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers in the southwest corner of Alabama. More...

'ACE' recognizes hard work to make Jackson better place

Jackson was recently designated as an "Alabama Community of Excellence." The award is bestowed on communities with populations between 2,000 and 12,000 that have completed a systematic process for economic and community development. More...

State prosecutors taking drug companies to court

Alabama Viewpoint

Next Monday the State of Alabama will begin its second trial in the "Average Wholesale Price" litigation against major drug companies. The state contends that defendants GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. More...

Jim Nabors- 'Gomer Pyle' turns 75-years-old June 12

This Week In Alabama History

June 12, 1933: Actor and singer Jim Nabors is born in Sylacauga. More...