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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. Early settlers hacked small fields out of the pine thickets and floated logs downriver to be sold in Mobile. More ... 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 ... 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. The 21st Century Green High- Performing Public School Facilities Act, H.R. 3021, would authorize $6. More ... 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 ... 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. Jackson citizens and out-of-town guests who enjoy golf should be able to play the course without fear of being mugged. More ... June 12, 1933: Actor and singer Jim Nabors is born in Sylacauga. Nabors began acting while a student at the University of Alabama, and is best known for his Gomer Pyle character, who appeared on "The Andy Griffith Show" from 1960 to 1964, and later on his own series, "Gomer Pyle, USMC. More ... |
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