Warrants for the Clarke County Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement agencies are handled through the Clarke County E-911 Office and take a lot of time to process, Director Becky Neugent told county commissioners, sitting as the E-911 board Monday. More...

First Assembly hosts 'Show Your Colors Night' One99 Student Ministries of First Assembly of God will host "Show Your Colors Night" on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. "Show Your Colors Night" is a time of ministry as well as a time to represent your favorite local school. More...

JMS PTO sponsors Back-to-School dance There will be a Back-to- School Dance, Friday, Aug. 15, from 7:30 until 11:30 p.m. at the Jackson Middle School gym. Admission will be $3 and Kenneth Johnson will be the DJ. This dance is sponsored by the JMS PTO and will be a chaperoned event. More...

The Literacy Coalition of Clarke County Board of Directors and White Smith Memorial Library hosted a library countywide meeting on July 15. State representative, Marc Keahey presented a $250 check to the Literacy program currently sponsored by the White Smith Library in Jackson. Rep. Keahey is an avid supporter and member of the Literacy Coalition and Workforce Development for our area. The check was received by Terri Flowers, literacy instructor and trainer, library director, Debra Grayson, and library board member Louis Finlay. Plans are underway to offer adult literacy tutoring at all libraries and expansion plans for faith-based and enlarging community-based services. For more information on adult literacy or tutoring opportunities, contact your local library, Terri Flowers at White Smith Memorial Library, 251-246- 4962, or Denise Flowers at 251-246-4793. More...

Maybe it is because we have had so much time to get used to it. Or perhaps the candidates have become such permanent fixtures on our television and computer screens. Or I guess maybe we just matured as human beings. But think about it, a young African-American (with roots in Kenya, Indonesia, Hawaii and Kansas, certainly not the path taken by Chester A. More...

The Jackson 11-year-old Little League All-Stars finished second in the state after falling to West Side of Mobile in the championship game in Sylacauga July 25. "I am extremely proud of the boys," Head Coach Bud Powell said. "We were in Sylacauga for a week. It was a long week. Coming in second place in the entire state of Alabama is a huge accomplishment. More...

August 15, 1841: Julia Tutwiler is born in Tuscaloosa. Tutwiler, president of what later became the University of West Alabama in Livingston, worked to secure the admittance of women to the University of Alabama, to reform Alabama's prisons, and to expand educational opportunities for women. More...

Stacy L. Kimbell and LaVaughn Martin, both of Jackson, exchanged wedding vows Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at 6 in the evening at the H.W. Pearce Memorial Park Assembly House. The Rev. Richard Howard officiated the ceremony. Parents of the couple are Addie and L.C. Kimbell of Jackson, and Joseph Martin Sr. of Jackson and the late Minnie Lee Martin. More...

The McIntosh Police Department reported two arrests for illegal drug possession during the past week. The first arrest took place on Aug. 8, when Terry L. Franks, 31, of State Line, Miss. was stopped for a traffic violation around 1:15 p.m. More...