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January 3, 2008
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Missing woman found safe
Jackson Rescue Squad members aid in search for lost woman
By Evan Carden SA Editor
Several members of the Jackson Rescue Squad responded to a call, Dec. 27, to aid in the search for a woman who had been reported missing in the Millry area. Charlene Moss Hopkins, 47, was found safe Saturday, Dec. 29, approximately nine miles from the family-owned lake where she disappeared Thur... More...
Jackson bachelor's generosity benefits local churches
By Jim Cox SA Pubisher

Wilburn H. McVay was the epitome of a genteel southern gentleman- quiet and soft-spoken, white-haired, most often attired in a white shirt and tie in his small grocery store on Commerce Street in downtown Jackson that he ran for years. More...

Turn signal will help at busy Jackson intersection
By Evan Carden SA Editor

During a short meeting of the Jackson City Council, Dec. 26, Mayor Richard Long informed those in attendance that a turn signal would be added to the traffic light at College Avenue and High Acres Drive. The mayor said the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) would also replace the existi... More...

 News
•Jackson man dies 10 days after being found injured in street
A Jackson man died 10 days after he was found injured and lying in the street. According to Jackson Police Detective Richard Harvey, Willard Hazewood Jr., 53, died Dec. 23 in a Mobile hospital. Hazewood was found lying in the road, bleeding from his head, on East Boyles Street the evening of Dec.... More...
•Coffeeville police make drug arrest
•Retirees honored with reception
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 Church News
•Former pastor to speak at First Assembly of God
The Rev. Robert Rogers and his family first resided in Jackson from 1954-1959 at the First Assembly of God. The Rev. Rogers said, "The church was a small block building with no Sunday School rooms. The pews were homemade and uncomfortable. One of the things we did was raise enough money to buy ne... More...
•Mt. Bethel Baptist Church honors Ellarene M. Houze
•Inspiration Point
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 Coming Events
•MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Magnolia Assembly hosts revival Magnolia Assembly of God, located on County Road 29 (Allen Road), will kick off the new year with a revival beginning Sunday, Jan. 13. David Copeland of Lanett will be the evangelist. Sunday services will be at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., with the weeknights at 7. More...
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 Editorials
•Financial advice from one who oversees billions
Dr. David Bronner is the CEO of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, the agency that handles billions in investments for state education and government employees. Bronner has made the RSA fund one of the strongest of its kind in the nation. More...
•Opting out of pre-approved credit offers
•Mardi Gras and presidential politics come to head Feb. 5
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 Sports
•Powell enjoying time as Bama GA
Dru Powell graduated from Leroy High in 2002 and after spending one year at home in community college, he headed to Tuscaloosa to finish his degree in education. "When I graduated high school I went to Alabama Southern for one year because I wasn't quite ready to leave home," Dru Powell said. More...
•Lady Aggies second in Clarke tourney
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 People
•Full Story
Spreading Christmas cheer First graders from Gillmore Elementary School visited Jackson Health Care Facility before Christmas. The students entertained residents with Christmas carols and paid a special visit to their teacher's mother, Gwendolyn Horton and her aunt Florence Ryser who gave the childr... More...
•Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roberts to celebrate 50th anniversary
•Tom's Meat Loaf
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 For the Record
•Area Obituaries
Velma Wilson Duke Velma Wilson Duke, a native of Winn and a resident of Jackson, died at the age of 92 on Dec. 30, 2007 at her daughter's residence in Mobile. She was a member of McCann's United Methodist Church in Jackson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fredrick Duke and two daughter... More...
•Clarke Co. deeds, marriage licenses
•Clarke County Sheriff's Report
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