Illegal fire lane parkers caught in the act
      Acouple of weeks ago I wrote a column concerning the need for illegal parking to stop in fire lanes at area shopping centers. Since that time I have noticed that some have heeded the Jackson Police Department's warning and stopped parking in fire lanes, while others continue to ignore it.
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Thanks to those who aided in search for missing children
      Recently it was brought to our attention that some members of the Jackson Rescue Squad and other local citizens assisted in the search and recovery efforts for the four young children who were allegedly thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge a couple of weeks ago.
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Good news for economy
      Good news continues to come to south Alabama. This past Monday Airbus announced its intentions to shift commercial aircraft production to Mobile if Northrop Grumman, along with Airbus' parent company EADS, is awarded the contract to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.
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Riley wants $7 million to eradicate the 'yellow dawgs' from House, Senate chambers
      Gov. Bob Riley wants to rid the state legislative halls of Democrats and is leading the charge to raise $7 million to start the job in the 2010 elections.
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Alabama History
      January 20, 1702: French colonists, led by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, establish Fort Louis de la Mobile on a bluff twenty-seven miles up the This Mobile River from Mobile Bay.
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Trash, trash and more trash litters roadside along Hwy. 69
      While traveling Monday afternoon on Highway 69 between Jackson Academy and where the historical marker stands near Bolentown, I was amazed at how much litter was alongside of the highway. Cans, paper and plastic items could be picked up by the barrel. I had noticed a lot of litter before Christma...
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