Need for county animal shelter is evident
      If you drive around Clarke County as much as I do you will see that there is a definite need for a county animal shelter. I have seen many dogs wandering beside the highways, and probably just as many whose lives have ended there. Sometimes these dogs aren't homeless strays, but have been allow...
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Legislature not sure of Gov. Riley's numbers
      House speaker Seth Hammett, D-Andalusia, says a lot of legislators don't "feel comfortable" with the budget proposals sent to lawmakers last week. He said, "Most of us want to believe" that the governor's optimistic projections are right, "but we're not yet convinced.
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Letter to the Editor
Efforts under way to help clean up litter in Clarke Co.
      Dear Editor, I would like to commend Linda Breedlove for the column that she wrote a couple of weeks ago pertaining to the problem of litter along Highway 69. It is a problem that those of us who live out this way are reminded of twice each time we come to town. Once going to town and again when ...
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Mobile ranked No. 1 in nation
      Out of all the metropolitan areas in America, Mobile County will have the fastest growing economy over the next five years according to Moody's Economy.com. Crediting ThyssenKrupp's decision to build a $3.
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This Week In Alabama History
      February 13, 1866: On Fat Tuesday, Confederate veteran Joe Cain parades through the streets of federal-occupied Mobile dressed as a Chickasaw Indian chief he dubbed "Slackabamorinico." The antics of "Chief Slac" marked the first public celebration of Mardi Gras in Mobile since the start of the Ci...
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