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SWAIA to host workshop The Southwest Alabama Improvement Association (SWAIA) monthly meeting will be Tuesday, April 15, 6-8 p.m. at the Jackson Steakhouse. The meeting will be a workshop with Craig Baab, an attorney with the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice in Montgomery, as guest speaker. The workshop is en... More ... Time is running out to qualify for June Primary The clock is ticking toward the deadline to qualify for elected offices on the June 3 primary ballot. So far, there is only one contested primary race and two matches for the general election in November. More ...
Former Jackson Nutrition Center Director Nellie Edge (front, seated) was honored with a retirement reception Thursday, March 27 at the H.W. Pearce Memorial Park Assembly House. The event was attended by many of the nutrition center's participants, family members, city officials and staff. More ... Citizens asked to help clean up county The Clarke County Citizens Against Litter Committee needs your help. April is the statewide cleanup month. The committee is asking every citizen in Clarke County to pick up litter if physically able. Citizens are asked to take one large garbage bag and fill it with litter in their area. If everyo... More ...
Chris Beverly is seeking a full term as Clarke County Revenue Commissioner. He was appointed to the position by Gov. Bob Riley to fill the unexpired term of Jay Duke, who was elected Circuit Clerk. More ...
Tyrone Moye, manager of the Jackson Memorial Funeral Home, announces his candidacy for Clarke County Commissioner District 4. Currently serving as vice chairman of the Clarke County Chapter of the Alabama Democratic Conference, Moye is also a member of the Clarke County Industrial Board and the ... More ...
By Barry H. Hendrix "We all want growth," said Paul South, mayor pro tem of the Jackson City Council. "I'm more interested in what growth is going to do to our people. "We are in a rural area. We are never going to be Mobile….Whatever we bring to town is going to affect our small town. That's what we are alwa... More ...
From Staff Reports Agents with the Alabama Beverage Commission (ABC) and officers with the Clarke County Sheriff's Department seized, March 27, a large illegal moonshine still in the Morvin area. More ... Schools send letters home asking for help due to Boise not paying taxes By Barry H. Hendrix A letter has been sent to parents of students of Grove Hill Elementary School and Gillmore Elementary School asking for volunteer help to ease the financial burden to the school system caused by the lack of ad valorem tax revenue from Boise Paper in Jackson. More ... Clarke BOE approves calendar next school year By Barry H. Hendrix The Clarke County Board of Education approved March 20 the calendar for the 2008-2009 school year. The recommendation came from the School Calendar Committee including certificated and support personnel, said School Superintendent Gerald Stephens. "We like to involve everyone," he said. More ...
Chuck Anderson of Thomasville has been recently named Thomasville's city president for First United Security Bank. Anderson was formerly vice president and branch manager for Thomasville's Hwy. 43 South office, and has been employed with the bank since he began his career 16 years ago. More ... Restraining order issued against suspended judge Suspended Circuit Judge Stuart C. DuBose's problems until last week had been professional in nature. Last week his problems also became personal as his wife, Allison DuBose, filed a divorce petition in Clarke County Circuit Court. More ...
A number of local cyclist participated in the annual "Peddlin' For a Cure" event in Monroeville March 21. Many of those participating peddled their bikes 92 miles to Battleship Park in Mobile, raising more than $160,000 for the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life. More ... Community newspapers still popular sources of information Community newspapers continue to inform and empower citizens along "Main Street America," a new survey by the National Newspaper Association found. In contrast to reports that suggest newspaper readership is declining, the study found readership of community newspapers up slightly, from 81 percen... More ... Board of registrars say help will be welcomed By Ellen Williams SA Reporter Recently Ed Packard of the Secretary of State's office came to Chatom at the request of Probate Judge Charles Singleton to look into problems within the Washington County Registrars Office. More ... WashCo BOE member dissatisfied with scheduling of spring break By Ellen Williams SA Reporter The Washington County Board of Education had 27 action items on the agenda for March 27, but nearly half of them, were tabled because the board did not have adequate information to make a decision. Spring break brought about a long discussion. Elaine Beech objected to the school calendar; specifi... More ...
The Private Gibeon Jefferson Sullivan Chapter, 2662, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Washington County, announces that Hannah Carol Akridge of Tibbie is the recipient of a scholarship from the Alabama Division United Daughters of the Confederacy. More ... Woman charged with sneaking drugs to inmates By Evan Carden SA Editor A Citronelle woman is being held in the Washington County Jail on $40,000 bond after being accused of sneaking illegal drugs to four inmates. Jessy Belle Pitt, 20, is charged with four counts of promotion of prison contraband. Her bond was set at $10,000 for each count. More ...
Special to The South Alabamian The Washington County charter of Youth NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) conducted its first meeting Saturday, March 22, at Mt. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on Peavy's Landing Road. The meeting was conducted by the group's president Christopher Dixon. Approxim... More ... WashCo food ratings released by Alabama Department of Public Health The Alabama Department of Public Health is the responsible for the inspection and regulation of restaurants and other food service facilities in Alabama. Following are ratings for restaurants located in Washington County. A-1 Exxon, 97; Aquilla Grocery & Grill, 98; Bertile's, 90; Billie Burger Ca... More ...
By Evan Carden SA Editor The new and improved Webb's Café has been in operation under the direction of Vanessa Barnett for the past three weeks. For some years the eatery has operated under the name of the Bee Hive Cafe, but took back its original name after Barnett took over the operation from her mother, Lillian W... More ... |
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