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A black bear was captured by conservation officers around midnight Friday near Cirrus Road north of Coffeeville after it had entered a residence and scared the occupants. The bear had been tagged in January near Carrabelle, Fla. after its mother had been killed by a car. More ...
By Evan Carden SA Editor For several months there's been a new face at New Era Cap Company in Jackson. Alvin Williams, former plant manager of the Demopolis plant, recently took over as the plant manager of the Jackson facility. "I am very pleased to be in Jackson and hope to make this plant as successful as we can," he ... More ...
Shade Weaver (left) and Andrew Wade (right), fourth graders at Jackson Intermediate School, recently attended the annual Scrabble Championship at the University of West Alabama in Livingston where they placed 6th. More ... Mailbox vandals caught By Barry H. Hendrix An 18 year old from Grove Hill and a 17-year-old juvenile were arrested May 1 for a two-week vandalism spree in Clarke County. "A couple of weeks ago, we started getting calls from different places saying mailboxes were being destroyed," said Chief Investigator Ron Baggette of the Clarke County S... More ... Wife charged with stabbing husband By Evan Carden SA Editor A domestic dispute in the 700 block of Cemetery Road in Jackson, Tuesday, May 6, led to the stabbing of a Jackson man, according to Jackson Police Inv. Richard Harvey. Harvey said Christopher Thomas, 27, was allegedly stabbed by his wife, Elizabeth Thomas, 45, during a domestic dispute that led ... More ... Correction Joel Marvin Thompson was not one of those arrested during a drug bust in Fulton as reported last week. Thompson was already in the Clarke County Jail on another charge, and his arrest had no connection to the drug bust. There were only eight people arrested in the raid, not 13 as reported. Suspec... More ...
By Evan Carden SA Editor A "Celebrity Roast" of all the mayors of Clarke County drew abundant laughter from those attending the event at the H.W. Pearce Jr. Memorial Park Assembly House in Jackson, Saturday, May 3. More ...
Eric Reynolds co-anchor of Fox 10 Morning News in Mobile, will visit Jackson High School to speak to the "Messengers," a mentored group of young male students in the school. Men in the Jackson community have volunteered to work together and serve as mentors for these young men. More ...
By Barry H. Hendrix Alabama Southern Community College (ASCC) conducted a dinner Monday, April 28, at its Thomasville campus to honor high school and current ASCC students who have received Advanced Technology Scholarships through the college's alliance with area industries. More ... ADECA rep. explains grant options for rural sewerage By Evan Carden SA Editor in McIntosh, Monday, May 5, several local officials from Washington and north Mobile counties learned what may be available for a rural sewerage system to be put into place. In recent months, Washington County and McIntosh city leaders have been working diligently to put in place the first rural ... More ...
The Leroy Fire Department, in coordination with the Washington County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), conducted a realistic disaster/fire drill at Leroy High School Tuesday, May 6. Also participating were the St. Stephens, Wagarville and Jackson fire departments, Jackson Emergency Transport Servi... More ... Black Belt Housing Initiative offers affordable homes for Katrina victims On Friday, May 2, families devastated by Hurricane Katrina in Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Sumter and Washington counties received the keys to their dreams as United Ways of Alabama, HERO (Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization) Housing Resource Center, Habitat for Humanity Hale County Inc. More ...
New Life Fellowship Church, located on Highway 56 in Chatom across from the Deer Field Golf Course, is undergoing an expansion project. The new structure will be an 86 by 120 edifice and half the space will be used as a sanctuary/worship center with the rest being taken up by educational rooms and a... More ...
Photos by Ellen Williams Eleven teams were on hand Friday, May 2, at the Chatom Community Center to help raise money for the American Cancer Society's fight against cancer. The event was hosted by Washington County's Relay For Life. Teams built their themes around popular styles of past decades from the 50s to the 90s. More ... |
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