January 22, 2009 RSS feed / News

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RIVER RISES HIGH- Last week the Tombigbee River rose high over its banks covering the boat landing in Jackson and flooding the roadway beneath the railroad underpass on Industrial Road (right photo). More...

Ribbon cut at new WashCo Health Department

By Ellen Williams SA Reporter

Ruth Underwood, public health officer for Area 9 (eight counties) and administrator of the Washington County Health Department, welcomed people to the ribbon-cutting open house at the facility January 16. More...

Moss says WashCo Bd. Of Ed 'all right this year'

By Ellen Williams SA Reporter

Chief Financial Officer Larry Moss told the Washington County Board of Education Tuesday, Jan. 20, "We will make this year. I don't know about next year. We have a lot of decisions to make along about the last of April or the first of May. More...

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CONFEDERATE TRIBUTE- Flags waved briskly in the breeze atop headstones in Confederate Rest in Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Jan. 18, as the Raphael Semmes Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) Camp 11 paid tribute to Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. More...

Events mark King's birthday and Obama inauguration

ANNUAL MARCH- Jackson Masonic Lodge No. 139 conducted the annual Martin Luther King Day March and Retreat, Monday, Jan. 19, in downtown Jackson. More...

Local author to speak at historical society meeting

Local historian and author Joyce Burrage will speak to the Clarke County Historical Society Sunday at Grove Hill Town Hall at 2 p.m. More...

Sen. Shelby to visit area

U. S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) will visit the residents of Clarke and Washington counties on Saturday, Jan. 31. At 8 a.m. he will be at the McIntosh Town Hall, located at 206 Commerce Street in McIntosh and at 10 a.m. More...

JPD investigating several burglaries

By Evan Carden SA Editor

The Jackson Police Department is investigating several burglaries which occurred between Jan. 14-17. The first was reported around 7 a.m., Jan. 14, at a business in the 3600 block of College Avenue. More...

WashCo cattlemen to meet tonight

The Washington County Cattlemen's Association will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m., at the Chatom Community Center, for its annual meeting and steak banquet. All members, former members and their spouses or a companion are invited to attend. More...

White Smith Memorial Library announces the 'Connecting Families Project' operating

On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Gov. Bob Riley addressed an audience at Wetumpka Public Library and announced the Connecting Families Project, which will put computers, Web cams and broadband capabilities in 106 libraries across the state, More...

Wild game cookout winners announced

Hunters and citizens from throughout the Coffeeville area gathered Saturday, Jan. 17 for a wild game cookout conducted at the Little House Barbeque. More...

Continued drug task force funding received

A specialized drug task force will continue its work in Choctaw, Clarke and Washington counties thanks in part to a $100,000 grant awarded through the office of Gov. Bob Riley. More...