Youth Day program scheduled at Mt. Olive No. II The community has been invited to celebrate Mt. Olive No. II's spring revival. The theme is "The church reaching out to an unsaved technological age" (Rom. 10:9). More...

"Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?" Psalm 15:1 This is the greatest question of man. Who will be able to live in the heavenly Mt. Zion or the city of God? More...

Matt. 8:24 "And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep." Christ's presence with the disciples did not keep the storm away. More...

"Alabama's 'First Choice'" legislation goes into effect this fall for students entering high school as freshmen, but it also has ramifications for students already in high school. More...

Jackson High School Library received a grant from the Laura Bush Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative Grants Program for $25,000. Gay H. Lynn, librarian at Jackson High School, applied for the grant in the spring of 2008. More...

On Friday, April 17, the University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies awarded the Colonel Floyd H. Mann and Grace L. Mann Memorial Endowed Scholarship to Joshua Garrett of Jackson at its annual Honors Day Luncheon in Tuscaloosa. More...

The Jackson Aggies (20-13) took two-of-three games from the second-ranked UMS-Wright Bulldogs this past weekend in Mobile to advance to the third round of the AHSAA playoffs. "Huge," Jackson coach Jason Jones said. More...

Class 1A J.U. Blacksher at Brantley, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. (Saturday, 1 p.m. Talladega County Central at Sweet Water, 4 and 6:30 p.m. (Saturday, 2 p.m.) South Lamar at Ragland, 5 and 7 p.m. More...

The No. 1 ranked Leroy Bears (30-3) swept the second ranked G.W. Long Rebels (26-7) 5-3 and 17-5 Friday, April 24 in Leroy. "We played pretty well," Leroy coach Danny Powell said. "We had some good pitching performances from Ervin and Moseley. More...

Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail during the week of April 21-28 include: Jerome Robinson, 30, probation violation, arrested by Life Tech. Jimmy Devane Blanks, 28, failure to pay, $326 bond, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff's Dept. More...

Property deeds listed Dated April 8-15 Floyd Moody Jr., to Edwina Hart. Kylia H. Smith, to Lee Ann Ross Crutchfield. Richard A. Douglas, to Robert S. Bowling. R. Wade Dukes, to Teddy R. Cornelius. More...