A special parade was conducted Friday, May 15, in downtown Jackson to recognize students from Joe M. Gillmore Elementary and Jackson Intermediate schools who reached their accelerated reader goals for the 2008-09 school year. More...
Jackson High School's Awards Night was Thursday, May 14, with more than $1 million in scholarships awarded. Blair Hundley, and Jarious Dingle were introduced as Miss and Mr. JHS by Principal Ken Harbuck. More...
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce invites interested individuals to participate in its 2009 Job Fair. The event will be Thursday, May 28 at the Alabama Career Center located at 3090 Highway 43 in Jackson. Admission is free. More...
Senior citizens will be offered mini revival Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Carlton will present a senior citizens' mini revival at 7 p.m., Wednesday - Friday, May 20-22. More...
Rev. Clayton Smith Pine Grove United Methodist Church
1 Samuel 17:37 (NRSV) David said, "The LORD, who saved me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, will save me from the hand of this Philistine." So Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you! More...
Zechariah 4:10 "For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth. More...
Dear Editor, The mayor and city council are considering raising gasoline taxes to 6 cents per gallon. It seems that when the economy dictates that all of us tighten our money belts our governments do just the opposite. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sheffield of Grove Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Cassie Marie, to Tony Brown, son of Gloria Brown and stepson of Jimmy Leggett, both of Grove Hill, and David and Debra Robinson of Mexia. More...
The Rev. and Mrs. Boykin Maxwell Woodruff Jr. of Mobile announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sophie Garrett, to James Robert Ream, son of Gail Ream Allen of Carrollton, Ga., and Randy Kenneth Ream of Dothan. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Chipper Glosson of Orange Beach announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Heather Suzan, to John Wayne Lathan. Mr. Lathan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lathan of Jackson. More...
The Washington County Sheriff's Department is investigating an incident, which occurred Friday, May 15, and involved someone shooting into a residence near St. Stephens. More...
Chatom and Grove Hill can now vote on the question of legalized alcoholic beverages sales. Last Thursday, the Alabama State Senate overrode Gov. More...
Those who have not registered to vote have until tomorrow (Friday) to do so if they wish to participate in the June 2 special election for the District 22 state senate seat. The special election is necessary to fill the vacancy left by Sen. More...
( Editor's note: In the past The South Alabamian has featured a number of veterans who served their country during war time. Some of those we featured are no longer with us. More...
Literacy Coalition to meet The Literacy Coalition of Clarke county will conduct a meeting at the Grove Hill Nutrition Center Tuesday, June 2, at 11 a.m. A light lunch will follow. The speaker will be former senator Ann Bedsole of Mobile. More...
The only Chrysler dealer in the region dodged the automaker's intentions to end franchise agreements with 789 dealerships nationwide and 14 in Alabama last Thursday when termination letters were sent out. More...
The Washington County Domestic Violence Task Force hosted a seminar Thursday, May 14, at the Chatom Community Center. Among the speakers were, left, Kelly Parris-Barnes, executive director of the Children's Trust Fund and, right, Dr. More...
Clarke BOE to meet The next meeting of the Clarke County Board of Education is today (May 21), at 4 p.m., at the Jackson Intermediate School. This is a change from the date discussed at the April meeting. More...
Representing Jackson Academy for 2009 as Mr. and Miss Jackson Academy are Emerald McIntyre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McIntyre and Dent Beard, son of Paula Turner and Dr. Stanley Beard. More...
Oleatha J. Anderson received her bachelor of science degree from University of Mobile on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at the Mobile Civic Center. While at UM she was on the Dean's List and was inducted into the Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. More...
State Farm 10, Napa 1 Rain suspended a game that was a likely victory for State Farm as they were taking Napa to the garage in a 10-1 game prior to the downpour. More...
Police Dept 8, Boise 5 Boise took Police Department on a high speed chase around the diamond for six innings, but in the end, Police Department cuffed and stuffed Boise 8-5. More...
Ruby Beatrice Spears, 76, a native of Greenville and resident of Jackson, died May 18, 2009 at a Mobile hospital. She was a retired seamstress with Vanity Fair and a member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church. More...
Dorothy Toomey, a native of Barlow and resident of Tibbie, died May 13,2009 at the age of 75 at her home. She was a secretary bookkeeper for Local I.A.M.A.W. and a member of the Chalker Memorial United Methodist Church in Tibbie. More...
Vernon Lee Croom Sr., 62, a native of North Carolina and resident of Alabama, died May 16, 2009 at a daughter's home in Clarke County. He retired from Champion Paper Company and began a business driving box trailer trucks. More...
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