The Washington County Sheriff's Department is searching for an inmate and his accomplice after the inmate escaped from a county work crew Monday, June 15, around 8:30 a.m. More...
Jackson city officials and staff hosted a special ceremony, Thursday, June 11, to dedicate city hall as the James E. Arrington City Hall Complex, in honor of the former mayor. Arrington died recently after a bout with cancer. Family members, friends, present and past city officials and employees were present for the event. More...
On Tuesday, Aug. 4, neighborhoods throughout Jackson are invited to join thousands of communities nationwide for the annual National Night Out (NNO) crime and drug prevention event. More...
Catfish Dinner June 20 at Grove Hill United Methodist The Youth of Grove Hill United Methodist Church are sponsoring a catfish supper Saturday, June 20, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost is $10 per plate and includes fried catfish, baked beans, cole slaw, hushpuppies and dessert. You can dine in at the church or pick up and take home to enjoy. More...
The following students have been announced on the Jackson Middle School A and A/B honor rolls for the last 9-weeks of the 2008-2009 school year. More...
For many, summer is a fun time- a time for family vacations, hanging out with friends and going swimming. It's also a time that brings on the dreaded yard work season for many of us. As a child, summer was the time of year I had the most fun. More...
The BMAC Geckos attended the season-opening Long Course event in Biloxi, Miss. Thirty-five team members competed at the inaugural "Splashing the Coast" meet at the Biloxi Natatorium. Twenty-one swimmers earned points for BMAC, with 14 team members turning in 32 top-three finishes. More...
June 18, 1954: Albert Patterson, Democratic Party nominee for state attorney general, is assassinated in his hometown of Phenix City. State and local officials were implicated in the crime, but only Russell County Chief Deputy Albert Fuller was convicted. More...
Owen Bradford Larrimore Mr. and Mrs. Brad Larrimore Jr. (nee Elizabeth Kinman) of Eufaula announce the birth of their son, Owen Bradford, June 8, 2009 at 8:40 p.m., at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ga. He weighed 6 lbs., 15 oz. and was 20 inches in length. More...
Forty-nine defendants with a total of 54 indictments are slated on criminal dockets for trial next week in Clarke County Circuit Court. The charges vary from attempted murder to rape and sexual abuse, to a variety of drug, theft and robbery cases. There are also several DUI appeals from Clarke County District Court on the dockets for Judge D. P. More...
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