Left, Robbie Cross, a student at Joe M. Gillmore Elementary School, Jackson, was the first place winner of the anti-litter poster contest sponsored by the Clarke County Citizens Against Litter Committee. More...
A member of the Rockville Baptist Church asked Clarke County Commissioners Tuesday if they would help pave part of a county road next to the church that is an "integral part" of the church's parking lot. More...
At the Washington County Commission meeting, June 22, Sheriff Richard Stringer asked the commission's advice on helping him come up with a better way to account for the gasoline used in his department's patrol cars. More...
At their June 18 meeting, the Washington County Board of Education added 12 personnel, transferred one, and accepted bids on bread, milk products and fruit juice. More...
Alabama firefighters and emergency medical personnel were honored on live statewide television at the Alabama Sports Festival State Games XXVII opening ceremonies, June 19, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena. More...
Alabama's summer climate, with its extreme temperatures and high humidity, can lead to heatrelated illnesses and deaths if not treated. Heat-related illnesses occur when the body's temperature control system is overloaded. More...
The Southwest Alabama Hospital Auxiliary is now accepting applications for scholarships for students who have been accepted in a health care field at an approved educational facility. More...
Three Washington County juveniles are charged with third degree criminal mischief and burglary following a destruction spree last Tuesday, June 16. More...
Support services for west Alabama domestic violence victims are getting a boost from a $20,540 economic stimulus grant awarded through the office of Gov. Bob Riley. The grant supplements a previous award of $100,289 announced last fall. More...
Members of the Jackson Kiwanis Club recently purchased energy efficient fluorescent light bulbs at a cost-saving price from Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Cooperative and gave them to participants in the Jackson Nutrition Center program as a c More...
In a clarification in last week's edition we mistakenly said the VFW Ladies Auxiliary placed flags in local cemeteries for Memorial Day. In fact, it was the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary who placed the flags. More...
Stan Rigney, representing the Washington County Volunteer Fire Fighters Association, brought a request, during Monday's meeting of the Washington County Commission, that Millry/Copeland and Wagarville/St. Stephens fire districts be modified. More...
The MOWA Choctaw Band of Indians conducted their 30th Annual Pow Wow June 19 and 20. Native Americans from other nations came from as far away as Cherokee, N.C. and Oklahoma. More...
Reducing the number of pedestrians in Alabama who are killed and injured around tracks and trains - especially 18 - 34-yearolds, who make up the largest percentage of these casualties - is the goal of a new safety campaign by the nonprofit group More...
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