April 15, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Davis qualifies for coroner

Allen Davis recently announced his candidacy for Washington County coroner. More...

Spring cleanup to begin

Clarke County’s annual spring cleanup will kick off this Saturday in towns throughout the county. More...

Special Sections

Church

Spiritual Beliefs

‘Living in the Rewind’

2 Cor. 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” (NKJV) More...

CHURCH CALENDAR

Gospel singing/ Missionary Day to be observed at New St. Matthew The New Gospel Harmonaires of Grove Hill, the Voices of Harmony and others will be performing Saturday, April 17, 6:30 p.m. at the New St. More...

Education

LHS Junior High Beauties

Jr. High Top Beauty winners recently chosen for Jr. High Miss Leroy High School are (L-R) Katelyn Walker, 8th grade beauty; Beth Rowland, top beauty; and Casey Busby, 6th grade beauty. More...

LHS Junior High Maids

Jr. High Maids for Jr. High Miss LHS are (L-R): Madison Roe, 7th grade maid; and Katie Norstrom, 6th grade maid. More...

Miss Jr. High LHS chosen

Miss Jr. High LHS and runners-up chosen recently are (L-R): Laura Chastain, 2nd alternate; Hannah Daugherty, 1st alternate and 8th grade maid; Katelyn Walker, Jr. High Miss LHS; Shelby Alday, 3rd alternate; and BreAnne Grissett, 4th alternate. More...

People

Woman’s Club presents donations

The Woman’s Club presented donations to area organizations last week. More...

Bumgardner-Gordon engagement announced

Ms. Beth Bumgardner of Collierville, Tenn. announces the engagement of her daughter, Heather Anne, to Stephen Nathaniel Gordon, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Gordon. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Pandich Sr. More...

White - Smith Memorial Library to host Jackie Matte on May 7

Jackie Matte will visit White Smith Memorial Library in Jackson Friday, May 7 at 1 p.m. for a presentation on “Where Alabama Began: Old St. Stephens. Alabama’s Territorial Capital.” This presentation is free to the public. More...

For the Record

Clarke County Sheriff’s Report

Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail during the week of April 6 13 include: Patrick Dewayne Anderson, 38, failure to pay, $744.50 bond, ar rested by Clarke County Sheriff’s Dept. More...

Jackson Police officers hurt subduing suspect

Two Jackson Police officers received non-life threatening injuries, Wednesday, April 7, while attempting to subdue a suspicious subject at the Jackson Walmart. More...

Beasley vying for coroner

Terry W. Beasley announces his candidacy for Washington County coroner. He is a veteran of 34 years in law enforcement and investigative experience. More...

Daffin running for BOE

Asberry Daffin has announced his candidacy for the Clarke County Board of Education, District 4 seat. More...

WashCo moving to use of voting centers

In an effort to reduce costs for elections, Washington County has moved to the use of voting centers. Voting centers combine two or more precincts and allow them to vote in a centralized location. More...

News

Names of voters cost candidates 2-cents each

Clarke County voters are worth two cents each. Or at least their names and addresses are for candidates who may want a list for campaign purposes. More...

Drug suspect attempts to resist WashCo deputies

A Chatom man was arrested, Thursday, April 8, and charged with illegal drug possession, but only after attempting to fight off Washington County deputies. More...

Correction

In last week’s article about the Rev. T.L. Douglas announcing his Clarke County School Board seat candidacy, the name of one of the churches he pastors was wrong. Maggie Branch Church should have been Mackie Branch Church. More...

Coming Events

Mark Your Calendar

Moms’ Day Out and 4K registration First Baptist Church has openings for children to participate in Moms’ Day Out and 4K for the 2010- 2011 school year. Moms’ Day Out is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. noon. More...

Editorials

Publisher’s Comments

Locke Theater, motel, cemetery opened in ’60

I like to pull out old copies of the newspaper and see what was happening years ago. More...

Political Cartoon

Full Story

Kill Saturday mail?

Not so fast, please!

National media report that Saturday mail delivery may go the way of the milk wagon, and that a wide majority of Americans think that’s ok. Hold on. Congress must act first, and that is not likely to happen soon. More...

Sports

JHS Basketball Awards Banquet

Jackson High School’s basketball teams were recently recognized at an awards banquet. More...

McNider Marine tournament winners

McNider Marine conducted a fishing tournament March 27, at Roland Cooper State Park in Camden. First place winners were Rhett Pilkington of Thomasville and T K. Stanley of Mobile, with a weigh-in of 19.48 lbs. He also won for big fish. More...

Win fishing tournament

Local fishermen Robert and Carey Powell recently took first place in the first annual Fishers of Men, Alabama South Legacy Tournament in Camden. The father and son team pulled in two fish weighing a total of 11.11 lbs. to claim the top spot. More...