A Jackson High School student and football player was seriously injured Friday, Oct. 15, when his vehicle struck a tree near the State Highway 69 and U.S. Highway 43 intersection. More...
Dunn Real Estate of Birmingham and Goldin Materials Corp. of Gulfport, Miss., have announced plans to develop the Washington County Business Park on U.S. Highway 43 near the ThyssenKrupp steel plant. More...
Revival continues at Okalona Methodist Protestant Okalona Methodist Protestant Bible Church continues their revival services through Friday, Oct. 22. The Rev. Bernice Fleming will be the speaker for the week. More...
The annual Clarke- Washington Counties Fair, sponsored by the Jackson Rotary Club, will be Nov. 2-6 at the Cecil McMullan Fairgrounds located on Stanley Drive behind Jackson Steakhouse. More...
I have wrestled with the idea of making endorsements for the upcoming Nov. 2 midterm elections, but have decided instead to encourage people to get out and vote for whom they feel will best represent them. More...
The Social Security Administration stunned many South Alabama seniors when it announced Friday that there would be no cost of living adjustment in retirement benefits for 2011 – marking the second year in a row that Social Security checks will More...
The 2010-2011 officers of the Jackson Kiwanis Club were recently sworn in by Alabama Kiwanis District 12 Lt. Governor Casey Thompson (left), of Andalusia. More...
Angie and Doug Phillips of Thomasville and Tracy and Dale Gates of Jackson announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Brittany Gates, to Eric Jordan. Mr. More...
The October meeting of the Woman's Club was Oct. 5 at the White Smith Memorial Library in Jackson. Hostesses were Faye Cooper, Gretchen Heathcock, Nancy Woodson and Judy Boykin. More...
A 25-year-old Thomasville man who worked in Grove Hill drowned Saturday afternoon after he fell into the water near the spillway at the Claiborne Lock and Dam on the Alabama River while casting a net for bait fish, officials said. More...
Jackson’s Annual Fall Festival offers a wide variety of entertainment for this year’s event. Lee Gibson Nashville-recording artist Lee Gibson is set to perform an acoustic show in Jackson, Nov 6 at noon during the festival. More...
Silver jewelry sale Jackson Medical Center will be sponsoring a silver jewelry sale on Friday, Oct. 22, 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., in the hospital conference room. All proceeds will benefit Relay for Life. Call 251- 246-9021 if any question. More...
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions stopped in Grove Hill Monday morning to discuss the state of the national debt, the dragging economy, Medicare shortfalls, China’s influence and other issues. More...
SA Editor A McIntosh man was arrested and charged with illegal drug possession, Saturday, Oct. 16, at a checkpoint set up by Washington County deputies. More...
A group of adults recently completed a computer basics class conducted at Alabama Southern Community College’s Jackson campus and sponsored by White Smith Memorial Library. More...
Dr. Fred M. “Tick” Scoggins, longtime principal, coach and Washington County Superintendent of Education was recently inducted into the Mississippi Junior College Football Hall of Fame. More...
Unlike something from Star Trek, where they boldly go, where no one has gone before, I had the sense that after 20 years of covering high school sports that I had either seen or heard just about anything that could happen. More...
Eight rounds of the super heavy weight in Class 4A are complete and the top two contenders, Jackson and Thomasville, have weathered the storm unbeaten. More...
Playing with heavy hearts because of the serious injury to one teammate as well as two other teammates losing a member of their family, the Jackson Aggies disposed of the Escambia County Blue Devils 28-14 last Friday night. More...
Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail during the week of Oct. 12-19 include: Christopher Alonzo James, 22, theft of property second degree, probation violation, $15,000 bond, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff’s Dept. More...
