March 30, 2011 RSS feed / News

Clarke County Arc to host Spring Jubilee this Saturday

Clarke County Arc will host its annual Spring Jubilee fund-raising festival at its center on Forest Avenue in Jackson this Saturday. Scheduled events More...

Chinese ink deal for new tubing plant in Thomasville

It hasn’t been a secret for the past few weeks that a Chinese company had selected Thomasville as a site for a new copper tubing plant but Monday’s public signing ceremony made it official. Golden Dragon Copper Tube Group, Inc. More...

Service honors Confederate veterans

A memorial service to honor nine Confederate veterans buried in the Bassetts Creek Cemetery north of Grove Hill was Sunday afternoon. It was a joint program of the James C. More...

ASCC to host golf tournament

The First Annual Alabama Southern Foundation Golf Tournament will be Saturday, April 9, at the Vanity Fair Golf Course in Monroeville. More...

ClarkeCo man gets life in beheading case

A man accused of nearly decapitating a man with a machete and then setting fire to the house to cover the murder was given a life sentence last week. Jihad Abdur Rauf, 55, also known as Charles E. More...

WashCo Sheriff says he will pull out of E-911

For some time, the E911 Board has encountered problems, one of which was that often there are not enough members present at meetings to conduct business. The organization went to a quarterly meeting format, but that did not seem to help. More...

McIntosh robbery suspects arrested

Two Calvert men have been arrested and charged with committing a strong-arm robbery, March 19, around 9:30 p.m., against a McIntosh man with whom they were acquainted. More...

Rock Hill mystery investigated by archeologists

For years a local landowner has been puzzled over a concentration of rock piles on his Clarke County property located southeast of the historic, but now deserted town of Suggsville. More...

St. Stephens funding threatened again

St. Stephens is again on the governor’s chopping block for physical year 2012 beginning this October. Most other state parks and departments are facing a 25 percent cut. But St. Stephens is scheduled to be cut to zero. St. More...

Millry PD arrests Needham woman for drug possession

Last Wednesday, March 23, around 10 p.m., while performing a traffic safety check point on Highway 17, Millry Police Sgt. Tim Hollinghead arrested Terra Ashley Kirk, 25 years, of Needham. More...

Millry Catfish Festival 2011

Catfish Festival a success

The Millry Catfish Festival, this past Saturday at the Millry state lake, raised almost $4,000 for the Millry Park Project. More...