By Evan CardenSA Editor The Jackson City Council approved license applications for the sale of alcoholic beverages at nine of the city’s businesses and for three Mobile distributors during Tuesday’s meeting. The applications had been accepted for consideration during a special meeting, June 6, and were unanimously approved by the council. Councilman Anthony Jackson abstained from the vote concerning Wal-Mart, […]
Supt. Savage hopes to improve McIntosh H.S.
By Randy ReeseSA Reporter As McIntosh High School enters its third year in the public school choice program, Washington County Superintendent Tim Savage hopes the exodus has ended and better days are ahead. As a federal Title 1 school with a high percentage of its students receiving free or discounted lunches, the high school has been forced to allow students […]
Dump truck pulls down power lines
Crews from Alabama Power and Bellsouth were called to Hospital Drive in Jackson around 9:20 a.m. last Thursday, when a dump truck pulled down several electrical and telephone lines. The truck, owned by Southwest Alabama Construction, was driven by Jamie Jackson, 34, of Jackson. The incident occurred when he left the dump up on the truck after exiting the Merchant’s […]
New LP plant paperwork filed
By Jim CoxSA Publisher Clarke County officials executed final paperwork for the new Louisiana-Pacific Corp. mill Tuesday. Clarke County Commissioners and members of the Industrial Development Board of Clarke County executed documents Tuesday. State of Alabama officials, including Gov. Bob Riley, and LP officials have already applied their signatures to the paperwork. LP will build a new oriented strand board […]
Reese joins
The South Alabamian staffThe South Alabamian staff A new writer has joined the editorial staff of The South Alabamian and will be providing expanded area coverage into Washington County as well as continued coverage in Clarke County. Randy Reese began his duties in early June. The Georgia native most recently served as managing editor for a newspaper in Bay City, Texas and has […]
Mark Your Calendar
JMC offers diabetes classes Diabetes classes are offered at Jackson Medical Center on Tuesday nights. Please call 251-246-9021 for class schedules. VFW 5355 meetings The VFW Post 5355 and ladies auxiliary meet the third Thursday of every month, 6 p.m., at the VFW Club on Club Wiley Road. Members are urged to attend and new members are welcome. Sickle Cell […]
Annual Drinking Water Quality Report 2004 for the following Water Systems:
Jackson Water Department 2751 Commerce Street Jackson, AL 36545 Old Line Water Authority 114 C East Cedar Street Jackson, AL 36545 McVay Water System, Inc. 480 Saltworks Road Jackson, AL 36545 Salitpa Water System, Inc. P.O. Box 886 Jackson, AL 36545 OlJackson Water Department 2751 Commerce Street Jackson, AL 36545 Old Line Water Authority 114 C East Cedar Street Jackson, AL 36545 McVay Water System, Inc. 480 Saltworks Road Jackson, AL 36545 Salitpa Water System, Inc. P.O. Box 886 Jackson, AL 36545 Old Suggsville Water & FPA P.O. Box 781 Grove Hill, AL 36451 We are pleased to present to you […]
Catching bass on riprap
Underwater TacticsWith Ken Cook Go out to any lake or reservoir in the United States and I’m sure you will encounter riprap. Simply put, riprap is large chunks of broken stone placed to prevent erosion or to form a protective foundation for bridges, dams and riverbanks. Some bodies of water hold miles of this fish holding habitat and many anglers are […]
Jackson man arrested for auto theft
Frank DuBose Jr., 48, of Jackson was arrested for the June 5 theft of an automobile from a residential garage on Hayeswood Drive. According to Jackson Police reports, the garage owner, who originally thought the owner of the vehicle had picked it up, learned of the theft after DuBose was involved in a traffic accident in Mobile County. DuBose was […]
