2018-05-17 E-Edition

Fruitdale student beaten at school




A 15- year- old Fruitdale High School student is recovering from a violent incident that was captured on video by students in the school’s gymnasium. The video was shared to social media and shows a 14- year- old student repeatedly punching the other student in the face. According to the victim’s mother, Brandy Thornton, her son suffered facial injuries and […]

A hot Jubilee



More local primary races in washington than Clarke




There are a few more local races on the Washington County ballot for the June 5 primary than Clarke County’s, but not many. And all of the local races for the two counties are on the Democratic ballots. Only one local primary race in Clarke County In Clarke County, the only local contest on either the Democratic or Republican ballots […]

CORRECTIONS



CHS closed in 2011 In the article last week about the new prep school that will utilize the old Coffeeville High School, it was incorrectly stated that the school closed in 2008. The school closed at the end of the school year in 2011 after the Clarke County Board of Education’s vote at its March meeting to do so. Leased, […]

High school graduation season here!



McIntosh High School and Leroy High School held graduation exercises Monday night, marking the beginning of commencements in Clarke and Washington counties. Fruitdale High School and Washington County High School seniors received their diplomas in separate ceremonies Tuesday night. Millry High School will hold commencement exercises Thursday at 7 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. Jackson Academy’s is Friday at 7 […]

Lieut. governor candidate has local ties

Rusty Glover’s grandfather was a local businessman, state senator, whose prodding helped restart the Alabama-Auburn football game


A candidate for lieutenant governor has Leroy and Jackson roots. His grandfather was a state senator who sponsored a resolution in 1948 that prodded the University of Alabama and Auburn University to resume playing each other in football after a fuss dating to 1907 stopped all games between the two. Like his grandfather, Ben Glover Sr., Rusty Glover is also […]

She grew up in the newspaper and now she’s working here



Shannon Wynn Courington has joined The South Alabamian as a news reporter and feature writer. She laughs that this won’t be her first tenure at the newspaper. When she was in high school her mother, Martha Wynn, worked for the newspaper and she’d come in after school and roll newsstand quarters and help put high school football programs together. She […]

SMILE OF THE WEEK



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Rev. Dr. Clausell Boykin Jr.



The Rev. Dr. Clausell Boykin Jr., a native of Choctaw Bluff and a resident of the Gosport community, answered the Master’s call Friday, May 11, 2018 at Jackson Medical Center. Born Sept. 19, 1940 to the Rev. Clausell Boykin Sr. and Wilcy Foxx Boykin, he was 77 years of age. Clausell was a 1958 graduate of Harper High School. A […]