2021-10-28 E-Edition

Alma woman drives into Ala. River at Gainestown Landing and drowns

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The fate of Ernestine Dumas might never had been known if not for a man riding around Saturday evening listening to the Alabama Tennessee football game on the radio. But as it was, the football fan fell in behind Dumas driving toward the Gainestown Landing on the Alabama River. He became alarmed when the vehicle didn’t slow down as it […]

Suspected meth dealer busted with Highway 43 stop

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Many hours of coordinated team work paid off Thursday evening, Oct. 21 with the arrest of an alleged drug trafficker. Over the past month, Clarke County Sheriff’s Office, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Marengo County Sheriff’s Office, Jackson Police Department, Thomasville Police Department, Grove Hill Police Department and the State Drug Enforcement Task Force have focused their efforts on the methamphetamine […]

Lawmen on drug bust

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Area law enforcement officials directly involved in the Oct. 21 arrest of suspected drug trafficker Maurice “Moe” Williams are shown with some of the drugs, cash and weaspons confiscated.

U.S. Senate candidate Britt to visit area Thursday

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U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt will make her first campaign stop in Clarke County Thursday, Oct. 28. Britt, the former chief of staff for current U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, will make a stop at the Thomasville Regional Medical Center to tour the facility and make remarks from about 9:15 to 9:45. She will then travel to Grove Hill for a […]

Calendar

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Two Saturday events: Fair starts and Pioneer Day Pioneer Day returns this Saturday at the Clarke County Museum in Grove Hill after an absence of two years. Also, the Clarke-Washington Counties Fair begins in Jackson and continues through Saturday, Nov. 6. See inside for details. Tuskegee Airmen is program topic The first African-American aviators in the U.S. Armed Forces will […]

SMILE OF THE WEEK

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Brought to you with a smile by: KEVIN L. PICKETT, DMD, MS Specialist in Orthodontics 111 West Church Street Jackson, AL 36545 Phone (251) 607- 0110 www.pickettortho.com

Miss Hansen, Mr. Turner wedding plans announced

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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Alan Bailey of Jackson announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Sarah Caroline Hansen, to Braeden Harding Turner, son of the Honorable and Mrs. Jerry Turner of Deer Park. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Peggy Bailey of Fort Payne and the late Ben Bailey, Helen Hansen of Mobile, James W. Bailey of […]

Dr. Nelson speaks at Johns Hopkins University

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Hunter Ben Nelson Jr., M.D., of McIntosh, spoke to a group of pre-med students at Johns Hopkins University on Oct. 2nd. Dr. Nelson is a graduate of Leroy High School and Spring Hill College. He is the son of the late Coach Hunter Ben Nelson and Dr. Rubye R. Nelson of McIntosh. Dr. Nelson is presently serving as Chief of […]

Area students inducted into Interact Club

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High school students from Jackson High School, Jackson Academy, Clarke County High School, Leroy High School and Clarke Prep were inducted into the Interact Club Monday evening at H.W. Pearce Memorial Park Assembly House in Jackson by members of the Jackson Area Rotary Club. Interact Club is a service club for youth ages 12 to 18 and is part of […]