2022-12-08 E-Edition

Leroy Bears state champions for the sixth time!

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A happy bunch of Leroy High School football players, cheerleaders and coaches crowded together to hold high the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s Class 1A championship trophy after defeating Pickens County 42-20 in Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium Dec. 1. This is the sixth time for the Leroy Bears to win a state title. See a game story and more starting on […]

Wash. Co. EF-3 tornado strongest of 12 to hit state

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Alabama had 12 confirmed tornadoes Tuesday night, Nov 29 and in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, Nov. 30 as a major storm system swept across the state and much of the south. Two Alabamians, a mother and a child, died in north Montgomery County when a tree fell on their mobile home early Wednesday. The strongest of the tornadoes, an […]

Can’t cut this up for firewood!

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At first glance this might look like some great firewood but don’t put your saw to it, you’d ruin it! Joe Barnes and his son, Joe Barnes Jr., found this big chunk of petrified wood in the Jackson area in October. It is a little over 10 feet long and weighs close to 800 pounds. It about filled up the […]

Jackson Christmas parade is this Friday

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Jackson’s Christmas Parade will be Friday, Dec. 9. The lighted parade begins at 5:30 p.m. Lineup is at 4:30 starting at Jackson Intermediate School on Mayton Drive. Floats and other entries should enter from Highway 43. The parade route is along College Avenue and Commerce Street through downtown. Hospital tree lighting The Jackson Medical Center Auxiliary will hold its Christmas […]

Murder verdict in Christmas Eve ’20 shooting death

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Greg S. Bryant was found guilty Dec. 1 of murder by a Clarke County Circuit Court jury for the intentional killing of Jamie Jackson Jr., 25, on Dec. 24, 2020. After a four-day trial, the Clarke County jury deliberated only 30 minutes before returning the verdict. Bryant was also found guilty of shooting or discharging a firearm into an occupied […]

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

Clarke Co. Arrest Report

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Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail Nov. 29-Dec. 5 include the following: Bryson McGrew, 23, minor in possession of alcohol, arrested by Coffeeville Police Dept. Nicholas Abston, 27, fishing without a resident license, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff’s Dept. Ronald Cordell Nicholson, 34, domestic violence second degree, burglary third, theft of property first degree, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff’s […]

Jackson Police Report

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Officers with the Jackson Police Department reported the following arrests for Nov. 28 – Dec. 5: Ronald Nicholson, 34, domestic violence second degree and burglary; Ronald Nicholson, 34, domestic violence third degree, trespassing and domestic violence assault; Jaylon Puller, 52, domestic violence, assault third degree; Catherine Paul, 28, shoplifting; Terry Allday, 34, shoplifting; Roosevelt Boykin Jr., 67, criminal trespassing. Calls […]

Clarke Co. Deeds, Marriages

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Marriages Nov. 30-Dec. 6 James Fairley Napper, II to Olivia Rain Autrey Jaquan Tremaine Pugh to Quandeodra Shantrel Hunt John David Allen to Anna Kennedy Dixon Property deeds Nov. 30- Dec. 6 Royce E. Kelley to Kevin Kelley Dawn E. Rice to Keith A. Ackerman Walter Ashley Davis Jr. to Walter Ashley Davis, Jr. M.G. Gray Real Estate Limited Partnership […]