Nissan, limousine hit head-on
     A two vehicle head-on collision occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. on May 3 on Lady Landing Road south of Jackson. A 1996 Nissan, driven by Blake Brandon Whigham, collided with a 2002 Cadillac limousine, driven by Nicole Sophi Fail of Jackson. Neither Whigham or Fail were injured. However, two pass...
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Vehicle runs off Highway 84 West
     A one-vehicle accident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. on May 1 at the 31-mile marker of Highway 84 West involving a 1998 Honda driven by Sherri Deann Smith of Barataria, La. She was injured and transferred to Jackson Medical Center. Photo by Ross Wood
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Hospital administrator concerned how high gas prices affecting employees
By Barry H. Hendrix Managing Editor
      Doug Sewell, administrator of the Grove Hill Memorial Hospital, told the board of directors April 24 that he had asked facility managers to try to reschedule employees to limit the amount of travel due to increasing gas prices.
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Correction
      Joel Marvin Thompson was not one of those arrested during a drug bust in Fulton as reported last week. Thompson was already in the Clarke County Jail on another charge, and his arrest had no connection to the drug bust.
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Local hospital recognized
      AQAF, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Alabama, has recognized Grove Hill Memorial Hospital for its participation in a three-year statewide quality improvement and patient safety project that has saved thousands of lives since 2005.
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Coffeeville preparing for 200th birthday celebration
By Barry H. Hendrix Managing Editor
      The Coffeeville Town Council discussed plans Tuesday night for the town's 200th birthday celebration May 31. The festivities will begin at 5 p.m. on that day as the road around town hall is blocked off for storytellers and live music on the town hall lawn.
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Groundbreaking held for JHS athletic complex
     A groundbreaking was held Tuesday morning at Jackson High School for the new athletic complex. On hand for the ceremony were Clarke County School Superintendent Gerald Stephens, board member Barry Chancey, JHS Principal Ken Harbuck, Jackson Mayor Richard Long, city council members Paul South and Edd...
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Two men arrested in Coffeeville burglary, sale of stolen goods
By Barry H. Hendrix Managing Editor
      Two men have been arrested in relation to a burglary of a home on Bethel Cutoff Road in the Coffeeville area. Richard Roy Dunagan, 34, of Coffeeville, was charged with burglary, second degree. Kacetiah Shavor Johnson, 22, of Coffeeville, was charged with receiving stolen property, second degree.
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Jackson to become JSU's Eminent Scholar in History
      Dr. Harvey H. (Hardy) Jackson, III, Professor and Head of the Department of History and Foreign Languages at Jacksonville State University (JSU), will step down from those responsibilities at the end of August to begin a new assignment as the Eminent Scholar in History.
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Unity, leadership focus of 'celebrity roast'of mayors
By Barry H. Hendrix Managing Editor
      The mayors of Coffeeville, Fulton, Grove Hill, Jackson and Thomasville were honored May 3 with a "celebrity roast" at the Jackson Community House. The program, sponsored by the Southwest Alabama Community Coalition, could have been easily called a celebration of unity for county officials.
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CPS students visit state capitol in Montgomery
     These seventh graders from Clarke Prep School took a trip on April 3, 2008, to Montgomery. First, they visited the State House where they observed the House in session. Marc Keahey, our representative, had his picture made with them. Next, the group went to the Department of Archives and History and...
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Annie Moses Band to perform May 31 in Grove Hill
     Annie Moses band to play in Grove Hill May 31.
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