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County GOP squabbling over local control
By Evan Carden
      A group of local Republicans is scrutinizing the practices of the Clarke County Repbulican Executive Committee concerning what it calls violations of the state committee’s by-laws and is looking to have the current committee revamped or replaced.
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Reid accomplished a lot as curator of Clarke Museum
      After seven years as curator of the Clarke County Museum, Kerry M. Reid has resigned to accept a fundraising position with the American Cancer Society.
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Blood drives to be held in Grove Hill and Jackson
      Volunteer blood donors are community heroes. Across the nation, heroes are saving thousands of lives everyday. “Blood donors and blood drive coordinators are heroes,” says Paula Merritt of United Blood Services, this area’s non-profit community blood provider. “They keep area hospital shelves stock...
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T’ville man arrested for attempted murder
      Thomasville police officers picked up Justin Travon Myles on two attempted murder warrants Dec. 1. Myles is charged with shooting Derrick West in the chest back in September. West was treated at Southwest Alabama Medical Center in Thomasville and transferred to a Mobile hospital but checked himsel...
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COUNTY RECORDS
      Marriage license applications Larry D. Chapman, to Daisie Deloise Hunt; John Randall Beech, to Melissa McNeil Musgrove; Jeremy Slade Vick, to Allison Lea Mott; Charles D. Gardner, to Velissa Michelle Coxwell.
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Gov. Riley expected to attend L.I.F.E. Tech Center’s open house
      An open house will be held Thursday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the L.I.F.E. (Life Skills Influenced by Freedom and Education) Tech Transition Center, 2115 Bashi Road in Thomasville. Partnership of agencies The L.I.F.E. Tech Transition Center represents a partnership between Gov.
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New CCHS construction
      The front of the new Clarke County High School is taking shape as the walls and roof line are coming together to form the entrance that will be on a corner of the new complex facing the Church Street and DuBose Avenue intersection. Cooper Brothers of Selma is building the new complex.
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Arrest made in Scyrene grocery robbery
      Clarke County Deputy Ron Baggett arrested a Packers Bend man Tuesday in connection with the Nov. 9 armed robbery of Garricks Grocery in Scyrene. Adrian Kimbrough, 19, was arrested and charged with first degree robbery, Baggett said. Baggett said he has been working on the case since the robbery o...
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A busy downtown Grove Hill
      Downtown Grove Hill was filled and overflowing Monday due to the beginning of the Clarke County Circuit Court criminal jury term. The parking spaces in front of the courthouse and down Main Street—including the center street parking—were all filled except for a few spaces.
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Weekend checkpoint nets felony drug arrests in Coffeeville
      A weekend driver’s license checkpoint resulted in one man being charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Ryan Bedgood, 30, of Grand Bay, was stopped by police after refusing to stop at a driver’s license checkpoint. Bedgood was pursued by Chief Clint Harrell and stopped a s...
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Choctaw Sheriff Don Lolley to become DA investigator
By Jim Cox
      Choctaw County Sheriff Don Lolley may be turning in his sheriff's badge come January, but the veteran lawman isn't ready to give up the profession he loves. Lolley was feted with a dinner Saturday night at the Gilbertown Masonic Lodge where he has been a longtime member.
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Medicare assistance available at meetings in T’ville and Pine Hill
      If you are eligible for Medicare, help will be available locally with enrolling in a drug plan for 2007 and other programs that may help you with the cost of your Medicare coverage. If you are over age 55 but are not eligible for Medicare, assistance will also be available with obtaining help with...
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