“You learn to take the bad times with the good times. We’ve had some tragedies, but we’ve had a lot more good times and I’m glad for that. You always remember, you’re there to protect and serve the people,” Clarke County Sheriff Jack Day said of his years as a law enforcement officer. He will retir... More...
Despite a cloud of controversy, Jackson attorney Stuart Dubose was sworn in as circuit judge during a ceremony, Dec. 22, in the large courtroom of the Clarke County Courthouse in Grove Hill. However, his term will not start until Jan. 15. DuBose won the Democratic nomination in the June Primary a... More...
Advantage Freedom, an insurance company that offers Medicare supplements, has ordered that all insurance sales in the Clarke County area cease until an investigation into possible fraudulent sales is complete. One man has already been arrested and other alleged sales persons are being investigated... More...
This is reprinted from a recent edition of The Mobile Press Register. Burge is the son of Vicki and Bill Burge of Jackson. Ian Burge started his career following in his father’s footsteps, but it wasn’t long before he decided to make a change. More...
C’ville RSVP meets The Coffeeville RSVP club will meet Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. at the Nutrition Center. CCHS Class of 1962 planning 45th reunion The Clarke County High School Class of 1962 will meet Saturday, Jan. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at Gloria’s Restaurant for a Dutch treat dinner to discus... More...
I John 4:4, "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome t h e m : b e c a u s e greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." God is greater, stronger, larger, bigger, morethan this world-Satan, evil, worldly goods, endowments, riches, advantages, pleasures and the mass of me... More...
The timing could not have been much worse. Only hours after an in-depth survey indicated Alabama high school graduates were woefully unprepared for college…a terrible indictment of school teachers…the Alabama Education Association announced it would seek a “significant” pay raise for teachers in th... More...
It was the best of years, it was the worst of years. My son and his wife welcomed their new son, Lee McGee, the youngest member of our family, into the world. My family buried my beloved Uncle Dennis, the oldest member of our family. Time comes and time goes by, but it never stands still, does it?... More...
Ashley Jordan Fuller, owner and instructor of Jordan School of Dance in Grove Hill and Demopolis, was recently awarded a Dance Teachers United Association Membership. In order for a dance teacher to receive this membership they must be sponsored by a current member and comply with the standards in... More...
Minister Frankie Leggett Champion, 63, of Jackson died Dec. 16, 2006 at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center in Mobile. She was born June 19, 1943. She was a member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church of Carlton where she was a licensed minister. Survivors include her husband, Bernard Champion, Toddtown; two da... More...
When the Alabama Sports Writers Association released the 2006 all-state football team over 40 players from this area were part of the six AHSAA classes as well as in the AISA. That number brings the total named to the annual team to 195 over the last five years. More...
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