A man charged with sexual abuse of a six-year-old girl decided at the last minute not to let his case go to trial Tuesday and pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary as a habitual offender. More...

Construction workers were working on the new Clarke County Probate Office this week. The office, on the main floor of the existing courthouse, will include a front office and an office for the probate judge. More...

A local businessman was knocked out with a tire tool and robbed of $600 Saturday near his home and shop in the Mt. Zion community west of Grove Hill. More...

NAACP meets tonight The Clarke County National Association Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meeting will be Thursday, (tonight), April 12 at 6 p.m. Asking Executive board and all other members to attend Gospel singing for relay Mt. More...

Dangle a 62 percent pay hike in front of most Alabama workers, and chances are the work would be close to commensurate with the pay. Hand it over to the Alabama Senate, and what do its members do? Quit working. More...

State school board members should fire Interim Chancellor Renee Culverhouse. Then any of them who support her attempt to hush details about the scandal in the two-year college system should resign. Ms. More...

President George W. Bush, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 20510, Ph. 202-456-1414. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, 110 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510, Ph. 202-224-5744. E-mail: senator@ shelby.senate. More...