Clarke County Sheriff's Lieutenant Bobby Moore took the oath to become Clarke County's new sheriff last Wednesday. District Judge Bill Kimbrough administered the oath while Moore's wife, Kathy, held the Bible. Moore will become the new sheriff, succeeding the retiring Jack Day, on Jan. 15. More...
The petition requesting a vote on alcohol sales in Thomasville has been presented to city officials and enough signatures verified for a referendum to be called, Mayor Sheldon Day said at Monday's city council meeting. The petition contains 295 signatures and 251 of those have been certified as le... More...
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice-Elect Sue Bell Cobb was among the judges, lawyers and citizens on hand to honor Presiding Circuit Judge Harold Crow and his longtime judicial assistant, Shirley Robinson, at a retirement reception last Friday in the main courtroom of the Clarke County Courthouse ... More...
The Thomasville Police Department's arrest report for the week of Jan. 1-Jan. 7 is listed. Ronnie L. Penn, failure to appear, menacing, arrested Jan. 1. Tyrone Fitzgerald Clarke, domestic violence, third degree, arrested Jan. 5. Michael Lavel Cole, violation of noise ordinance, arrested Jan. 6. More...
Clarke County Extension program The Clarke County Extension System and the Clarke County Farmers Federation will sponsor a home garden and orchard production program Thursday, (today), Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. at the Alfa Building in Grove Hill. More...
Weekly Bible studies are back in full swing at the Mt. Sinai AME Church of P a c k e r s Bend. They are held e v e r y Tu e s d a y night at 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Also at the St. Thomas AME Church of Lower Peach Tree on Thursday nights at the same time. Rev. W.W. Nixon is the pastor. More...
One of the long and persistent problems of southwest Alabama is the lack of adequate highways and other infrastructure. A 1941 Alabama highway map showed that the problem existed even then. Red lines indicated paved highways on the map and blue and dotted blue lines were unpaved roads. More...
On Dec. 16, 2006, the University of Alabama- Birmingham's (UAB) Physical Therapy Department graduated its first class of students with the clinical doctorate degree in physical therapy. Keynote speaker for the event was Beth Whitehead, CEO of HealthActions Physical Therapy and Wellness and a UAB g... More...
Virginia McKeller Boykin, 85, of Monroeville died Jan. 7, 2007 at the home of her daughter. She was born Dec. 18, 1921 to the parentage of Jake McKeller and Lillie Phelps McKeller. She was a native of Frankville. She was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church of Frankville. More...
On the national scene the Florida Gators made it look easy as they hammered the Ohio State Buckeyes 41-14 to the win the National Championship Monday night. Most SEC football fans had an inkling that the Gators could beat the top-ranked Buckeyes, but no knew they could hang almost a half-a-hundre... More...
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