Mega steel mill
Our Opinions
      The prospects for a huge German steel mill near Calvert in north Mobile County looks good and will create jobs and spur the economy for Clarke County if it is built. It is about 50 miles to Calvert from Grove Hill, but that's an easy drive. A lot of workers drive that far and farther to work every...
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Useless holidays
      The courthouse, the post office and the banks were closed and shuttered Monday. Some students got a day out of school too, but not all. When the courthouse and the bank are closed in downtown Grove Hill it makes for a quiet day indeed. It was President's Day. Initially, we celebrated just George ...
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Famous Quotes
      "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Sir Winston Churchill "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." Muhammad Ali
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Editor's Notes
Pine Level was just that
Jim Cox
      A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Thomasville received its name after the town was born along the newly-laid railroad tracks in 1887. To be fair to the south end of the county, I figure I'd better explain how Jackson got its name.
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Alabama Scene
McNair's tragedy
Bob Ingram
      There is a book to be written or perhaps a movie to be made on the life of Chris McNair of Birmingham. It would be a tragedy. In 1963 when four little girls were killed by a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, one of them was his daughter. McNair had every reason to be bitter, t...
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