If you look closely you can make out the faded lettering of "Alabama Heading Co." on the brick wall of this old warehouse on Noble Avenue in downtown Thomasville. The brick warehouse is roofless today and through the arched doorways you can see underbrush growing up inside. More...
A German steel plant that could locate in the Calvert area of northern Mobile County would require a construction force of 29,000 to build- more people than all of the 28,000 or so residents of Clarke County. That is just one of the mind-blogging statistics of the proposed $2. More...
Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day told council members Monday that he expected the state to be putting out a request for a proposal on a women's prison facility soon. Day is currently working with county commission chairman Paul Bradford to lay the groundwork for a possible pitch from Thomasville. More...
Alabama will not be the fattest state in the nation in March if the Clarke County citizens have anything to say about it. With half of the eight week "Scale Back Alabama" program under the rapidly shrinking belt, participants are starting to see the results of a healthier lifestyle. More...
Jimmy Davis is hanging up his measuring tape after 32 years at Dozier Hardware in Thomasville. "I started here doing the same thing I'm doing today, selling building materials," he said. Actually, Davis, who is now vice president of Dozier Hardware started out with a rag in his hand. "My first da... More...
Stave Creek Baptist Church will host the spring meeting of Women in Winter Ministries Wednesday, March 7 at 10 a.m. This meeting is open to all women regardless of age, race, or denominational preference. Forty-two women were helped in Clarke County in 2006. More...
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... More...
Work continues on the new Clarke County High School. This view is looking at the front entrance that will face the intersection of Church Street and DuBose Avenue. Work is a little behind schedule of the targeted completion date of August 2007. The school will cost between $5 million and $6 milli... More...
The Clarke County High School Bulldogs broke open a close game with a 16-2 run in the third period as they beat the visiting Bulldogs of Pike County 68-53 last Friday night in Grove Hill. More...
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