Ensign Landon Foster is training to be a U.S. Naval pilot and is flying T-45 training jets out of Kingsville, Texas to learn to fly in formation. The planes fly within three feet of one another at extraordinary speeds. President Bush spoke at his graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, ... More...
Clarke County officials and a state economic developer working on the ThyssenKrupp project dispute a study that says Clarke, Washington and other area rural counties will each see less than 2 percent of the money to be spent on the new $3.7 bilion steel plant. More...
It was an election that many candidates would envy- wins of over 90 percent in Clarke County. But there weren't any candidates on the special election ballot Tuesday, just two statewide constitutional amendments. Amendment One will increase the state's borrowing capacity under the Capital Improv... More...
A fugitive that Clarke and Choctaw County lawmen have been trying to apprehend for nearly a year now was arrested in Texas last week. According to Clarke County Sheriff's Department's Chief Investigator Ron Baggett, the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force had adopted the case of Gregory Curtis Gai... More...
Grove Hill town council members voted to take part in a countywide marketing plan during Monday's meeting. "In light of the steel mill coming to the Washington County, Mobile County area I think we need it," Mayor Lamar Hudson said. More...
Class of 1962 reunion set The Clarke County High School Class of 1962 will have a class reunion Saturday, June 9 at 2 p.m. at Scotch Station Park located on the Asbury Road in Whatley. All class members and teachers are invited to attend. A meal will be served at 5 p.m. ($20 per person). Con... More...
Revival concludes The Full Gospel Apostolic Church of God of St. Stephens will conclude its revival Thursday, (tonight), June 7 at 7:30 p.m. Bishop Theodore Law is the pastor and founder. GHUMC carnival The Grove Hill United Methodist Church will have a carnival Friday, June 8 at 6 p.m. More...
There are rampant rumors of southerners being a people who intermarry. If it had not been for my grandfather, I may have been one of those people who perpetuated the rumor. My parents were hard and fast about the rule of no dating until I was 16-years-old. I was allowed to meet boys at the movies... More...
Summer was usually a boring time for me when I lived in the Central community in Baton Rouge, La. I was a preteen, I didn't drive, my mom worked, I only had a couple of neighbors and Cindy Garrick they were boys younger than me by a couple of years. More...
Marriage license applications Thomas Wayne Pearson, to Judy Ramona Hayes; Eric Boyd Parks, to Lycrecia Lyneic Williams; Walter Leon Wade, to Jody Renee Reeves; Glover Cleveland Jackson, to Miranda Latonya Dubose; Anthony Buen Presnall, to Christen Len Beech; Barry Lynn Motes Jr. More...
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) recently announced that Clarke County High School student Leevon Davis of Whatley has been selected for membership. The Society recognizes the top scholars in the nation and invites only those students who have achieved superior academic excelle... More...
Elmore England, 69, of Grove Hill died June 2, 2007 at his residence. He was born Feb. 18, 1938. He was retired from Mueller Steel Company of Tennessee. Survivors include two sons, Donald (Charmane) Frazier, Montgomery, Tracy England, Virginia; one daughter, Wanda Mitchell, California; two sist... More...
9 & 10-year-old softball all-stars The members of the 2007 Grove Hill 9 & 10- year-old all-star team are front row, left to right: Tori Kearley, Megan Davis, Ashley Chapman, Megan Brooks, Amberly Sheffieldand Mary Ellen McConnell. Back row, left to right: Kiana Coates, Shanda Pugh, Twyla Early, Roxa... More...
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