Ground was broken for the new addition to the Grove Hill Public Library last Thursday. The groundbreaking was preceded by a reception at the library. Grove Hill residents Appie and Tom O'Melia were on hand to help with the ceremonious turning of dirt. The family's O'Melia Foundation made a sizeab... More...
The Clarke County E-911 Board voted June 25 to raise the tariff on household land-line phones from 75 cents to $2-permonth. The tariff on businesses will increase from $1.88 to $2-per-month. This is the first increase in the tariff since the E-911 system was created 11 years ago, and the increase... More...
RWS Construction, Inc. of North Carolina filed suit June 8 in Clarke County Circuit Court against Louisiana Pacific Corporation (LP) and Clarke County. RWS entered into a construction agreement with LP on May 26, 2006 "for the design, fabrication, supply and erection of Pre- Engineered Metal Buil... More...
"My children grew up with two parents, and it was hard….I can only imagine the problems of a single-parent family trying to put food on the table (and) manage a household," Judy Graham told Clarke County Board of Education members June 20. More...
Riverbank Festival set Wilcox Riverbank Festival will be Friday, June 29 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Roland Cooper State Park in Camden with a jazz concert and great food. More...
Grove Hill resident Norman Downey and the New Faith Baptist Builders recently completed a week-long mission trip to Bastrop, Louisiana to aid in the construction of Tillou Baptist Church. The church had caught fire in March 2006 and had to be torn down due to water damage. More...
Independence Day and fireworks go together like ice cream and cake but we all need to remember some legal and safety restrictions before we light the fuses this Fourth. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission tells us that about 9,000 people are treated for fireworks-related injuries each yea... More...
The descendants of Sherman and Annie Mary Johnson Jackson will gather the week-end of July 6-8, 2007, to celebrate the Jackson/Johnson Descendants' Family Reunion. It will take place in Grove Hill. On Friday, July 6, 2007, the family will tour the home of Sherman and Annie Mary Jackson, St. More...
Marriage license applications John Joseph Miller III, to Melanie Simmons Garrett; Gabriel Wade Tiggs, to Erica Denise Duncan; Jeremy Paul Overstreet, to Catherine Nicole Poole; Bryan Lee Arbogast, to Janice Darlene Odom; Patrick Ian Phillips, to April Rebekah Beverly; Raymond A. Criswell, to Alo... More...
Lois Belle Clark, 96, of Thomasville died June 17, 2007 at Thomasville Nursing Home. She was born April 18, 1911 in Sunny South. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. She was a retired machine operator. Survivors include one nephew, John L. (Sherry) Lisenbe, Pine Hill; two nieces, Barba... More...
To be honest I do not see professional athletes, actors and actresses as role models. Just because they get paid a lot of money to do what they do does not annoint them to be what we should all aspire to be. A few weeks ago we saw a minor league manager for the Atlanta Braves go through a tirade... More...
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