An accident Oct. 18 on Highway 84 near Coffeeville took the lives of three people. According to Dorris Teague, information specialist with the Alabama Department of Public Safety, a passenger car and a tractor trailer rig collided in what was described as "an angular head-on" collision. More...
Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks (right) attended the Clarke County Community Foundation's annual meeting in Fulton last Thursday and proclaimed Fulton Mayor Mike Norris (left) a 'Rural All Star' for his community work. Sparks has created the Center for Rural Development... More...
District Attorney prosecutors say charges against a former Coffeeville High School teacher isn't about the consensual sex she had with legal aged students and others but about her enticement of two juvenile students inside her CHS classroom in March 2006. More...
Mrs. Retha Marshall of Chance enjoyed having two of her sons come home for a visit last week. Leo Marshall Jr. and Willie Marshall, both of Denver, Colo. visited in Chance. Willie was also accompanied by his family. More...
Little Rock revival Revival services for Little Rock Baptist Church of Gosport run through Friday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. nightly. Rev. Clinton Johnson Sr. of the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church of Mobile will be the evangelist for the week. Rev. Tommie Lee Chapman is the pastor. More...
For over 30 years, Bob Ingram provided insight into Alabama politics and news events for readers of The Democrat. He wrote "The Alabama Scene" for about 50 years and it appeared in dozens of weekly and small daily newspapers around the state, providing a much-needed tie for many rural Alabamians w... More...
Helen Ruth Williams Baldwin, 70, of the Winn community of Jackson died Oct. 14, 2007 at Infirmary West in Mobile. She was born July 26, 1937. She was a member of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Winn. She was a member of the Amies Pride Chapter #590 Order of the Eastern Star. She was retire... More...
The Clarke Prep School Gators claimed the AISA Class AAA Region 1 title as they beat the Colts of Hooper Academy 36-12 last Friday night at Hamilton Field in Grove Hill. The Gator win, paired with Fort Dale's 47-21 win over Cottage Hill gave Clarke Prep it's first region title in the AISA's large... More...
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