Judge DuBose off bench until charges of ethics violations resolved: Page 7B
By Jim Cox Editor & Publisher
The suspension of Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose on charges of ethics violations has many local lawyers wondering what the status of civil and criminal cases are that are on DuBose's docket. More...
A Clarke County Circuit Court jury deliberated for about four hours Tuesday before announcing that it was unable to reach a verdict in a wrongful death case in which plaintiff attorneys were asking for $5 million or more in compensatory and punitiv More...
Sylvester Brown of the Evergreen community in Jackson was arrested Sunday, Feb. 3 by Clarke County sheriff's deputies, for stealing $10,000 worth of firefighter equipment out of a vehicle at a residence in the nearby Chastain community. More...
Straight line winds the night of Jan. 31 caused damage in Clarke County. These residences on Hinson Drive (top photo) and Highway 43 South (bottom photo) in Thomasville give testament to Mother Nature's fury. More...
The Clarke County High School Lady Bulldogs closed out the regular season by beating the Lady Aggies of Jackson High School 70-59 last Saturday night in Grove Hill. More...
In case you are wondering, the above headline is a play on words from the famous radio call when the New York baseball Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers for the 1951 National League pennant after Bobby Thompson hit his famous "Shot Heard 'Round the More...
Perhaps our state legislators- especially our esteemed senators- need to take their boxing gloves to Montgomery for the session that began this week. Last year's punch by Sen. Charles Bishop, RJasper, of Sen. More...
We figured that the truth about the Mountain Brook teen-ager who went missing in Aruba during a high school vacation would eventually be known. Now it may be. More...
Marriage license applications There were no marriages listed for the past week. Marriage license applications are just that-applications for licenses, not necessarily actual marriages. Property deeds listed Dated Jan. More...
Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose has been charged with 60 counts of violations of the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics in a complaint filed Thursday, Jan. More...
Proponents of saving old CCHS and 'naysayers' blasted by superintendent at new school's opening
By Barry H. Hendrix Managing Editor
"It's a sad state of affairs when you don't want to see progress and you don't want to see fine young people in Grove Hill have a facility like we have here today. More...
Sammy Hutto reported purple martins at his home in the Chance community Monday, Feb. 2 at 4:30 p.m. Hutto spied the first martins of 2007 on Jan. 29 last year. More...
Earnest Gray, 59, of Jackson died Feb. 1, 2008 at Mobile Infirmary hospital in Mobile. He was born Sept. 3, 1948. He was a member of St. James A.M.E. Church of Choctaw Bluff. More...
John D. Gill, 77, of Walker Springs died Jan. 29, 2008 in an area health care facility. He was born Feb. 13, 1930. He was a member and deacon of Forest Avenue Baptist Church. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. More...
Ola Mae Armstead, 75, of Toledo, Ohio died Jan. 14, 2008 at her residence. She was born Sept. 16, 1932 in Grove Hill to Emma Nobles and Clarence Martin. She married Tommie James Armstead on Sept. 6, 1948 in Mississippi. More...
Jackson-based wood producer calling it quits after over 43 years in business
By Jim Cox Editor & Publisher
Over 43 years ago, in September 1964, the newly-formed company of Overstreet and McCorquodale Forest Products saw the second load of timber cross the scales into the new Allied Paper Company paper mill in Jackson. Joe C. McCorquodale Jr. More...
Austal has announced the appointment of Brian Leathers to the position of Chief Financial Officer for Austal's Mobile shipyard. Leathers began his new duties Monday. More...
Crusade at Jackson Tabernacle Inspirational Tabernacle Church of God in Christ located at 1171 Industrial Road in Jackson will have a Deliverance Crusade through Friday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The crusade will be conducted by Prophet J.L. More...
The life and music of gospel bluegrass performer and songwriter Jerry Sullivan was celebrated by family, friends and his peers Sunday at St. Stephens Baptist Church. More...
Demaskus will be leading praise and worship services at Christian Fellowship Baptist Church beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 16. When women get together, they know how to have a good time. More...
Law-Smith Monique Simone Law and Eddie Joe Smith will exchange marriage vows Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. at Williams Temple C.M.E. Church in Thomasville. Miss Law is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie L. Pruitt. Mr. More...
Students from Clarke County High School attended the Advanced Technology and Technical Careers Fair Feb. 1 at the Alabama Southern Community College campus in Thomasville. More...
On Jan. 24, the Washington County School System named Cynthia Dyess and Richard Roach as "Teachers of the Year." Dyess, who grew up in Grove Hill, is the elementary honoree and Roach is the secondary. More...
Alex House is a graduate of Monroe Senior High School in Lower Peach Tree. He is now a senior political science major at the University of Alabama. House was inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society last fall. More...