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Deputies concerned E-911 not always available at key times By Barry H. Hendrix Managing Editor Complaints about county E-911 staff and procedures were discussed Monday at the E-911 board meeting. Coordinator Becky Neugent attended a Jan. 3 meeting with deputies at the sheriff's department. The deputies complained that some of the dispatchers were not at their stations at key times. More ...
A log truck overturned at midday Jan. 2 spilling its load on Chilton Road. The driver had minor injuries. Photo by Barry H. Hendrix More ... Inmate charged with con from jail By Kathryn F. Pickard News Reporter A Clarke County Jail inmate, and gifted con artist, and his girlfriend have been charged with committing theft of property from within the jail. Benny Woodgett, who is a LifeTech graduate and on parole, was in jail on charges from Thomasville Police Department and according to Chief Investigator ... More ...
By Kathryn F. Pickard News Reporter Officers conducting a search warrant at a Toddtown residence found drugs hidden in a child's toy and seized over $1,500 worth of cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia Friday, Jan. 4. More ... Arrest made in four-wheeler theft By Kathryn F. Pickard News Reporter A Morvin man was arrested Monday for stealing a fourwheeler in the Bashi community. Clarke County sheriff's deputies spent nearly 12 hours searching the area for Justin Maurice Cowan, 22, who is believed to have stolen the Honda four-wheeler from John Harrison about 10 a.m. More ... Arrests made by Thomasville Police Arrests listed from the Thomasville Police Department for the week of Dec. 31, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008 include: Sheneaka L. Williams, failure to appear on speeding, arrested Dec. 31. Karen Denise Johns, failure to appear on driving while license revoked, probation violation, warrant for Clarke County,... More ... Correction Drug arrests made in Coffeeville last week were made during a traffic stop, not a road block, as the headline in last week's paper stated. Officer Steve Carlisle was working as a member of the Coffeeville Police Department and not as a Clarke County sheriff's deputy. More ... Correction Contrary to what was reported in last week's issue, two passengers in a Jan. 2 one-car accident on County Road 4 were injured. Wayne Reed, 28, and Amanda Anderson, 27, both of Jackson, remain in critical condition, according to a source at the University of South Alabama Medical Center in Mobile. More ...
An open house was held Jan. 3 for the new cafeteria at Clarke County High School. County School Superintendent Gerald Stephens and his wife, Joann (top left photo), were the first to sample the food, which was prepared by Joyce Walker, Frances Young, Betty Welch and Linda Frith (bottom left). Walter... More ...
Calvin Guy of Coffeeville shows pine webworms he found on young pine trees on his property near Coffeeville recently. The worms are detected by clusters of debris and excrement pellets entangled in a network of silken webbing in tree limbs. Larvae can usually be found embedded in the material. The w... More ... Girl Scout cookie pre-orders begin Pre-orders for Girl Scout cookies in 2008 begin Jan. 11 and run through Jan. 27. Cookie deliveries will be made from Feb. 12 to 16. Booth sales in Clarke County will run from Feb. 17 to March 16. Scouts will be selling cookies in front of grocery stores and retail shops. More ... Jan. 10 last day for 'Scale Back' weigh-in Thursday, Jan. 10 is the last day to weigh-in and register for "Scale Back Alabama" in the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Department at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. Scale Back Alabama is a health awareness program intended to be a fun way for participants to learn healthy lifestyle habits and to... More ... Bullfrog Jumped Tour bringing folk songs to local elementary The Bullfrog Jumped Tour will soon have elementary students in Grove Hill singing folk songs that were collected in Alabama in 1947 by a "song catcher." Byron Arnold, a music professor at the University of Alabama, traveled the state in the summers of 1945 through 1947 recording hundreds of folk ... More ... Democrat enacts new policies for printing weddings effective Jan. 1 The Clarke County Democrat is imposing new guidelines for wedding publications effective Jan. 1, 2008. Wedding articles should be submitted within four weeks of the wedding to be published without charge along with a photograph. Articles should be 500 words or less. More ... |
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