Black Belt industry
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      It was good news for the Black Belt Friday when it was announced that the small town of Epes, on the Tombigbee River in Sumter County, had been chosen as the site for a new $150 million U.S. Steel plant that will produce a steelmaking product to be used in the company's steel mill in Fairfield.
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Mayor Day deserves a lot of credit for McCain's historic visit
Editor's Notes
      If you had told me even a few weeks ago that on this past Monday the John McCain campaign bus would be rattling down Highway 5 toward Thomasville with Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day huddled with Gov. Bob Riley and certain Republican presidential nominee McCain talking about issues affecting rural ...
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Siegelman's fireworks
Inside the Statehouse
      The recent decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to release former Gov. Don Siegelman, while his appeal is pending, is significant. The federal panel gave a stinging rebuke to District Court Judge Mark Fuller for his harshness to Siegelman.
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Shop Grove Hill
Letters to the Editor
      Dear Editor, The Grove Hill Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a "Shop Grove Hill" day on Friday, April 25. On this date, we are encouraging everyone to shop somewhere in Grove Hill for any special gifts they need, supplies they need to spruce up around the house and yard, or even plan ahead ...
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Attempts to raise taxes
Congress Reports
      Millions of American families scrambled to meet last week's tax-filing deadline lining up at their local post offices for the unwelcome annual ritual of filing income tax returns. Meanwhile, from the grocery store to the gas pump, we have all been experiencing "sticker shock" as our cost of livin...
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