Clarke County Extension Coordinator Kevan Tucker is in Mobile Infirmary following heart surgery. Tucker, 52, had a vehicle accident in Grove Hill Friday afternoon, Sept. 9 and it is thought that a heart attack of some kind of medical episode caused the accident. Grove Hill Police Officer Danlee Eckstein said he had turned in on South Jackson Street near Love […]
‘If you build it … will they come?’
Sports complex suggested as salvation for Grove Hill that would draw people — and restaurants and hotels“If you build it, they will come” is the famous line from the Kevin Costner movie “Field of Dreams.” Some Grove Hill promoters think if it can work in the movies it can work for the town, too. Rosalyn Sales, director of economic development for Clarke and Washington counties was at the Council meeting Sept. 6 to pitch the idea […]
$31.2M school budget OK’d
The Clarke County Board of Education held a special meeting Monday afternoon, Sept. 12 to approve the 2022-23 budget ahead of the start of the new fiscal year Oct. 1. The budget totals $31,239,891.36 and is similar to last year’s. One personnel item, the resignation of Jana Gregory, a special education aide at Gillmore Elementary School was on the agenda. […]
Winter forecast: ‘Shivery, wet and slushy’
The temperatures are still hitting the 90s but even so there is a slight touch of fall in the air. Leaves are starting to turn and shed and the grass isn’t growing as fast as it has been — many grass cutters are thankful. Perhaps we shouldn’t be in a big hurry for summer and fall to pass. The Farmers’ […]
Clarke Records
Marriages Dated Sept. 3-12, 2022 Caleb Neal Howell to Emily Catherine Black David Lee Tubbs to Cosandra Denise Johnson Property deeds Dated Sept. 3-12, 2022 Billy Howard Jones to Cecil Lee Singleton Lee Ann Anderson to Timothy Craig Reid Scott Wimberly to Cynthia M. Thompson Romona D. Kelley to Timothy W. Kelley Romona D. Kelley to Kenneth Edward Kelley Cecil […]
Clarke Arrests
Arrests booked through the Clarke County Jail September 6, 2022 through September 12, 2022 include the following: Robert Wayne Miller, 50, here for court, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff’s Dept. Scotty Alford, 55, burglary third degree, arrested by Clarke County Sheriff’s Dept. Darius Patrick, 19, discharging a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle, discharging a firearm, etc., into an occupied or […]
Thomasville Police Report
The information for the Thomasville Police Department released by Chief Mitchell Stuckey for the week of September 5-11, 2022 is listed below. Arrests 9-5-22 – Williams, Earnest Lee – Failure to Appear 9-6-22 – Adams, Alvin Jerome – Public Intoxication and Criminal Trespass 9-7-22 – Brister, James Wesley – Bench Warrant 9-9-22 – Britton, Mandy Marie – Theft of Property […]
Around the Capitol
Alabama still a great place to liveLiving in Alabama all my life, I am protective of my state’s reputation. Often, I have travelled regionally and abroad hearing all the negatives about living here. Some of it true, most of it not. It’s no secret there are plenty of things we need to work on, and we are doing that. We are in a constant state of […]
Inside the Statehouse
‘Do something about them decibels!’Those of us who served a long time in the legislature have a lot of stories. I served 16 years from 1982 to 1998 from my home county of Pike. I chose not to run again in 1998. However, I missed the comradery and friendships of other legislators who became lifelong friends. It was apparent that those of us who […]
Guest Columnist
Climate change? It is always changingOne of the most common two words we hear today is climate change. Sadly very few people truly understand these two words and they are often misused. I have traveled to Alaska and the Northern Rockies and I have seen the melting Glaciers with my own eyes. Yes things are changing but the questions are. How much, how fast and […]