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October 26th, 2006
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Work begins on Boardwalk project
Members of the Southwest Alabama Chamber of Commerce, city and Boardwalk Cottages hold the official groundbreaking for the project Thursday. From left: Lewis Herron, Kathy Robets, Judi Clark, MIke Hinson, Carroll Scarbrough, Debra Fox, Willard Corley, Marilyn Morgan, Harry Brooks, Mayor Sheldon Day. More...
Council closes on land deals

Thomasville Council member Charles Allen voiced his concerns Monday night over the sale of the Crowne building during the council meeting. More...

DuBose needs stronger penalty, court rules

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Alabama State Bar Association's disciplinary commission did not penalize Jackson attorney and Democratic circuit judge nominee Stuart DuBose severely enough for his involvement in the preparation of a will for a man he never met. More...


First units expected to go up within a few months

The earth is moving and work should begin in earnest on the Boardwalk Cottages development in downtown Thomasville. More...


Honoring a fallen father

Mayor Sheldon Day presents Hadley "Tommy" Tyson with a memorial to his late father Thomas Tyson Jr. who was killed in a vehicle accident while on patrol for the Thomasville Police Department in May 1970. Tyson is the only police officer in Thomasville to lose his life while on duty. More...


Twin Rivers group asks county for more money

Two of the directors of the new Twin Rivers Economic Development Partnership attended the Clarke County Commission meeting Tuesday to repeat a request made a few weeks ago for funding for the new cooperative effort between Clarke and Choctaw counties. More...


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AL-ANON Meets AL-ANON meets every Thursday night at 6:30 at Pineview Baptist Church (enter door at Moore Street entrance behind church). For more information call 636-9985. More...
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 Editorials
•Our View
The Nov. 7 gener al election is now just over a week away. Prepare for plenty more mud slinging from the bigger races as things come down the stretch. More...
•From the Editor's Desk
•Alabama Scene
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 People
•Clarke-Washington fair starts Oct. 31
The annual Clarke-Washing-ton Counties Fair, sponsored by the Jackson Rotary Club, is planned for the week of Oct. 31-Nov. 4, at the Clarke-Washington Fairgrounds located behind Jackson Steakhouse on U.S. Highway 43. More...
•Folk Life Festival Schedule
•Mitchum, Kelley wed at GainesRidge
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 Religion
•Church Calendar
SVFD to hold Gospel Singing The Surginer Volunteer Fire Department will host a Fall Singing on Oct. 28 from 4 p.m. until. More...
•Spiritual Reflections
•Sunday School Attendance
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 School
•School News
Cooler weather finally makes its way to south Alabama and the students at Thomasville High School are glad to get the first nine weeks out of the way and continue on to the second nine weeks. Congratulations are in order for Mrs. Jill Barlow for winning the "Teacher of the Year Award", selected by t More...
•Band News
•Drama Club will travel to USA
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 Sports
•Tigers take care of business in Selma
Although it wasn't pretty at times, the Thomasville Tigers took care of business and claimed their seventh victory of the 2006 season this past Friday, October 20, when they defeated the Southside Panthers 41-16. "I thought we took care of Southside the way we should have," Tiger Coach Jack Hankins More...
•TMS caps perfect season
•Bulldogs corral Stallions 48-7
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 For The Record
•Clarke County Public Records
Marriage license applications Clint Matthew Barnes, to Amanda Lynn Goodman; Marino Thomas Arreola, to Lee Ann Ross; David John Lewis Collins, to Ashley Lynn Hester; Thor Joseph Huebner, to Jennifer Howell Minor; Mercury Levon Parker, to Bermeta Ann Washington; John Francis Konopka III More...
•Obituaries
•On the wrong side
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