OUR VIEW
Prison and alcohol issues take time
      So Thomasville and the county are going to team up in the effort to bring a women's prison facility to our little part of the world. Sometimes it can be easy to be defined by just one thing, especially for a small town. We hope this prison, if it comes, is not that thing.
More ...

From the Editor's Desk
Inconsistencies of life
Arthur McLean
      Ilove finding life's little contradictions, at least when their not making life miserable for us humans having to get by from day to day. I'm having dinner with the family Saturday at a barbecue joint. Our server has already provided us with some of those tiny little wet wipes in case the 'cue is ...
More ...

Political Cartoon
Read the Story...

Alabama Scene
Two-year college mess drags on
Bob Ingram
      It looked for a moment last week that the left hand didn't know what right hand was doing among the Democrats in the State Senate. When Gov. Riley announced plans to call a special session to increase the state's bond debt limit with the money to be used to attract industry, the Democrat Caucus i...
More ...

Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
Sunday afternoon naps
The late Earl Tucker
      March 7, 1956 Something needs to be done for the millions of men all over America who want to take a nap on Sunday afternoons and can't. More things can happen between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. on Sundays than can be crowded into any other twohour period during the week. People get more wrong num...
More ...