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November 29th, 2007
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Yes, Thomasville had a Christmas parade before Edmon McKinley arrived, but the two have become so closely linked over the past three decades one could be forgiven if they didn't realize that. More...

Thomasville was awarded a $1.12 million grant from the Alabama Department of Transportation last week to help pay for the creation of an access road into Thomasville's new south industrial park. "That brings our total amount of funding up to $2. More...

PHOTO BY ANNE WILLIAMSON Young bicycle enthusiasts along with their parents oooo'ed and ahhhhhh'ed as the team of exhibition stunt riders held two performances in Thomasville Saturday afternoon. The X Games Super Freestyle Tour came to a local merchant as a reward for it selling a record number of X... More...

Food drive Tiger Den No. 7 will host a food drive for the Salvation Army from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Dec. 1, in front of Wal-Mart in Thomasville. Band Booster meeting Thomasville High School Band Booster meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4 at the THS band room. More...
Montgomery insurance executive John Goff has charged that former Lt. Gov. Steve Windom and some of his associates attempted to shake him down for $200,000-ayear in exchange for Windom's help in retaining his insurance contracts with the state. More...
Ashley Richerson of Sweet Water became a member of the Alabama A&M University cheerleading squad on April 7. She currently holds the title of co-captain for the 2007-08 year as a sophomore. Ashley began cheering at the age of 8 as a tiny mite cheerleader for Marengo's Pee Wee football league. Tha... More...
IIt had become my practice to teach perched on the front of a table in the classroom, rather than seated behind it, preferring that vantage point. Tuesday during my second class I called for a 5-minute break and as the students left the classroom I propelled myself off the table, in the process I... More...
Benjamin Franklin once said, "He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities." Well, if he was correct, then I must be one tough chick! I don't know about everyone else but I made sure to make the most of our Thanksgiving break! More...
The Sweet Water Bulldogs kept their perfect season going this past Friday, November 23, when they defeated the Wadley Bulldogs 39 - 7 in the quarterfinal round of the AHSAA State Playoffs. The game which was played at Nolan Atkins Stadium in Sweet Water was pretty much dominated by Sweet Water fr... More...
Burie 'Bull' Dunning Jr. Burie "Bull" Dunning Jr., 63, of Dixons Mills died November 7, 2007. Mr. Dunning was born April 23, 1944, in Dixons Mills to Burie and Pearline Dunning Jr. He joined Rockbabylon Baptist Church at an early age and attended Marengo High School where he found the love of h... More...