Author to visit Thomasville The Thomasville Library Foundation will host a free author visit at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Thomasville Civic Center on West Front Street in historic downtown in the old high school building. More...

Welcome to the new America, where Wall Street's blunders are put on the backs of hard working, taxpaying American citizens. The American tax payer is going to be put on the hook for what will probably be a billion dollars or more to bail out the country's investment banks and mortgage backers. More...

PHOTO BY ARTHUR MCLEAN Work is progressing on Fire Station No. 2 on Old Hwy. 5 in Thomasville. The construction is adding a third truck bay to the station. More...

In Northern Ghana, the waters of the White Volta and the Black Volta form one river, and flow all the way to the Gulf of Guinea, the waterway to the Atlantic Ocean, which lies on the Southern shore of Ghana. At Akosombo there is a hydroelectric dam on the Volta that forms the largest man made lake in the world. More...

On Sept. 12, Principal Richard Bryant gave Leadership Wilcox a tour of F.S. Ervin Elementary School. Leadership Wilcox is a network of established community leaders willing to participate in a unified effort to shape the future of Wilcox County. Members that toured Ervin's campus were Dr. Rosie Shamburger, Superintendent of Education; Bill Godbold, Bank of Pine Hill; Latisha Saulsberry, Dept. Of Human Resources; Glen Robinson, Polymer Concrete; Ike Lyon, Army Corps of Engineers; Delia Brand, Ala- Tombigbee Planning Commission; Floyd Harris, Alabama Power; John Matthews, County Commissioner; and Pam Stenz, Wilcox County Extension Service. Leadership Wilcox is sponsored by the Wilcox County Extension Service and the Wilcox Chamber of Commerce and is funded through a Rural Alabama Initiative grant funded by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. More...

The Thomasville Tigers evened their 2008 season mark at 2 - 2 and improved their region record to 2 - 1 this past Friday, September 19, when they defeated the W. S. Neal Blue Eagles 23 - 14 in a game played in East Brewton. In the process the Tigers, who are playing a lot of young players in key positions, continued to show progress in almost every phase of the game. More...

Pamela Smith Etheredge Pamela Smith Etheredge, 59, of Leroy, died September 15, 2008, at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center in Mobile. Mrs. Etheredge was a native and resident of Leroy. She was an RN for many years. Graveside service was held at 11 a.m., Sept. 18, at the New Leroy Baptist Church Cemetery in Leroy with Bro. James Watkins officiating. More...