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April 5, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

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City playground design to be revealed tonight

By Arthur McLean Editor
Things are moving pretty quickly in the project to develop a large playground park for Thomasville.  The Thomasville Playground Committee is selling t-shirts and selling sponsorships for pickets in the fence that will eventually surround the pla More...

Copper plant contract awarded

The Thomasville Times has learned that a contract for the construction of the Golden Dragon copper tubing plant in Sunny South was awarded to an Alabama company last week.  Birmingham based general contractors Brasfield and Gorrie were said to b More...

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Who’s winning?

There’s always the same kind of folks wherever you go, and you don’t have to spend too long in a community before you begin to see signs that let you know which of these groups is winning.  There will always be those who lack vision More...

Moore’s win was amazing

By Steve Flowers

I n the days leading up to our March 13th Republican Primary it began to appear more and more like we were going to have a spectacular horse race in our presidential preference vote. More...

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Religion

Spiritually Speaking

What’s bugging you?
Pat Ozment Jr.
Retired Country Preacher Slapout, Alabama

What’s bugging you? If you don’t have anything in your life that is bugging you, allow me. Nothing can bug us unless we allow it. What we allow to bug us is not as important as what we do about it. More...

CHURCH CALENDAR

Building fund gospel explosion Apr. 22 at 4 p.m.   Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Morvin will conduct a Building Fund Gospel Explosion Sunday, Apr. 22 at 4 p.m.  Rev. James McGhee of Jackson will be the guest speaker. More...

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Sports

Tiger JV downs DHS

By Charlie Anderson Contributing Writer

The Thomasville High School junior varsity baseball team went on the road Tuesday, Mar. 27, and defeated the Demopolis High School junior varsity 8 – 6. More...

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Shaq Jackson (left) and Tevin Pope (right) saw action back on their old home field as players for Alabama Southern Community College Tuesday.   More...

Taking Names and Keeping Score

Sweet homecoming
Charlie Anderson

A s many of you know, Thomasville received a rare treat on Tuesday of this week when the Alabama Southern Community College Eagles played host to the Meridian Community College Eagles in a regular season junior college baseball game played at the Tho More...

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Obituaries - Free Access

Powell

Jason DeWitt Powell, Sr., 42, of Grove Hill died Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012 at his residence. He was born Jun. 15, 1969. He was an operations manager with Francis Powell Enterprises. Mr. More...

Williams

Dell Williams, 92, of Pine Hill died Saturday, Mar. 31, 2012 at his home. He was born Jan. 20, 1920 in Brilliant. He was a retired pulpwood producer.   Graveside services were Monday, Apr. 2, at Sunny South Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. More...

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Drug sweep nets seven arrests

By Arthur McLean Editor

Clarke County’s revamped drug task force made a sweep in Thomasville over the weekend netting six on drug distribution charges.  The Thomasville Police Department, Clarke County Sheriff’s Department, Clarke County District Attorney&r More...

SET opens in Jackson

By Evan Carden Special to the Times

“SET Alabama is open for business,” said SET Enterprises CEO Sid E. Taylor, during his comments at the grand opening ceremony for the company’s newly completed steel sheeting plant, Friday, March 30, in Jackson.  More...

Despite rains, progress on water project continues

A wet winter and spring haven’t kept construction crews from making good progress on Thomasville’s water plant project.  The water intake site is about a mile from International Paper.  More...

Calendar

Vanity Fair reunion set for Apr. 14 at 5:30 p.m.

The Vanity Fair reunion will be Saturday, Apr. 14, at 5:30 p.m. at The Fish House in Jackson.  For more information call 251-246-5157 or 251-276- 3717.   More...

Women’s Day program Apr. 22 at Spencer Chapel A. M. E. Church

Spencer Chapel A. M. E. Church in Fulton will conduct its annual Women’s Day program Sunday, Apr. 22, at 2 p.m.  The guest speaker will be Rev. Irmatine Chastang- Barrie of St. John A. M. E. More...

Murder in Grove Hill Apr. 14

Join Southern Oaks and SouthernCare for an evening of Murder at Laurie Carlton Park in Grove Hill Saturday, Apr. 14, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. Dinner will be catered by the Court House Deli.  All proceeds to benefit the Relay for Life. More...

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People

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The Thomasville Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for the opening of Living Waters, a Christian book store and music store in downtown Thomasville. More...

Davis, Glass to exchange vows May 19

Clay and Sandra Davis of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. More...

Robertson, Hill set May date

Kevin and Carolyn Robertson of Fulton announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Heather Nicole Robertson, to Brandon Reed Hill, son of Eddie and Debbie Hill of Dixons Mills.  More...

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School

THS School News

Yearbooks on sale until Apr. 12
Marlee Moore

Hello Tigers! I hope you all had a lovely Spring Break and are now refreshed enough to finish the school year strong. There are now only 34 days of school, which is a manageable number, I think.  More...

Local students awarded UWA scholarship

Nataylia Knight and Lincoln Luker were recently awarded Trustees Scholarships to attend the University of West Alabama. More...

MHS announces honor roll

Marengo High School announces the third quarter honor roll as follows:   First grade  All A’s: Ta’Kya Adams, Fantasia Bouler, Terrence Bruno, Ke’Shantianna Dixon, Ashton Lewis, Shaniya Lockett and Jakyrah Williams.  More...

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For The Record

Marriage license applications

Franklin William McIntyre and Felicia Danielle Rotton; Albert Bruce Spillers Jr. More...

Property deeds listed

March 22-29  Mike Ready to Clarke- Washington Electric Membership Corporation.  Michael E. More...

Thank You

We the family of Cynthia “Cindy” Stockman Rush and Brad Baugh would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all who gave so generously of their kindness, words of comfort, prayers, flowers, food, messages of sympathy, and donations made t More...

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