Downtown to host first annual Foundation meeting tonight



Thomasville will host the first annual Clarke County Development Foundation (CCDF) meeting this evening, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tonight the downtown streets of Thomasville will come alive with celebration, as the foundation’s board members commemorate its first year as the community and economic development arm of the county. The idea of a county development foundation grew out of visits to […]

Local Marine happy to be home but ready to go back to Iraq



Although the 6’1”, broad shouldered Marine at first glance doesn’t resemble a pig-tailed farm girl from Kansas, Marine First Lieutenant Kendrick Gaines admits that he and Dorothy have one thing in common. They both agree, “there’s no place like home.” Gaines, an eight-year veteran of the Marine Corp, has traveled extensively with the branch of the Department of the Navy […]

Flu vaccine shortage impacts local doctors

Use common sense to avoid the flu this season

The shortage of flu shots throughout the United States is front page news in most areas. In Thomasville, only one physician’s office received any influenza vaccine at all. According to Sandy Newton, LPN, of Dr. M.A. Nayeem’s Family Practice, the 250 vaccines received by the office are already gone and she is keeping a waiting list of people still needing […]

Ghost Walk planned for Saturday



House race 65 affects parts of Thomasville and surrounding area



Voters in portions of Clarke County will go to the polls this coming Tuesday to vote on Democratic nominees to fill a vacant seat in the Alabama Legislature. Then they will go back the next Tuesday, Nov. 2, to vote in the general election. The Oct. 26 special election is necessitated by the death of State Rep. Jeff Dolbare of […]

Lengthy criminal court docket handed down by circuit court



Criminal court will begin in Clarke County Circuit Court Monday, Oct. 25. Judge Harold Crow has 58 cases listed on his docket and Judge Thomas Baxter has 94 cases listed on his docket. Annie M. Haskew will be tried for capital murder in the death of her infant son, Jared J. Haskew. She was indicted for smothering the child to […]

Man killed in tragic evening accident on Highway 43



A Toxey man was killed late Thursday night on Highway 43 when he was struck by a Clarke County Sheriff’s Department patrol car. Deputy Richard E. Parnell, 67, of Tibbie, had ended his shift and was on his way from Grove Hill to the Jackson Police Department where he leaves his patrol car before going home. Parnell was on the […]

Attempted murder charge levied on 17-year-old



Sean Cardell Cheeseboro, 17 of Thomasville was arrested on October 14 on the charge of attempted murder. Although he is only 17 years-old, he is being charged as an adult in this case. On Oct. 8, Cheeseboro and four minors had an altercation at a local service station. The four minors left the station in one vehicle and Cheeseboro left […]

Pine Hill PD report quiet week



The Pine Hill Police Department had a quiet week for the week of Oct. 11 through 17. They made six misdemeanor arrest; two DUIs, two FTA’s and two marijuana II. Pine Hill officers also responded to three accidents, 33 complaints, issued 35 traffic tickets, and 21 warning tickets. They worked 42 special details.

Mineral supplements enhance deer growth



By Tracy L. Nelson Area Biologist The use of mineral supplements has become popular among deer hunters and land managers in an effort to improve antler size on bucks using their property. Research has shown that mineral supplements provide little if any positive effect on antler size or body weight of wild free-ranging deer. This brings to light some important […]