Historic Bashi home burns



Texas family takes refuge



For Clarke County residents the recent hurricanes have been more of an inconvenience than anything else. Emergency personnel and governmental offices went on standby just in case the hurricanes made a turn toward this area. But for residents in the Louisiana and Texas areas Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have been much more than an inconvenience. Elmer Lynn Yellott Jr., 35, […]

Group claims half drop out of THS



According to an Atlanta-based education group, Thomasville’s city school system has a dropout rate of nearly 50 percent, but local and state officials have serious concerns about how those figures were reached. In a report issued this year, the Southern Education Foundation listed dropout rates it computed for Alabama’s high schools. The foundation’s report put Thomasville’s dropout rate at 49.29 […]

T’ville’s sales tax revenues are up



Sales tax revenues in Thomasville are on track to hit their highest level ever. With one month to go in the current fiscal year, Thomasville has collected $4,141,760 in sales taxes. The city is averaging more than $350,000 per month in sales tax collections, so 2008 is expected to end with almost $4.4 million in total sales tax collections. The […]

DuBose returns to Jackson



After a summer in jail and time under psychiatric observation, Stuart DuBose was allowed to return home Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bert Milling Jr. granted a defense request to free the former Clarke County judge while he is awaiting a November trial on gun charges. During a twoweek span earlier this year, DuBose was arrested on those charges and removed […]

Old St. Stephens excavation Sept. 27



Persons interested in Alabama history and archaeology have an opportunity to assist in the excavation of a historic former hotel building in old St. Stephens on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The excavation of The Globe Hotel, circa 1815, will be conducted under the direction of archaeologist George Shorter of The University of South Alabama. Volunteers […]

School board meeting



The Thomasville City School Board will meet tonight at 6 p.m. in the Thomasville High School library. The board will hear the results of a 2007 audit performed on the system’s bookkeeping, an annual review performed by an outside organization. The board will also continue to take action on personnel matters and hear updated financial reports for the final month […]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR



Q’back club meeting The Thomasville Quarterback Club will have an organizational meeting at 7 p.m., Sept. 23, at the Thomasville High School library. All parents and supporters are encouraged to attend. Meetings will continue each Tuesday night throughout football season. Alumni basketball tourney An alumni basketball tournament will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 20, at Marengo High School. […]

Still have reason to be optimistic

OUR VIEW

Hurricane Ike hit Texas and we all offer our prayers and help in whatever means we can as Alabamians. We can be thankful it didn’t come here, but it wasn’t that long ago that Ivan left its calling card. On top of that, America’s biggest mortgage companies have been taken over by the federal government and one of its largest […]

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