Police chief seriously injured in wreck



Thomasville Police Chief Billy Hicks and Ronald Jowers are in stable condition after a violent car accident in Hicks’ patrol car Saturday night. But Hicks could suffer from longterm paralysis. Hicks was returning from Faunsdale on Alabama Hwy. 5 about two miles north of Thomasville about 9:30 at night when the accident occurred. Hicks and Jowers were taken to Southwest […]

Don’t be scared



Megginson keeps seat on T’ville council



Grace Megginson held on to her District 1 seat on the Thomasville city council, defeating Ken Nichols in a run-off election Tuesday. Counting absentee ballots, Megginson received 97 votes and Nichols received 71 votes. The total votes cast were 168 compared to 162 total votes cast in the municipal election held in August. This is the fourth election Megginson has […]

Lights go out in T’ville



A dump truck rolled over in the Thomasville industrial park Tuesday morning, setting off a chain reaction of events that led to power outages for most of the city through the afternoon. A dump truck with its bed lifted rolled over and struck power lines in the city’s industrial park Tuesday morning. That incident appears to have caused some sort […]

Water problems hit Thomasville



The Thomasville water system experienced brief shortages and low pressure through Saturday and Sunday due to a computer malfunction. The city’s water distribution system is operated through a computer system called a SCADA system. The water storage tanks throughout the city are able to communicate to each other through this system and the system can automatically open valves and run […]

Grove Hill passes raises



The Grove Hill Town Council approved modest cost of living raises for municipal employees Monday and also granted them four additional paid holidays. Mayor Lamar Hudson said after the meeting that the raises amounted to about 50 cents per hour although some employees received more. He said the per hour raise was picked over a percentage increase because it allows […]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR



Surginer VFD Surginer Volunteer Fire Depart ment will host a singing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11 with barbecue chicken plates for sale beginning at 10 a.m. The all-day fund-raiser will be held at the SVFD Fire Station in Marengo County off Highway 10, at 6279 County Road 55 in Magnolia. Barbecue chicken plates will sell for […]

Hard roads for student athletes



Thanks to movies, television and the occasional headline, sometimes we can get a skewed vision of the typical student athlete. Sure, we’ve all heard stories about this or that top recruit getting special attention or even gifts and money to maybe choose this or that college. The stereotype shows these athletes and getting preferential treatment almost everywhere they go. They […]

Political Cartoon



My friends, read this one

From the Editor's Desk

My friends, I write to you today not as a candidate seeking higher office, not as a man of lower middle class roots raised in a loving family reared with strong morals and instilled with the character of the heartland who only wishes to help this nation. No, my friends, today, I write to you simply as a person who […]