2016-07-28 E-Edition

Hampton sets ground break




The new Hampton Inn for Thomasville will break ground on Aug. 15, Mayor Sheldon Day told the Thomasville Industrial Board at a Monday evening meeting before the city council held its work session. Day was in Rhode Island on Clarke-Mobile Gas business on Monday, but did arrange a conference call to have the board make a final resolution for the […]

Train Derailed

Kimbrough Norfolk Southern Derailment


KIMBROUGH – Work crews from Norfolk Southern worked through the night and into Tuesday morning to reopen a key rail junction here in Wilcox County. According to Norfolk Southern spokesperson Susan Terpay, a Norfolk Southern train derailed seven empty cars in Kimbrough at around 9:30 Monday night. The train was in the process of setting off and picking up rail […]

Bad Wreck in Thomasville

Four hurt in wreck at Auto Zone sign


A Thomasville man and three juveniles were injured in a Thursday afternoon wreck in front of the Auto Zone parts store on Highway 43 in Thomasville. According to Lt. Knight of the Thomasville Police Department, Jim Wesley Baggett’s maroon sedan was hit from behind by a Toyota Tundra truck driven by one of the juveniles. The back end of Baggett’s […]

County approves CR 19 road work




GROVE HILL – Clarke County commissioners Tuesday approved an agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation to resurface County Route 19, the Allen- Walker Road. The resurfacing project has been estimated at just over $1.27 million. The county will pay 20 percent of the cost, or around $255,000. Commissioner Jackie Ray Rush observed at Monday’s work session that the cost […]

Day, Dixon get new terms




Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day and three city council members were certified winners for new terms after facing no qualified opposition in next month’s municipal elections. The current council issued approval votes after town clerk Debbie Ballard certified Day and three unopposed council members election. For Day, the uncontested victory, earned him a sixth term in office. Day was in Rhode […]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR



Kindergarten registration continues for TES Kindergarten registration continues for the 2016- 2017 school year at Thomasville Elementary School. Application packets have been available since July 5, in the TES lobby (despite the renovation construction) and also in the central office of the school system (across from the high school). The packets can be returned to the central office. Parents will […]

Thomasville crime report



The Thomasville Police Department filed the following charges during the week ending July 24: • Charles Purnell – Discharging a Firearm in City Limit • Alexis Deshelle Law – Theft of Property Fourth Degree • Justice Latron Irvin – Driving While License Suspended (Warrant) • Titus Jermaine Cowan – Passing Stopped School Bus (Warrant) • Charlotte Nichol Leach – Driving […]

Wetherbee



Allison Wetherbee, 45, of Muscle Shoals died July 21, 2016 at her home. She was born Dec. 8, 1970 in Selma. She was a public relations counselor with Camp ASCCA and a member of Camden Baptist Church. She is survived by her parents, Charlie Dial Wetherbee and Gloria Ott Wetherbee of Camden; two sisters, Megan Dial Wetherbee of Birmingham and […]

Council hires former officer to fill TPD gaps




The Thomasville City Council approved the rehiring of a former police officer in Monday‘s meeting. James Dodds, a deputy who worked for the Clarke County’s Sheriff Department as an overseer at the county jail, was hired as a full-time officer for the Thomasville Police Department. Dodds was hired without a probation period and at grade 7, step 5, which is […]