2022-07-28 E-Edition

New Thomasville Public Library progressing

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The new Thomasville Public Library continues to take shape on West Front Street in downtown Thomasville. The new library, in the former Bedsole, Gulf then Barfield furniture store, will cover two floors, providing much more space than the current facility. Projections are for the facility to be completed by December or January. The power panel to serve it won’t arrive […]

Arrest made in shooting into local home

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The shootings just don’t end. Sunday night, July 24, five shots were fired into a home on Smiley Road in the Choctaw Corner area of Thomasville. The shooting happened about 9:15 and Thomasville Police Chief Mitchell Stuckey said there were two adults and two children inside. No one was hit, “but that certainly wasn’t the intention of the shooter,” Stuckey […]

Child shoots into mail vehicle, misses carrier

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An unsecured firearm nearly resulted in tragedy Friday, July 22. Thomasville Police Chief Mitchell Stuckey reported that a city mail carrier delivering mail in a U.S. Postal Service vehicle around 2:55 that afternoon reported that someone had fired a gun into her vehicle on Dozier Street. “After investigating the incident we were able to identify a 5-year-old boy as the […]

T’ville City Council given $2 million in nursing home funds

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The Thomasville City Council voted Monday, July 25 to accept $2 million from the city-owned Thomasville Nursing Home. The nursing home was recently sold to a private company and its cash assets are being transferred to the city. The sale price was approximately $5.3 million and it was discussed in the work session that $2 million has already been transferred […]

‘The Robber Bridegroom’

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Musical based on story by well-known Mississippi author

The Arts Council of Thomasville will present the musical “The Robber Bridegroom” at 7 p.m. on July 29, 30 and Aug. 1 (Friday, Saturday and Monday) witha2p.m.matineeonSunday, July 31 in the Thomasville Civic Center. Set in 18th century Mississippi, the story, based on a 1942 novella by acclaimed Mississippi author Eudora Welty, features a Robin Hood-style character, Jamie Lockhart, who saves […]

LP fire quickly put out

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The Thomasville Fire Department received a fire call to the Louisiana-Pacific mill in the North Clarke Industrial Park shortly before 4 o’clock Sunday morning, July 24. Also responding were Fulton and Grove Hill departments. The fire was quickly brought under control. Grove Hill’s trucks and manpower were released by 4:13 and Thomasville’s were leaving the scene by around 5 o’clock. […]

Cuzz’s closer to opening

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Work continues on the new Dozier Oil Cuzz’s Travel Depot on Highway 43 South near the entrance to the North Clarke Industrial Park. The pump awnings are up over the gasoline and diesel pumps and work is being done on the turn-ins to the business from Highway 43. Mayor Sheldon Day said interest is being shown in parcels adjacent to […]

A ‘sweet’ escape from the ordinary…

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Love of baking inspired Kate Huggins to create ‘Three Sisters’ brand


No one would believe that a small piece of pound cake could spark a passion for baking, but that’s just what happened to Kate Hamilton Huggins! Learned from her aunt Many years ago, Kate’s Aunt Gloria Adams came to visit, bringing a homemade cake. Kate remembered eating a piece and thinking that this was no ordinary pound cake. She decided […]

Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest to open Aug. 2

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The 2023 Outdoor Alabama Photo Contest will begin accepting entries Tuesday, Aug. 2. This year’s contest is a joint project between the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) and the Alabama Tourism Department. The deadline to enter is Oct. 31, 2022. The 2023 photo contest will focus on traditional photography techniques and the use of handheld cameras. No […]