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Oneonta accepts and dedicates one of two new fire trucks
The Oneonta City Council and fire department have received one of two new fire trucks the city has ordered. At the last council meeting, Mayor Darryl Ray announced receipt of the $380,000 truck and invited attendees to a dedication ceremony following that meeting. More...
We love our football

A large crowd turned out at Locust Fork’s Gary Pate Field to watch the Hornets battle Crossville on opening night of the 2010 high school football season. More...

Cleveland council focuses on park and rec matters; police chief job on hold
by Ron Gholson

Park and ball fields, both old and new, occupied a substantial part of the Cleveland Town Council meeting as members received recommendations for needed repairs to the park and ball fields and related matters at its Aug. 19 business session. Park board spokesman James Sullivan presented the park board’s list of 10 prioritized items requiring attention, as follows: More...

 News
• article has image $450,000 check kicks off campaign
Blount County Healthcare Authority’s $450,000 check to St. Vincent’s Blount will go toward purchase of a new computerized tomography (CT) scanner for the hospital and will help launch its fundraising campaign for a number of other hospital upgrades and improvements. More...
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• article has image Blountsville smokers warned
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 Columns
• article has image Alabama Scene
Our mixed-up priorities
We now have the fifth-largest football stadium in the country. Hot darn. Take that, you lowly fans in California and New York and elsewhere…that is except Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Tennessee, where there are ones larger than ours. More...
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• article has image The bookworm sez
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 Letters
• Response to comment on Paleo Profiles
First, I want to thank The Blount Countian readers for reading the Paleo Profiles. I especially appreciate both the compliments and skepticism offered by Mr. Shipp in regards to Hardouinia. It is my hope that Paleo Profiles will be informative and thought provoking. More...
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 Sports
• article has image LIVING WELL
There are differing opinions regarding drinking sports drinks vs. water. The debate basically is: What hydrates and quenches thirst better – water or sports drinks? More...
• article has image HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL • WEEK TWO PREVIEW
• article has image Redskins hold off Panthers
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 People
• article has image Green-Holley
Cathern Blair Holley and James Edward Green were united in marriage July 2, 2010, in a small ceremony with friends and family present. The wedding was held outdoors at the home of Jeff and Stacy Pike in Locust Fork. Dr. Donny Holley, the bride’s uncle, officiated the ceremony. More...
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• article has image Nursing home resident celebrates 85th birthday
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 Faith
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THE BIBLE SPEAKS
Background Scripture Exodus 3:1-6, 13-15. Devotional Reading: Luke 20:34-40. More...
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 Obituaries
• MARJORIE WARREN CARADINE,
74, of Oneonta, died Aug. 24, 2010, at St. Vincent’s East. An Alabama native, she graduated from Dora High School and worked as a secretary. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Oneonta. Predeceasing her were parents Lonnie T. and Annie Mae Howard Warren; husband Ralph Henderson Caradine; sister Cassie W. Herman; and brother Samuel T. Warren. More...
• JOHNNY MACK CARDWELL,
• RAMONA GENRY,
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 County News
• article has image Help! There’s an owl after my pet!
Wildlife Biologist Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries More...
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 Local History
• From the Archives
The Southern Democrat, September 5, 1984
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