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Mayor Jamie Brothers of Susan Moore and artist and area resident Wanda Morton share memories and family histories over a piece of commemorative artwork Morton donated to the town for display in the community center. More...
Hope House director Bud Jones appeared before the Jan. 8 work session of the Blount County Commission and proposed creation of a formal workrelease program for inmates of the county jail. More...
The public hearing set for Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the courthouse is not going to be a debate. To a man, county officials involved in the meeting are in agreement on that point. They express their agreement using identical, unequivocal words: "It's not going to be a debate. More...
In a list of more than thirty items on the commission agenda for January, five stand out as unusually significant. Drug Task Force deceased The commission approved the detailed dismantling of the Blount County Drug Task Force, dissolved as a separate entity last October due to greatly reduced state funding, and recurring local funding issues. More...
Wallace Henry "Pat" Lindsey III of Route One, Butler, one of the Alabama Senate's longest-serving members, died Saturday night of an apparent heart attack. He was on a hunting trip with friends and colleagues in Boligee. He was one of three Alabamians of note who died in the past week. Cornelia Wallace, 69, the former first lady and second wife of George C. More...
It's storming again tonight and bitter cold. For six long weeks I would worry if you were alive and had shelter from the cold, but tonight we are both at peace as you are by my side peaceful and warm. But your time away was beyond my worst fears. The healthy 100-lb. boy, once happy and playful, came home crawling to me - fearful, obviously starved, and abused! More...
Larry "Pod" Patterson Player of the Year - WR Nolen Smith, 6'3 195, Jr, Oneonta Offensive Player of the Year - Casey O'Toole, 5'9 165, Sr, Oneonta; and Devyn Murphree, 5'9 165, Jr, J.B. More...
Taylor Dyar of Locust Fork (above right) is among candidates at Montgomery's Frazer United Methodist Church who are enjoying eight days of competition for the title of 2009 Alabama Junior Miss before state finals Jan. 16- 17. She was welcomed by Norma Boyd, 2008 Alabama Junior Miss (above center), and fellow competitor Elizabethh Dunklin of Greenville (above left). More...
Background Scripture: Joshua 3. Devotional Reading: Psalms 142. I am something of an amateur historian (the emphasis should be on "amateur" rather than "historian"). One of the things that have fascinated me in my readings of history is the observation that no human leader in the long run compiles a record of 100 percent, or maybe even 75 percent. More...
GLENDA JANE PUTMAN BLACKWOOD, 68, of Oneonta, died Jan. 7, 2009, at St. Vincent's Blount. She was the daughter of the late Cecil E. and Geneva Parker Putman and was married to Orval Blackwood. Owner of Putman Tin Shop, she was a member of Mount Joy Baptist Church and the Red Hat Society and was one of the founders of the Covered Bridge Auto Club. More...
AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL CONTEST High School students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 are encouraged to participate in the 2009 oratorical contest being sponsored here by American Legion Post 72. More...
The Old Oak Tree