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FAA grant will fund local airport improvements
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant will allow for improvements to be made at Robbins Field. The $132,000 grant, administered through Congressman Robert Aderholt’s office, will be used to install perimeter fencing and rehabilitate runway lighting. “The fencing (construction) is definite,” said Oneonta city manager Ed Lowe. “We will install 1146 feet of new fence, including a new electric gate that will be key-coded, which should improve security of the airport.” More...
Woman pleads guilty to murder of Alfred Holston Sr.
by Ron Gholson

Kathy Dean Tidmore, 44, pled guilty Thursday in Blount County Circuit Court to the murder on July 30, 2007, of Alfred Holston Sr., 79, of 620 Washington Avenue, Oneonta. Judge Steven King presided. The case had been scheduled to go to trial on Friday last week. The charge was for murder committed during the course of a felony, which carries a sentence of 20 to 99 years, with the possibility of parole, according to Blount County District Attorney Tommy Rountree. More...

Summer work begins
Blount County Board of Education
by Rob Rice

The Blount County Board of Education has contracted with Koorsen Fire and Security to provide kitchen suppression upgrades and new installation in school lunchrooms throughout the county system. Work will be done at Appalachian School, Hayden Primary, Locust Fork High, J.B. Pennington, Southeastern, and Susan Moore High. The total amount of the contract is not to exceed $24,850 and a copy of the public works contract is on file in the superintendent’s office. More...

 News
• Snead council touches on a variety of issues
In an event-filled evening, the Snead Town Council addressed several matters and delayed several others. The meeting began with a utilities customer’s request for consideration on her $2280 bill. She asked the council to have her water service restored and to work with her on permitting her to pay the past-due bill in installments. More...
• Oneonta addresses grant and application
• Correction
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 Columns
• Wonder
Editorial
Wonder At least a few of the newsbriefs appearing in this newspaper every week reflect the caring that prompts many of you, singly or as parts of groups, to reach out to neighbors and strangers alike to make them safer, more comfortable, less troubled, even less hungry, maybe even less afraid. Some of you regularly pick up nourishing non-perishables to contribute to food pantries for those down on their luck, unemployed, flat broke. More...
• molly’s musing
• article has image Alabama Scene
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 Letters
• Readers write
Info sought on POW camp
I am trying to locate where I might obtain a copy of The POW Camp, Oneonta, AL, by Warren Weaver or other printed items on the camp. Any info on availability and costs would be most appreciated. James Controvich 97 Mayfield Street Springfield, MA 01108-3535 More...
• ‘I’m glad they didn’t call my number’
• ‘Should [quilters] pay rent at all’
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 Sports
• article has image Franklin earns All-America honors
Chris Franklin, a junior at Southeastern Louisiana University, earned third team All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Franklin, a transfer from Jefferson State Community College and a graduate of Oneonta High School, was named to the team as a right-handed reliever. In his first year at the school, Franklin posted a 5-2 record with a 2.60 ERA and a school-record 12 saves. More...
• article has image Athlete with local ties to compete for U.S.A.
• article has image Susan Moore JV cheerleaders take first
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 People
• article has image Students in recital
Maegen and Anna Bailey presented students in recital May 23 at Union Hill Baptist Church. Pictured left to right are (front row) Faith Summerford and Daniel Bracker; (middle row) Hayden Pannell, Bethany Bracker, Grace Battles, Brianna Rigsby, Ethan Bracker, Maegen Bailey, Jackson Wright, Annamarie Thompson, and Erin Drake; (back row) Anna Bailey, Kalee Reeves, Sharon Fallin, Kimberly Jones, Joshua Hixon, Leah McAfee, Shayla Farish, Benjamin Hixon, Thomas Bracker, Dillon Dyer, Hannah Hixon, and Samantha Johnson. More...
• article has image Bailey - Carter
• article has image Birthday
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 Faith
• article has image THE BIBLE SPEAKS
Who’s in charge?
Background Scripture: Exodus 5:1—6:1. Devotional Reading: Psalms 10:1-14. More...
• article has image FAITH MATTERS
• article has image Take me out to the ballfield!
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 Obituaries
• OBITUARIES
If there appears to be a disagreement among family members about information to appear in an obituary, The Blount Countian reserves the right to decline to publish any of it. The newspaper takes pride in not charging for publishing obituaries except for those of persons without direct connection to this county, in which case persons requesting them will pay for them when they are submitted. More...
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