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“There are a few new things we’ve been working on that we’d like to make the public aware of,” said Revenue Commissioner Chris Green, who took office Oct. 1. More...
Quantities of methamphetamine, marijuana, and crack cocaine were seized earlier this week by the Blount County Sheriff’s Department.
One of the seizures came after a lengthy undercover operation while the other was a traffic stop that led to a drug investigation. More...
All is not well in the real estate world of Blount County, according to local real estate agents, and there ‘s more to it than just a slow economy, they say. The particular local agents who met last week to conduct a round table discussion of the situation were Sharon Dawson and Shelia Gilliland of Century 21 Town N Country and Anita Wood of RealtySouth. More...
In the article last week on the Blount County budget for fiscal year 2010, The Blount Countian
incorrectly printed in the chart of expenditure items that the amount allocated to the Hope House was $6000. The correct amount is $4000. More...
Retired NBA star Sir Charles Barkley, known as the "round mound of rebound" in his playing days at Auburn, says his home state “is not ready to elect” Rep. Artur Davis, who is vying to become the first African- American governor of Alabama. More...
I felt very motivated after reading the editorial “Transparency”published in last week’s newspaper. I was an attendee at the October 1st meeting at the Cleveland Town Hall, where the issue of the sale of the water department and sewer was discussed. More...
Several Blount County teams can all but clinch playoff berths with wins this week.
With seven region games, the magic number is four when it comes to region wins. Appalachian, Oneonta, and Susan Moore each have three region wins and can seemingly assure themselves of a playoff date with a win this week. More...
Katie Winslett and Mackenna Mardis, otherwise known as “Juliet Jake” and “Edweena Elwood,” pose with their replicated “cop” car (right) and, in the above photograph, with the Alabama Blues Brothers. Thirteen-year-old students at Appalachian High School, they were invited to perform Saturday, Sept. 26, with the Alabama Blues Brothers at Center Stage in Gadsden. More...
Background Scripture: Mark 5:1-20. Devotional Reading Luke 7:18-23.
Don’t let the demoniacs and pigs get in the way of the important episode in Mark 5:1-20! Evil spirits were a first-century A.D. way of describing and handling what today we call (although perhaps no more accurately) mental illness. More...
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Hayden and Susan Moore teachers support fight against breast cancer