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A crowd of more than 200, with what appeared to be that many or more vehicles, swarmed the area around Logan’s General Store Saturday afternoon to attend a rally protesting what many of them consider a “tax grab” by the town of Warrior. More...
At the request of the town council, the Blount County Board of Education agreed to terminate a lease agreement signed with the town of Susan Moore on March 3, 2008. The board approved the termination at its regular meeting held Monday. More...
Following is the conclusion of last
week’s initial installment on the top
public affairs stories of 2009. The stories
are listed in order of reader interest
and/or news value impact. More...
The speakers at the monthly Blount- Oneonta Chamber of Commerce breakfasts have been scheduled through May 2010. Bradley Byrne will speak on January 28; Bill Johnson, February 24; Artur Davis, March 31; and Roy Moore, April 20. The candidates for Blount County District Attorney will speak at the May 26, breakfast. More...
The Alabama Crimson Tide goes for the National Championship of Collegiate Football Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Rose Bowl against the Texas Longhorns. It is a historic contest, set against the backdrop of Alabama’s great history in championship games played at the Pasadena venue. More...
My name is Frank Smith. I was born in 1936 and reared two miles south of Nectar at what is now the Murphree place. When I was a child there was no Highway 160, just a poorly gravelled road from Cleveland west to Highway 31. I enjoyed watching the construction and paving of Highway 160. More...
Boaz boys and Hayden girls win holiday tournaments
The Boaz boys held off Alexandria 64-62 to win the Oneonta Holiday Classic while the Hayden girls won a 79-71 slugfest with Holly Pond to claim the title of their own tournament.
Hayden sprinted through the first two rounds of the Hayden Christmas Tournament without a struggle with convincing wins of 75-48 over Fairview and 76-49 over Good Hope. More...
Shannon Leigh Bauza and Charles Kirksey Longhore were married July 25, 2009, at 1 p.m. in Jacksonville, Fla., in a ceremony officiated by Rick Crook. A reception followed aboard the Carnival cruise ship Fascination. More...
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Warrior council postpones police jurisdiction/tax vote until next town meeting