Chaos broke out at last week’s Clayton City Council meeting when Councilman Charles L. Weston brought up an incident concerning the city business licenses. Weston had requested to amend the agenda at the beginning of the meeting in order for the council to discuss this issue. All council members, along with Mayor Kathy Thomas, voted to amend the agenda.
Searches continue for a man in rural Bullock County who has been missing since August 5. Steven “Bryan” Peel, 36, was reported missing after his wife was unable to make contact with him after talking to him on that Saturday.
When the Barbour County High School Jaguars start their 2023 football season the team will have an extra boost of support. The Barbour Cnty Athletic Booster Club is being organized, which is being spearheaded by Ms. Portia Glenn.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ (ADCNR) Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) provides several youth dove hunt opportunities throughout the state each fall. A simple hunting setup combined with a fun, family-friendly atmosphere makes WFF’s youth dove hunts an ideal way to introduce young people to the outdoors.
In August 1998, Parkview Baptist Church opened the doors of the Eufaula Care Center in Eufaula, Alabama, for the very first time. Their hope was to create an outreach ministry for a vulnerable community.
Barbour County Commissioner Pat Ivey pressed the issue concerning the vacated courthouse in Eufaula at last week’s regular meeting of the commission. She made a motion to acquire an appraisal on the building that was vacated in February 2022 which quickly received a second from Commissioner Frances Person-Crews.
A fatal crash claimed the lives of three people, two from Louisville, early Friday evening. The victims were identified as Jeffrey James Little, 25, and Emmaleigh Margaret (Emma) Welch, 18, both residents of Louisville, and Nicholas D’Wayne Gordon, 25, of Echo.
The new map realigning the state’s seven congressional districts legislators approved in a special session is once again under the scrutiny of a three-judge district court. A hearing will begin on August 14 to determine if the districts meet the required two majority Black voting age populations.