Alabama is one of only three states that taxes groceries at the full rate. For all of my adult life, politicians in Montgomery have talked about the need to remove the state sales tax from groceries, but they always find excuse after excuse that prevents them from actually doing it.
It was a soggy Saturday for all the children who were excited about their annual tradition of hunting Easter eggs. Many hunts were planned, some went forward in the rain, others moved inside, and yet others were canceled. There’s one thing about it, we can’t control the weather. This cool snap has us pulling out our jackets once again after seasonally warm temperatures last week. Anyway, we hope everyone had a wonderful Easter at worship services, family gatherings and other social events. From all indications from pictures on social media, all the family gatherings were memorable.
Barbour County commissioners have been allocated more than $4 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds While this may sound like a lot of money, when it comes to the vast needs in Barbour County, this money can be spent rather quickly.
75 YEARS AGO APRIL 16, 1948 In Clayton High School’s first baseball game of the season Clayton lost to a strong Clio nine by a score of 16 to 5. McCrae and Railroad were the batteries for Clio while lefty “Stockpile” Barnes and J.
'I never understood why there are bunnies and eggs all over the place at Easter,' I overheard someone say this past week. 'Does the rabbit lay the eggs?' I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes because - boy, oh, boy - was that question ever in the same vein of city folks calling a bull a cow.
75 YEARS AGO APRIL 9, 1948 J. Lee Alley of Midway, Mackey Murphy of Abbeville and Vol Hurst of Clayton are among the top showmen in the state that plan to enter the Barbour County Fat Stock Show and Sale to be held in Eufaula Tuesday, April 20.
“He who saves a life saves the world- Schindler's list. Prayer by you saved a life!” I don’t normally talk about patients but Billy (Beasley) and his family asked me to share with you the power of prayer.
We were honored last year to be approached concerning the publication of the “Pink Edition” that promotes the annual pilgrimage in Eufaula hosted by the Eufaula Heritage Association. We took on the task and not really knowing what we were facing, we soon discovered that we had tremendous support for the publication.
During the recent special session, we allocated $260 million in ARPA dollars to help the state continue building its broadband infrastructure. Alabama has made significant investments over the past five years to expand broadband access across the state, and as a result, we are making great progress towards bringing high-speed internet to unserved communities throughout Alabama.
75 YEARS AGO APRIL 2, 1948 Miss Hilda Strickland of Clayton was a visitor to Birmingham last week where she spoke in the Knights of Pythias Contest. The subject of the speeches was “The Gifts of Ancient Greece to the Modern World.” Miss Strickland, who placed second in the contest, was given a trip by the organization sponsoring the contest.