Community News

Customers who have business to conduct at the courthouse in Eufaula are reminded that the facility will be closed for three hours Thursday. Offices will be closed from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m.

Alligator hunting season started in the Southeast Zone of Alabama at sunset last Saturday, August 13 and will continue through Monday, September 5. This zone consists of private and public waters in Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Russell counties (excluding Alabama state waters in Walter F. George Reservoir (Lake Eufaula) and in navigable tributaries). Lake Eufaula Zone which consists of Alabama state public waters in the Walter F. George Reservoir (Lake Eufaula) and it’s navigable tributaries, south of Hwy 208, Omaha Bridge, (excluding Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge), will open at sunset Friday, August 19, and continues until sunrise on October 3.

Did you know there is a vaccine that can prevent cancer? The HPV vaccine provides safe, effective, and long-lasting protection against at least six different types of cancer, including cervical cancer.

BY LANEY GULLEDGE The Clayton City Council members met for their regular scheduled meeting last Monday night. City Clerk Latasha Kinsey presented the council with a request from the newly constructed Family Dollar for an off premise beer and wine license.

BY REBECCA BEASLEY Commissioner Rachel Smith expressed concerns that the commissioners’ Rules of Procedure were not be followed correctly. She said at Tuesday’s meeting held in Eufaula that sometimes commissioners cannot finish what they a re saying because of “outburst from the audience.” Mrs.

Clayton police are investigating an early Sunday morning shooting that left a Clayton man injured from gunshot wounds. Clayton Police Chief Jerome Warren identified the victim as Damien Johnson of Clayton.

BY REBECCA BEASLEY The courthouse in Eufaula will be closed to the public for three hours next week. Barbour County commissioners gave their approval to close the courthouse on Thursday, August 18 from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m.

It’s hard to imagine that schools are opening for a new term and students are back in the classrooms. It seems as if they start so early but scheduling mandates the early school year beginnings. We published our first “Back to School” special edition last week which had a lot of beneficial information. We appreciate advertisers, school personnel and others working with us to make it happen. ****** Get outside at night to watch the most popular meteor shower, known as the Perseids. These meteor showers are active between July and September but will peak on August 13. The full moon may hinder their appearances but maybe we can catch a few !