For those who follow Clio city council, the last council meeting was one that begs close scrunity. I spoke before council at the September 20th, 2023 council meeting about numerous concerns relating to how council conducts their meetings, one of which was the whispering between council members during the meetings.
There is no place like Barbour County! When an emergency situation occurs or when a person needs help in this community, the community answers. This past weekend was evidence of the community coming together for a cause. In a very short time after a call for help for a missing child near Clayton was issued, there were hundreds answering the call.
75 YEARS AGO JANUARY 14, 1949 Miss Evelyn Bates, from Louisville, was one of 138 students completing the requirements for academic degrees at Emory University at the close of Fall Quarter, December 22, 1948. While no commencement ceremonies are held at Emory for the Fall Quarter graduates, Dr.
The end is here. You know, the one that was supposed to come just a few years after Nick Saban took the job in 2007? The marriage was doomed to fail, remember? The greatest coach in modern college football history is stepping down from Alabama football's biggest chair after 17 seasons, nine SEC championships and six national titles with the Crimson Tide.
Dr. Larry Teasley, minister at Clayton and Rocky Mount Methodist churches, shared 10 steps to a great new year we would like to share with our readers.
A study of Alabama political history will reveal that Alabama has done pretty well over the years in the halls of the United States Congress. In recent years, candidates for political office have lambasted, run against and proclaimed that they were not career politicians.
All candidates seeking office in next year’s primary elections in Barbour County have been officially certified by both the Republican and Democratic committees. The deadline to certify candidates is Thursday. It’s been quite an interesting process and we may say different since qualifying for office opened than experienced in past election cycles.
75 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 10, 1948 The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service was held Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John C.
Economic concerns are paramount, with 47 percent citing this as their most important issue. In a survey conducted by the Republican polling firm McLaughlin & Associates from December 5th to December 7th, 2023, among likely Republican primary voters in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, crucial insights have emerged concerning political affiliations, candidate preferences and pressing issues as the 2024 elections approach.
75 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 3, 1948 Clayton High School’s “rugged” but right Tigers brought the curtain down on the 1948 football season with a bang last Wednesday afternoon, November 24, as they handed the Midland City Fliers a 33-0 shellacking. The win gave the Tigers a .500 average for the season, they won 4, lost 4 and tied 1.