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Hey, Jerk Face; Yeah, You at Muscle Shoals High
Attention: Chad Holden and Brian LindseySubject: Sexual Harassment of Female Students by Coach X (Otherwise known as Jerk Face)The sexual harassment of female students is nothing new, but it is...
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Is You Is or Is You Ain't an Ag-Center?
A book could already be written about the proposed new Ag-Center for Lauderdale County. We're merely going to clear up two fallacious assumptions today.1. The edifice must say Ag-Center, Agri-Center,...
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The Cold Shoulder at Muscle Shoals
From a reader:Thank you for helping expose some of the problems at local high schools. Here's my beef. My family moved here from out of state and enrolled my daughter at Muscle Shoals. I understand the...
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Veterans Day 2018
Did you ever wonder why we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11th? The rest of the world celebrates Remembrance Day on the anniversary of the Armistice, but the United States already had it own form...
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The Monster That Ate Sheffield
The Sheffield resident saw the monster and immediately called for help. Whether one or two patrol officers made it round to the site first, we don't know. We do know that there were reportedly two on...
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Inspiration Landing or Desperation Ditch?
In March of this year, Memphis developer John Elkington introduced plans for a Germantown town center to be constructed in the Saddle Brook area. By July (a scant four months later), Elkington's...
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Rogersville Follies Return
We've recently had two readers who've been concerned about events in the town of Rogersville. First a letter from a regular commenter:Several weeks ago I was back in Rogersville's court with my...
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Lauderdale County Board of Education - Part I
The Lauderdale County BOE is not alone in facing difficulties. The question is: Does it have the leadership to face these problems?One member doesn't even list his bio even though the district website...
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Gerald Winston Surratt Jr. - Let's Lock Him Up
We've blogged on Gerald Winston Surratt Jr. before. Some know him as Jerry Surratt, the name under which he has a very colorful Facebook page. He has enough merchandise listed for sale to open his own...
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Public School Blues
Losing 90 students from its system isn't the only thing Sheffield has to worry about. From a reader:In the past 5 years Sheffield has lost 90 kids? How about in the past 3 years (under Lankford),...
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Lauderdale County Board of Education - Part II
Several readers have commented on the problems, financial and otherwise, at the Lauderdale BOE. Here are a few of their insights:Voters in Lauderdale county are to blame for the problems they are about...
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AG Steve Marshall Says No CBD Oil Legal to Sell
Alabama attorney general Steve Marshall has issued his opinion: It's illegal to sell any CBD oil or other products containing CBD in the state. He's gone even further - probably why Ms. Gonce has...
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Trains, Trains, Everywhere Trains
This is a train story. Last Tuesday, I was coming into Muscle Shoals when I decided to go to Sheffield to pick up something I needed for the Ranch. As I was traveling on S. Atlanta Ave, in Sheffield, I...
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The "Farm Bill" and CBD Oil Sales
This falls under the heading of the things we learn writing this blog...1. What is the "Farm Bill?" It's legal name is the Agriculture & Nutrition Act. 2. What will this bill do? Among other...
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Two Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving
Many countries celebrate a day of giving thanks. We once asked a friend who resides on another continent if her country celebrated Thanksgiving, she replied yes - not just one day a year, but every...
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Sheffield Loses Four More Police Officers
The City of Sheffield has announced it is losing four more police officers. In order to combat some of this employee hemorrhaging, the City on the Bluff will begin to pay hazardous duty pay for both...
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Alabama is First...
No, silly humans, not in anything good. Our state takes first place in Black Friday violence this year. Remember a few years ago when a woman was injured at a Black Friday shopping brawl in Muscle...
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Giving Tuesday? But Give to Whom?
After Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, we have Giving Tuesday. If you hadn't planned to give to a worthy cause, you would do well to reconsider. But to whom?We were just...
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Sheffield Needs an Enema?
From a reader: According to an article in today’s Times Daily, THIS is one of two finalists for the (Sheffield) superintendent’s job:A Lot of Explaining to Do! Demopolis InterviewIs that board obsessed...
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About That Stolen City of Sheffield Vehicle...
Recently a 10 year-old SUV was stolen from the home of an assistant director of the Sheffield Recreation Department. Where is the assistant director's home? We understand it isn't in Sheffield. The...
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