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From Bad to Worse at the Lauderdale BOE
Today we're presenting the first in a series by the Colbert Cavalier, but first a short thought on the Lauderdale County Board of Education from one very irate taxpaying citizen:Your LCBOE Chairman for...
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Mishandling of Terrorist Threat at Muscle Shoals High/Carson Nash
From a student:Today at MSHS there was a student who made a terrorist threat and was arrested. I’m sure you’ve heard all about it. However the school told us students that it was a drill and only had...
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Waffle House, Trains, & the Rattlesnake
Waffle House, Trains & the RattlesnakeBy: The Midnight RiderWaffle HouseThis week, I saw a news report on WAAY 31 News about a male that had fell through the roof at the Waffle House in Tuscumbia,...
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Two Takes on Sheffield Police Chief Ricky Terry
Sometimes you have to wonder if the City of Sheffield is engaged in some type of clandestine competition in which they'll win a huge prize for alienating the most citizens. In recent months, the city...
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Carson Nash & That Muscle Shoals Meme
Many have chastised the Muscle Shoals School System, the Muscle Shoals Police, and our blog for accusing Jeffrey Carson Nash of sending a terrorist threat. These people, many of whom used some very...
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Why Sheffield? John Elkington & Keith Davis
Did you ever wonder why John Elkington chose Sheffield for his Inspiration Landing project and not Muscle Shoals? At this point, Muscle Shoals is much more of a household name than Sheffield. It also...
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ECM to Die? Nurses' Home to Remain?
From an enlightened reader:In case you missed it.........the Florence City council voted to change the zoning at ECM from RB to single family and fire up the wrecking ball. Just going to copy my page...
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Trains Part III: A Sad Day in Sheffield/Christmas
Trains Part IIIMy son, Circuit Rider, came to me the other day and showed me the following photo that had been posted on Facebook. To go along with the last two articles that we have written about the...
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What Happened on the UNA New Mexico Trip?
Remember the UNA Orlando trip during which David B. Dickerson, then billed as Dr. Dickerson, allegedly drugged and raped a student? It made headlines in northwest Alabama and parts of Maryland and...
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Where Did Those Tuscumbia EMA Applications Come From?
The entire three-person Tuscumbia Emergency Management Agency is retiring. According to an article in the TimesDaily, even though the city's retirement incentive program was to eliminate some positions...
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Return to Colbert EMA & the Cold Shoulder
Yesterday we referred to the Colbert EMA as the Tuscumbia EMA since the basics sent to us used that terminology. That is incorrect. We knew better and we failed to notice our error. Our fault and our...
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Unsolved Murders
In the past, we've done many articles on unsolved murders. During our ten year history, some of these murders have been solved. Sadly others have not. Now we've had a request to make a definitive list...
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Kavanaugh Votes in Favor of Planned Parenthood
In case you're not a regular reader of our blog, we do not support induced abortion as a means of birth control. We do support Planned Parenthood or any other organization promoting other means of...
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Keith Lankford Moves on...Again/SA Donations?
Dr. Keith Lankford left Sheffield City Schools in mid-August to become an assistant superintendent in Mobile. Now he's on the move again. On November 14th, he was chosen to become the superintendent of...
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The Judge Was Wrong - No Trial for Chip Dillard This Year
In August of this year, the combined trial of Edward Ray (Chip) Dillard and Timothy Wylie Staggs was postponed until December 10th. At that time, Judge Mark Craig set the new date and stated the trial...
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After Offending the Salvationists, Let's Try for the Satanists
Satanists? We're pretty sure that 99.99% of those who use the name simply like to spout that appellation to shock. They're young, they're atheists, they're whatever. Even the founding member of the...
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Lauderdale BOE Hires School Consolidation Consultant
From a scholar who knows what cooks:The Lauderdale County Board of Education has now signed a contract to pay $20,000 to a consultant from the Alabama Association of School Boards for a “Facilities...
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Questions about Recent Elections
Intimidation. It's a two-edged sword. Campaign workers standing outside polling places often intimidate voters, but sometimes they can become the intimidated. It happened last month in a local state...
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New Inspiration Landing Groundbreaking: February 15th?
The City of Sheffield plans to borrow $5,583,000.00 for Inspiration Landing accoutrement. The city says the three loans may be paid off in four or five years. Okay, sure.Mayor Ian Sanford has stated,...
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Could Sheffield Go Bankrupt?
We had a reader ask us if Inspiration Landing could, should it fizzle, bankrupt the town? According to banking websites, cities go bankrupt over lawsuits and catastrophes. We're thinking Inspiration...
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