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Contact Tuscumbia City Council
Tuscumbia mayor Kerry Underwood says the city council may not approve a .10 per meter raise for the animal shelter. Budget crisis? Many are saying that's Underwood's standard excuse. How long does a...
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Thank & Like These Pages!
Pages on Facebook dedicated to animal welfare aren't difficult to find, but what about actual news sites? While not dedicated exclusively to local animals, the Shoals is lucky to have two sites that...
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Some People Won't Even Admit Being an Auburn Fan
One of the basic tenets of life is to treat everyone as we would wish to be treated ourselves. This isn't always easy. Another basic tenet? Hire the best person for the job. Is it a woman? Hire her. Is...
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Tales of Two Tainted Eateries
No, this doesn't belong in Quad-Cities Cuisine; this blog relates tales of two local food establishments treating customers badly. First, a story you may have already seen on Facebook:So I’ve been...
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Comments on Salvationist Church
While we reported on the Freedom From Religion Foundation's objection to the City of Florence's Salvationist grant a month ago, the TimesDaily has just now picked up the story. Here are some pithy...
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Florence Taxpayers on Hook to Defend SA Grant
At least two who blog here live inside the city limits of Florence, perhaps three. We pay taxes. We live in a state that is willing to defend defenseless positions with our money, millions of dollars...
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Spirit of Freedom/Handy/All the Rest - Meet the 30 Year Rule?
We've seen several individuals blaming the City of Florence for both a downsized Independence Day celebration and the discontinuance of the Handy parade in the city. Things change.We've mentioned the...
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Welcome to the Roundabout Comedy Show?
Comedy gold. We absolutely MUST have 24 hr cams pointed at that roundabout! If someone will 'donate' the cams....I'm willing to do the install, provide the web development, hosting and all maintenance....
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A Salvation Army Anti-Gay Timeline
Are you gay?Are your relatives gay?Are your friends gay?Then why do you support the Salvation Army Church?Here's a brief modern timeline of anti-gay discrimination from the Salvationists:1986The...
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A Homeless Woman Writes to Mayor Steve Holt
A woman has written Mayor Holt concerning the conditions at the local Salvation Army Church shelter in Florence. She also sent copies to District 1 representative Kaytrina Simmons and to our blog. Ms....
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Tuesday Is "Bite a Colbert Mayor Day"
Several Colbert towns have city council meetings tomorrow. They will be looking at increasing funding for the impoverished animal shelter that serves the four major towns and the county. Let's hope the...
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Lights Out on O'Neal Bridge?/Charles Hovater
Readers are reporting that the lights on the north end of O'Neal Bridge are again unlit. This is Florence's responsibility. When this was a problem previously, numerous complaints resulted in quick...
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Three Reasons Not to Support the Salvation Army Church
If you have no interest in Christianity, you can simply skip this one. If you wish to follow Christ's teachings, you should read this very carefully. In 2015, the Salvation Army Church issued a news...
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Why Don't Colbert Businesses Pay a Penny?
The debate on restructuring funding for the Colbert County Animal Shelter is just getting heated up. If funding could somehow be based on negative words from the county commission, the shelter would...
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Why Is Colbert County Agin Everything?
We've certainly seen the new Florence hospital many times travelling north on Singing River Bridge, but until the other day, we'd never really seen it. We'll have to thank the new roundabout for making...
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Here's a Great Charity: Socks for Satan
Does simply doing a good work make a charity acceptable? We are extremely tired of those who say that the Salvation Army Church is wonderful simply because it has a shelter and feeds the homeless...
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Rogersville, Leighton, the List Goes Dopily On
Last week the Washington Post published an extremely informative article on opioid prescriptions in the U.S. As we understand it, the statistics used involved mainly hydrocodone and oxycodone and...
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Opioid Scripts? Colbert Comes in Fourth
Number 4 - ColbertNumber 3 - FranklinNumber 2 - MarionNumber 5 - WinstonNumber 1 - WalkerFive counties, all close to home...or perhaps home itself. These rankings are for the entire state, not just...
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How Complicit Are Pharmacies in Local Opioid Abuse?
Since these data are from seven years ago, some of these pharmacies are no longer in business. Do the figures really tell us anything? Perhaps they only back up Rogersville and Leighton's high ranking...
View ArticleNo One Left Scene of Boating Accident
We would like to make lucidly clear that we do not know the operator of the cabin cruiser involved in the deadly June accident on Lake Wilson. We have no idea who else was on board, so we can't say...
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