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"Don't Gimme No Lines & Keep Yo' Hands to Yo'self"
We're not sure if there's a full moon or not, but within the past 24 hours, we've received several complaints from the eastern end of Lauderdale County. While we're not in COVID-19 outbreak mode just...
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Colbert Commission Meets on Sex Offender Halfway House Laws
The next Colbert County Commission meeting is important to all citizens of the Shoals. From the Colbert County Corruption site:Please join us Tuesday night March 17th @5pm at the Colbert County...
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New Lauderdale County Tech School
A missive from Zar:I am so glad that the new season of Project Ag Center is finally back online. I know a lot of people originally complained about the casting, but you were right! They really are...
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From Bibb Graves to Lexington
First, a reader writes from inside Bibb Graves on the UNA campus:(Administrators) have been very last minute on making decisions concerning this virus. Of course that’s normal, our president has always...
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Jigsaw to Steve Hargrove: Want to Play a Game?
A reader writes to Steve Hargrove:Mr. Hargrove, Citizens would like to know what to expect in services, billing, outages, and other essential services we expect. Perhaps you can elaborate on what...
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Readers Comment on Lexington Events
Reader No. One sent the above meme. Hey, you needed a new keyboard, didn't you?Reader No. Two on Todd Davis: Parents love him like a toothache. Ole Willie got complained on...ended up promoted ...they...
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COVID-19 Pushes Lauderdale Schools Closer to Consolidation?
A Real Test for Lauderdale County EducationIt will be interesting to watch the Lauderdale County Board of Education and its executive management scramble to cope with the economic impact of an extended...
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Price Gouging in the Shoals
If you've been online at all, you're read complaints of price gouging by a small local grocery chain. Now someone has filed a complaint with the attorney general's office against a Russellville store....
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Is Florence Mall Now Officially Dead?
Today the largest mall in the state announced it was closed until further notice. The Galleria in Birmingham did say that restaurants with outside entrances would remain open for take-out orders. Like...
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Where Are Homeless During Health Crisis?
So we're all sitting here feeling sorry for ourselves because we can't (you fill in the blank). How do those without a home in which to shelter feel? We received this from a regular contributor:Sunrise...
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Where is the Utilities Assistance?
If it's any consolation to readers, April is one of the two months of the year with the lowest utility bills; the other being October. If we're hearing any panicking at this point, it's over utilities,...
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No More Teachers' Dirty Looks, No More Legislative Crooks?
It's official: Alabama children are out of traditional school for the year. Our sympathies to all parents...And you can't say our legislature is wasting any time adjourning for a month. From the...
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Complaints About Non-Essential Medical Treatment
Two readers have sent us questions about non-essential businesses remaining open, mainly the therapeutic massage emporiums which would be considered a luxury by many. Perhaps Gov. Ivey's most recent...
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Lauderdale 24-Hour Curfew Next?
Marion County has now initiated a 24 hour curfew on non-essential travel. We had somewhat expected Lauderdale County to announce such restrictions at its Friday morning news conference; however, as of...
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Veterans Park to Host Tent City for Homeless
Crossroads Community Outreach, Room in the Inn & Sunrise Center Executive Directors came up with a great proposal that was presented to the homeless care council & approved by the mayor, city...
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Unrest in Sheffield City Schools
Subtitle: What Is Keith Davis Thinking?!!!When Gov. Ivey closed brick and mortar schools for the term, we (silly us) thought that she meant the schools were closed. Apparently Sheffield Superintendent...
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10,000 LIkes/Followers!
A few weeks ago, our Facebook page hit 10,000 followers. Earlier today, our page racked up 10,000 likes. According to Blogger stats, in 11 years of publishing, we have just over 6,303,000 page views....
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Up Crops Foodland's Name Again
Whoever Designed This Puzzle Wasn't Shopping At FoodlandAccording to the state attorney general's office, there have been price gouging complaints filed in over half of Alabama's counties. In other...
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Is Total Lockdown Coming Tomorrow?
Huggy Bear says the word on the street is that the guv will be calling for total lockdown tomorrow. We'll see. BTW, is there a pool on which restaurant will go under next? Asking for a friend.Tis the...
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J.C. Penney Gone? Say It Ain't So!
And Then There Were None?Once upon a time in Florence, there were four real department stores, at least in the downtown area. By "real" we mean those which offered cosmetics and home decor and even...
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