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When You Want Something Done Right...
You know the rest of the old adage. We're received much input on the current controversy concerning the Florence Animal Shelter. We've heard from supporters of "both sides." While we believe Melissa...
View ArticleChromebooks?
The Lauderdale County Schools system has begun to provide Chromebooks for some of its students. Is this a good thing?From Technology Today:It won’t work with your iPod, points out this ZDNet...
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Old Mr. Smith Shot Stagger Lee Dead
Sometime last year, Stagger Lee and Billy were out playing cards when they both lost their entire month's wages to Mad Dog. Leaving the Leighton poker game, both young entrepreneurs wondered how they...
View ArticleA 12 Year-Old Isn't a "Babykiller"
Yesterday we presented a scenario in which a homeowner kills an intruder. The dead man's partner in crime who initiated the home invasion was the one arrested for murder. Did you agree? We hope you...
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What Cooks at UNA & Why Keep Facts From the Public?
From downtown Florence to the edge of North Florence sits an imposing institution. Once known as Florence State Normal College, then Florence State Teachers College, then just Florence State College,...
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Is Dick a Public Servant?
By definition, elected officials are public servants. They answer to the people. Or do they? Has Dick Jordan been good for the city? We have to say that in most ways he has. Is it enough to make up for...
View ArticleA "Jordan Political Dynasty?"
Last September, Robert Palmer wrote an article for the TimesDaily in which he used the term "Jordans Build a Political Dynasty." Just what is a dynasty? From dictionary.com:1....
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Seduction at Six Flags?
We'll continue with our series on Dick Jordan tomorrow...Chaperon: One who watches others, usually young people, to ensure they come to no harm. That's what Oliver Brazelle called himself on several...
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Unprofessional: Dick Jordan or the Tourism Board?
Dick Jordan is a member of the Florence City Council; he's also an insurance salesman...selling insurance to the city and to government related groups. Is this ethical or professional? In a small town,...
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Streaming of Screaming for Florence Tourism Board
We've just concluded a series of three blogs that made reference to the Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Board. So, while we're on the subject...It seems that future meetings are scheduled to be streamed...
View ArticleHow to Report (More) Sexual Abuse
Since our blogs on former youth minister Oliver Brazelle, we've received several comments that cannot be published due to names of possible victims being included in the posts. If there are other...
View ArticleAs Rogersville Turns
A longtime law enforcement officer wins a city office...The new councilman holds secret meetings in a camper...The same councilman fires a longtime employee...for revenge?Auditors come to town...A city...
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Deshler: What of Patrick Smith?
Much of Tuscumbia is reeling from the news that John Mothershed was asked to resign as head football coach of the Deshler Tigers, yet nothing has been said about Patrick Smith, reportedly still the...
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Have You Been Abused in Russellville?
No, this blog unfortunately isn't about any mental or physical abuse at the hands of the Russellville Police Department or other official agency. It's about sexual abuse at the hands of a man who acted...
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Jamey DuBose's Trousers Are Aflame
It’s nothing to talk about. Don’t know how it gets started. People say stuff like that. People try and make life difficult. Nothing should be in the paper. There’s nothing to say. I’m happy where I am....
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Cotey Allen Speyer Strikes Again
Several months ago we blogged on two individuals who had recently been arrested for several serious crimes. One was Cotey Allen Speyer: Low Down Druggie Blues.We actually added an addendum to our blog...
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"Twenty Years" or "Life"
We recently linked the following article on our Facebook page:Zip City Woman Gets Twenty YearsOne reader commented that she should have been given a life sentence. What would the difference be?The...
View ArticleIt's a Little Too Quiet...
...in Franklin County. The TimesDaily usually sallies forth with an article of rebuttal after the state makes any legal pronouncements concerning immigration, but it has remained strangely quiet about...
View ArticleIs "Communications" Equivalent to "Cultural?"
We've been told that Florence-Lauderdale Tourism has hired a replacement for Libby Watts Jordan who recently became the curator of the Rosenbaum Home. We're publishing the press release in its...
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Employment Rumors? UPDATE!
We recently profiled Patrick Smith, the athletic director for Tuscumbia Schools. His link has been removed from the school board website, but according to a source in the school system, while Tuscumbia...
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