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The Sheffield Vote
The next four years will prove 1) Will there actually be an Inspiration Landing? and 2) If there is an IL, just what will it eventually encompass? If the answer to the first question is "no" or if the...
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The Florence Vote
The City of Florence is composed of six districts. This year, each of these districts is contested. Let's look at who's the best for the city:District 1 - Kaytrina P. Simmons. Ms. Simmons has been in...
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A Message from the Heart of Muscle Shoals
Did You Get This In The Mail?Introduction: The following is written by a citizen of Muscle Shoals, a product of the school system who has many similarly educated family members. This is a must read for...
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How Were "Florence First" Grants Chosen?
In June, the City of Florence announced that it had selected 37 businesses to receive a Florence First Grant; 127 businesses had applied for consideration. The 37 grants totaled 1.6 million dollars....
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Sheffield Teachers Unhappy with Keith Davis
For the next two days we'll take a break from the muck of elections to consider two school systems where educators are unhappy with leadership, policy, or both. First we'll hear from a Sheffield...
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Colbert Super Shuns Masks?
A reader wrote: I love Dr. Satchel, but when she said she took the mandate more “as a suggestion,” I was hoping she would change her mind on that. I guess not.Masks Work - Wear Them!
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Opposition to Ag Center Mounts
How Some Pundits See The Ag CenterOpposition to the announced Lauderdale County agriculture center continues to mount. This is not surprising; we wonder only why it's taken so long for more to come...
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COVID Rumors Abound in Local Schools
During the past two weeks, this blog has received many accounts of COVID-19 infections among local students, teachers, coaches, and parents. Are they all true? We honestly have no way to confirm one...
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Sheffield Runoff Candidates to Be Announced Tuesday
As of now, one vote separates Sheffield mayoral candidates Steve Stanley and Penny Freeman. It will all come down to the provisional ballots to be counted on Tuesday at noon. The candidate with the...
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PSS Says Bad Italian Food?
We hadn't planned to mention Project Say Something in our blog after the monument defacement incident; however, a reader has asked us which downtown Florence restaurant the organization dislikes so...
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One Vote Mattered in Sheffield!
When you say your vote doesn't matter, look at Sheffield. We've heard/read numerous individuals state they failed to vote for Penny Freeman and are now sorry. So what's the word? Sorry? Sorry, you...
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Colbert Animal Shelter & Animal Control
We are aware that an Alabama game warden threatened a Colbert County employee some weeks ago for sending two orphaned fawns to a "non-authorized" rehabilitation facility. Incidentally, we understand...
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Sheffield Code Enforcement?
Three letters can seemingly describe Sheffield's attitude towards 'code enforcement'. Those three letters are 'WT#'?!Prove me wrong. The pics are from a Sheffield residence on 31st Street, between...
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Taking on Sheffield Code Enforcement
Yesterday's blog on code enforcement in Sheffield certainly hit a nerve with a great many people. To answer the question of many: Yes! We are willing to help fight for a more equitable system.1. For...
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Colbert Commissioner Wants Kill Shelter
Prince here - your faithful Canine American blogger! Okay, I get it; some people just don't like Canine Americans or Feline Americans...or deer for that matter. But thankfully most people do. Yet I...
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Going After Someone's Job?
Hopefully most readers remember the Bible story of a servant forgiven a huge debt by his master, then refusing to forgive a small debt owed him. Similarly, a state employee received a Get Out of Jail...
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And You're Protesting What Again?
You know how you get those Facebook notifications that someone has mentioned you in a comment. Our blog received one today regarding a post from Project Say Something. It seems that organization named...
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(Virtual) Labor Day Beauty Contest 2020
If you thought a little plague would keep our annual Labor Day Beauty Contest on hold this year, you're quite mistaken. This year it's virtual, and votes will be tabulated, oh, at some point whenever...
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Who Built New Florence Animal Shelter?
We were quite surprised to see an activist from UNA assert that most of the work on the new Florence-Lauderdale Animal Shelter had been done before Mayor Steve Holt took office in early 2016....
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A Colbert County School System Employee Speaks
On August 20, 2020 the Colbert County School Board and Superintendent Gale Satchel were addressed by Alabama's Education Associations local representative with concerns about cleaning supplies not...
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