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Lauderdale County School Complaint
A Lauderdale County mother has filed a complaint with both the school superintendent and law enforcement concerning recent incidents at the rural school her child attends. While we have a few more...
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Muscle Shoals Police in a Pickle
Bad Management: Leadership Styles That Cause TurnoverBy: Constabulary CriticWhile every manager wants to believe that they are the ideal leaders, this is often not the case. For every effective...
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Mayoral Candidates: Democrat or Republican?
On October 6th, voters in Florence and Sheffield will go to the polls to vote in the mayoral runoff. Many have contacted us to ascertain the political affiliation of the four candidates; however, we...
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Welfare Check on Dick Jordan?
From a reader:Has anyone checked on Dick Jordan recently to know if he is ok?The reason I ask this very serious question is because of a comment he left on the City of Florence, Alabama Government's...
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Sweetwater Repeats Itself?
In the past we've used our Aunt Jane powers to make comparisons of various social phenomena from today's world and the past. Let's go back ten or so years to the debacle that was "Sweetwater...
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Muscle Shoals Police Collude with School System
For months now, perhaps even years, we've heard of the Muscle Shoals Police concealing the arrests of faculty and staff of Muscle Shoals City Schools. Until now, we've never been able to back up these...
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Florence Needs a Republican Mayor
Today is September 16, 2020. In other words, today is a few light years away from January 1, 2020. We've seen things no one could have predicted and yet remain extremely unprepared for what the future...
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Fourth Anniversary of Shawn Childers' Disappearance
No one has seen Robert DeShawn Childers in four years. That's 48 months today that his family has had no contact with the Lauderdale County man. Where is he?His former roommate has told countless...
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Who Sabotaged the Florence/UNA Walking Tours?
For several days, we've been hearing about an act of sabotage against Florence/UNA sponsored walking tours. If you've never taken such a self-conducted tour, the concept is simple. A quick response...
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Shoals United Stars
From a Muscle Shoals Mother:How about an article about the positive impacts the Shoals United Stars team is having on these special needs kids? And how Muscle Shoals needs more of these programs! We...
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MSNHA/Tours Reported to FBI & Ethics Commission
After our blog on the Florence/UNA walking tours, several readers asked if the FBI could intervene. We mistakenly told them no, that it was not a federal matter. We were quite mistaken. In fact, we...
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New Walking Tour Hijinks?/Steve Stanley
From our intrepid investigator/informant:The link was deleted from the homepage but the page is still...
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New HPNA Website
We've often heard that history is written by the winners. This statement frequently comes after a lecture comparing the American Revolution with the War Between the States. Did you ever think how the...
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Deputy Brandon Kilpatrick - Loose Cannon?
Lauderdale County Deputy Brandon Kilpatrick recently posted the above statement. He, for whatever reason, soon removed it from his Facebook. We say statement, but it's actually four statements - all...
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Why It Matters that Andy Betterton is a Democrat
We recently pointed out that a Democratic mayor might not work with Montgomery, in fact might even oppose a Republican administration, should rioting or something similar erupt in Florence. One reader...
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Registered Sex Offender Requirements - Part I
The above meme is especially apropos of Alabama where one remains on the Sex Offender Registry for life...no matter what. We've been asked some questions about regulations for those on the registry;...
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Registered Sex Offender Requirements - Part II
Continuing with some questions we've been presented:1. Are any sex offenders given special privileges? No. We remember the Cherokee sex offender who told his family that he had permission to work off...
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Muscle Shoals v. Deshler: Most Action in the Stands
A sea of bright and shining white faces lit up one side of Chappell Stadium on Friday night. They came prepared to have a good time, not to make a good impression.It seems the crowd's homemade signs...
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Florence City Council Needs Thomas Spence
We'll have more on Thomas Spence later, but for now if you live in District 5, you should read this message from Mr. Spence very carefully:Having been a resident of District 5 for 22 years, I believe...
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Who Controls the MSNHA/Muscle Shoals Did What?
Several have asked exactly what organization controls the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area endeavor. While all such areas come under the authority of the National Park Service, the local heritage...
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