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Who's Running Florence Now?
A Mask? I Don't Need No Stinkin' Mask!The rumors have run the gamut today, so we have no idea how ill Andy Betterton is or isn't. We wish him well...in retirement where he...
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Did Florence Employee Troll City Council?
Several weeks ago we were made aware of a city employee allegedly using an alias on Facebook to comment on various issues or contact certain individuals socially. This isn't a crime, and we hardly...
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Did Andy Betterton's Latest Dirty Deal Just Cost Us 200K?
Pictured: Mayor Andy Betterton Holding Up A WallAt Tuesday's Florence City Council meeting, Dick Jordan (acting on behalf of Mayor Andy Betterton) announced that the former ECM...
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Danny Pettus to Look into ECM Land Sale
Several of our readers have communicated that they contacted Lauderdale County Commission Chairman Danny Pettus concerning the sale of the former Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital property. According to...
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Welcome to the Surplus Florence Sale
If you oppose the $300,000.00 sweetheart sale of the 12 acre property formerly home to ECM Hospital, call or e-mail your Lauderdale County Commissioners now; they meet on Monday afternoon. The...
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Asking Bernie Delinski...
Bernie Delinski is a very good writer. He could do much better than the TimesDaily, but we assume he likes living in this area and the job security the TotallyDecatur provides. If we have one...
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AG Marshall Says "Staff" to Blame
We trust you remember Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall - the one who opposes the legalization of medical marijuana in this state? He's afraid anyone who consumes it might turn violent and...
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Katie Did What?
Did anyone feel the earth shake today? It seems Katie Owens-Murphy has left the Project Say Something Board. Does that include the group in general? A reader asked about UNA and her husband. We're...
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Demonstrations at Pope's Tavern: Yea or Nay?
There's been a very interesting police report made in Florence. On Tuesday, the city's finest were called to Pope's Tavern, a museum, to break up a small demonstration on the public sidewalk in front...
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A New Take on the College Street Corridor
We've recently speculated that, if opened up to the Savannah Highway (Coffee Road), College Street could perhaps become the next Florence Boulevard. A faithful reader has pointed out that the...
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Ag Center Forges Ahead
The Ag Center is making progress; it now has a dedicated Facebook page. We're not sure who's editor of the page, but we're guessing either Melson, Greer, or Pettus. Why? It would seem tact isn't a...
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Did You Hear the One about the Teacher & the Student?
Did you know that Alabama is still the number one state for teacher-sex? In case anyone needs to hear this, it's still against the law, and any school systems that attempt to cover up a promiscuous...
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Sheffield Citizens Just Got Snookered for Another 410K
The City of Sheffield finalized bids on road construction for Inspiration Landing on November 23, 2019. Work was to start immediately. That was 15 months ago and work is still ongoing. Of course,...
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Alabama: Last in Vaccine Distribution, but First in Teacher Sex
We realize that someone or some entity has to be last in any list. We just don't understand why it's usually Alabama. That is unless it's something undesirable...like teacher-student sex. We're first...
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Florence Historical Board Not Kosher?
In case you don't have a Black's handy, the legal term ex officio means (loosely) serving by virtue of what one is, not by election or specific appointment. It seems the code of Florence mandates the...
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Brooks High Introduces New Motto?
According to one Lauderdale County School System employee, Brooks High School has a new motto in better keeping with its image. The employee was quoted as saying, "Thank heavens it wasn't Lauderdale...
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Florence Should Follow Biden's Lead
Biden has announced a new employment policy in the White House:I promise you I will fire you on the spot. I'm not joking when I say this: If you're ever working with me and I hear you treat another...
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Six Years & Seven Months Later...Still in the System
When the white powder settled in the Shoals in June 2014, five people were dead and 22 individuals had been arrested on various charges related to heroin trafficking. There were at least two...
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Life Impacted by Murder?/Shoals Sex Predator
A few years ago, we asked readers if they had ever known anyone involved in a murder - either the victim or the perpetrator. We received a surprising number of answers in the form of Facebook general...
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Four Shoals Churches: Can You ID?
When most of us in the South and particularly the Shoals think of a church, we usually picture a congregation meeting on the first day of the week to learn about Christ. Not all churches are like...
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