What Happened at "Faces?"
The first time we heard the name of Faces Bar & Lounge, it involved the alleged rape of a woman dumped on the UNA campus. Here's a brief article from PNS:What is Faces?Now the name Faces is again...
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Faces, Feuds, & Fathers
We greatly respect our readers and always appreciate their input. Several have commented to us that the recent Sheffield Police raid on Faces Bar & Lounge on Hatch Boulevard was the result of a...
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"Undercover Agents" in Leighton
Okay, we promise no more jokes. We just think prostitution stings could come up with a better name for those officers making the supreme sacrifice...be they male or female. In case you're totally lost...
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Naming Names?
The TimesDaily is one publication that makes no secret of its love for Hispanic immigrants, yet it never fails to get their names wrong. Why? One simple memo to writers should take care of the...
View ArticleIn Support of Robert "Tuc" Montgomery
In Support of Robert "Tuc" MontgomeryA Guest Blog byA Concerned ParentI have seen Mr. Montgomery do everything from clean toilets to entertain public figures with the utmost grace and professionalism....
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Seth Lewey: Another Olivis Victim?
It was a small Shoals company, publicly traded, and very successful. The company had a total of two CEOs in its 40 years of life, and a third long-time employee was set to become the company's newest...
View ArticleNo One Immune to Scams
Scams may be like a terrorist attack or police raid; the secret is in surprise. Someone calls to say your grandson is in jail, and you don't think rationally for a few seconds...or minutes...or maybe...
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UNA Does Report Sex Crimes...
There's been much discussion recently about an alleged rape in South Alabama that wasn't reported in a timely fashion. Could that happen at a certain college in Northwest Alabama? We doubt it. The...
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Is Ed Henry a Murderer? Is Ed Henry Even Sane?
This blog is not about abortion, per se. It is about an elected official who seems just a little mixed up. Two years ago, Ed Henry from Hartselle called himself a murderer because he helped a former...
View ArticleSynthetic Drugs? Tell Us About It!
We've recently received several tips concerning the sale of synthetic drugs under various names. Some of this information comes from sources we don't know and have no idea of their veracity. Others...
View ArticleJeff Eddie: Billy Underwood's Statement
This a transcript of Billy Underwood's remarks on the sentence accepted by sexual predator/preacher Jeff Eddie:My client, his extremely wonderful and caring mother and father, plus his compassionate...
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Fund for Jeff Eddie's Victims?
Highland Park Baptist Church has established a fund for victims of their former youth minister Jeff Eddie. The fund is to cover counseling for not only Eddie's actual victims, but also family of the...
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A Round-About? Really?
We've discussed aging buildings and infrastructure before. Here's our previous blog on the need for a new animal shelter:Crumbling?Now the City of Florence says the 25 year old intersection of Royal...
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An Anonymous Letter Concerning a Sexual Molester
We received this letter ostensibly from a concerned wife/mother. We are censoring any information that could identify the alleged sexual offender. We are not alleging any of this to be true or not. If...
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Two Local Sexual Predators?
First, we at Shoalanda wish to apologize for dropping the ball on part of this story. One of these accounts is several weeks old--we simply left it on a back burner and forgot about it. The second tale...
View ArticleStreaming Starts Now!
Remember our blog on streaming the Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Board meetings?StreamingIt starts Thursday morning at nine o'clock. You might need to turn down the volume or purchase ear...
View Article"Plausible Deniability"
Since we published Billy Underwood's statement concerning Jeff Eddie's quick plea in a child sex abuse case, many have questioned and some have misunderstood the term "plausible deniability." Rest...
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A Shoals Ambulance Guest Editorial
Editor's Note: We were sent this info...some very interesting info. We personally do not have the required knowledge of the situation to say "Yea" or "Nay" to Brian Gibson's businesses. We welcome...
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Let's Sweep It Under the Rug
We are about to begin a series of blogs on fraud. Thinking about it today, we realized just how sexual abuse is like fraud. Let's just sweep it under the rug and hope for the best. Never believe the...
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Fraud: Dan Beavers
Daniel Allen Beavers is a member of the Lauderdale County School Board. He's also a local contractor. As of last week, he's in a lot of trouble.Sources say that Beavers lost his license to do business...
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