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Does Bryce Graham Even Have a Clue?
Longtime Colbert County District Attorney Bryce Graham Jr. has finally made a statement concerning last Friday's tragic shooting. Graham is basically blaming the Department of Corrections for the...
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Where is John Elkington?
Several readers have asked why there has been no official statement from John Elkington on the death of a Sheffield police officer. After all, Elkington has commented several times how important the...
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Any Money Should Go to Victims' Families
There are currently two legal (or semi-legal) movements to secure money from the recent shootings in Muscle Shoals. It's our opinion that any money available from whatever source should go solely to...
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Rob a No-Show During Shoals Fest
There are a whole lot of people wondering where in the world Big Rob Carnegie, Florence Lauderdale Tourism Director, was last week while Shoals Fest was taking place. It was only the biggest tourism...
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Does Convicted Killer Mark Montgomery Have a Phone in Prison?
On St. Patrick's Day 2014, Mark Edwin Montgomery walked into the home of a family member and shot dead his girlfriend (C.S.), a second woman visiting at the residence, and a pet dog housed in a kennel...
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Criminal Solicitation to Commit Murder?
Colbert County has currently pressed ten charges against Brian Martin in connection with October 1st's shootings in Muscle Shoals. This number will in all likelihood increase after Mr. Martin is...
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Monument Vandal: Political Statement or Mental Instability?
There are some people you just make allowances for, but we're not sure that Seth Jones Robinson is one of them. We're not even sure why this almost 21 year-old man would have suddenly emerged from his...
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Andy Says Saturday...No, Sunday...No, Just Do Whatever...
In simpler times, it was pretty much standard to celebrate a Sunday Halloween on Saturday. Times change. When are towns in Alabama celebrating?Looking around the state, we see that approximately 1/3...
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Halloween & Sex Offenders
Statistics indicate there are no more sex attacks on children at Halloween/Trick-or-Treating than any other night of the year. Another way of putting it is there are no less attacks. Halloween does...
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Tenth Anniversary of Amanda Taylor's Murder; Five Years Until Weems is Free?
It was ten years ago today that Amanda Taylor walked into the Muscle Shoals home of Ronald Eugene Weems, never to exit the Central Avenue house alive. The man who called himself Ron Wikkid was...
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Barton Has Its Own Witch for Halloween
Barton, population unknown, is a small community located between Tuscumbia and Cherokee in Colbert County. It's never had too much claim to fame, but now has a new claim to infamy: It has its own...
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Facebook Takes on Bacon Grease
We usually don't pay much attention to all the Facebook fact checker posts, merely assuming that at worst there's right on both sides of an issue. Yet a new "fact" appeared yesterday that left us...
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A Spooky 13th Anniversary!
What better way to celebrate Halloween month than with the 13th anniversary of our blog? Agree with us or disagree, we hope you've enjoyed the ride so far and will continue to stick with us.Thanks to...
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John Elkington Makes Two Announcements
Memphis developer John Elkington has this week issued two announcements. First, more work has been completed on the Slag Yard, a property in the Inspiration Landing complex that ostensibly belongs to...
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Refusing to Indict in a Videoed Child Rape?
There's an old saying that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. Yet this isn't always true. Look at Tommy Wallis in Lauderdale who stalked his male victim for a week before attacking him, but...
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Terry Landon Stidham in the News
Terry Landon Stidham first made the news just over three years ago:From 10/3/18 Franklin County Times - The article goes on to say that Stidham posted 200K bond at the time of his arrest. Since he was...
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The Ramp: Giving Church of the Highlands a Run for the Collection Plate
Never heard of the Ramp? Rest assured you are not alone. According to its website, the Ramp Church was founded in Hamilton, Alabama, and has branches in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Manchester,...
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Terry Landon Stidham: A Failure of the Justice System
Indictments after an arrest can take months in many Alabama counties. This is especially true in Franklin County. It's easy to lose track of various crimes while assuming the cases are still floating...
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Killen Walmart Worker Charged with Sexual Torture of Child
Paul Raymond Clemmons calls himself "Hoss," but we're sure there are more appropriate names for this Walmart maintenance man if the charges against him are true. The 50 year-old Killen man attended...
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If You're Not Keeping up with Mo, You Should Be
We've heard many say they will vote for Mo Brooks because they don't like his opponents. Until recently, the opposition consisted of three women, not very well known women. That has changed. Now a war...
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