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Trial Date Number Eight Set for Kimberly Bynum
Vina High SchoolYes, Kimberly Bynum George's Franklin County trial for having sex with one of her students has been postponed a seventh time. The new date is August 17th, 26 months after the former...
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Red Bay Ruckus & the ABI
Bay Tree Park: Does Red Bay Have New Claim To Fame?Yesterday the Red Bay officer involved in the alleged civil rights violations of members of the Hurricane Creek Baptist Church was named in the press...
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Evelyn Servin: Rowdy, Troublemaker, Peacebreaker
In case you think our blog today is biased or prejudiced, think again. We're not calling Evelyn A. Servin anything she isn't claiming to be. First, let's look back at some of Mrs. Servin's previous...
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You Read It Here First...
The town of Red Bay has announced it will be hiring extra security this August for the scheduled joint convention of the DAR and Colonial Dames. Police Sgt. Kyle Palmer stated that you can't be too...
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A Foot in the Back & a Gun to the Head...
Obviously rumors are rampant at this point over what really happened on June 2nd at the Hurricane Creek Baptist Church near Vina in Franklin County. Red Bay Police Chief Jana Jackson has issued a...
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Who's the Prankster at the "TimesDaily?"
Practical jokes are usually anything but. We hadn't intended to make any comment on the SCOTUS decision from earlier today, but after looking at the online edition of the TimesDaily, we're compelled to...
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Doesn't Know a Taser from a Gun?
A guest editorial in Pen N Sword concerning the incident at Hurricane Creek Baptist Church is extremely interesting. It does portray Red Bay Sgt. Kyle Palmer in a better light than he has previously...
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My New Boyfriend "Slimy Bastard"
"Slimy Bastard" JonesYes, after years of looking, I think I've found the right one. Oh, I know I thought Mad Dog was the one. And then Wikkid--you all know what happened to him. Of course there was...
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The Shoals: Just One Big Happy?
A Florence-Lauderdale visitors center has been in the works for some time. We're now told that once it's completed it will have a new name to better reflect its service to the entire Shoals. Not too...
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Summer of '65: Murder on the Lake - Part I
Historians say America changed in the mid-1960s. It did in the Shoals, but perhaps not for the same reasons it did elsewhere. It was officially less than a week into summer on June 28, 1965. It may...
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Belle Foods & Chapter 11
It was ten o'clock at night. Cars drove around the parking lot looking for a place near the Food World door. None was available.When was this? Around 1980. So what happened? Mainly Walmart--the local...
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Summer of '65: Murder on the Lake - Part II
The car pulled onto the Lauderdale County road leading to the lake house. Inside were four youths, one a May 1965 graduate of Coffee High School and three current students, all football players and all...
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The Dad Who Did (Almost) Everything Right...
Paxon Thomas Jordan was seven years-old on July 1, 2007. An only child, everyone said Paxon was wise beyond his years. Certainly his parents loved him and wanted the best for him. They knew it was...
View ArticleIndependence Day 2013
Rain? Really? Rain shouldn't stop you from reflecting on our nation and where it's going. Are we more divided than ever? Somehow we doubt it; we simply see it reported at every turn. So be you Democrat...
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Summer of '65: Murder on the Lake - Part III
It was shortly before eleven o' clock when Richard Romine Sr, his son, and four friends arrived at the camp on Lauderdale Beach Road. The entrance to the camp driveway was blocked by a car identified...
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Ronald Weems at Limestone Correctional Facility
Ron Wikkid Weems has been processed and placed at the Limestone prison facility near Capshaw, Alabama. He will have an appeal hearing on August 5th.The Weems case never ceases to amaze us. Colbert...
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Who You Gonna Believe? Not ANPH!
Casa Bonita - OneontaANPH stands for Alabama Non-Profit Housing, a group whose mission is published as: To provide decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for the low income residents of Alabama....
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From Bubba: Judy Lee Dyed Her Hair Green
For the Fourth, me and the whole family piled in our Dodge Ram Tough truck with the extended cab and headed to see Cousin Elmo and his wife Sally and their brood in Lauderdale County. We especially...
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Martini's Bar/Sgt. Kyle Palmer Update
Martini's Bar and Lounge on Hatch Boulevard in Sheffield is a rockin' kinda place. The problem seems to be when customers leave Martini's and venture into other neighborhoods. The lounge, located...
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Kisses & Hisses
Kisses, or at least some kudos, to Sandra Killen-Burroughs, chair of the Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Board. Sandra is a friend of ours so we can verify what a great job she's done while heading the...
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