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Get Your Lawyer Jokes Here!/Tim Staggs
AL.com’s John Archibald was recently asked why there was so little interest in the Mike Hubbard trial. He replied the lack of interest was due to the proceedings now going on for three years and so far...
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Municipal Elections/Elzo Jeremiah Robins
Do municipal elections matter? We think they do. Learn what you can about the candidates and, above all, vote.If you live in Florence, you should have received an invitation to a First Friday reception...
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Change/Mansion or Not?
From the Midnight Rider:“Change.” Sometimes there has to be change to make progress. According to Webster Dictionary, change is defined as:1. An event that occurs when something passes from one state...
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Florence City Council District One/Russellville City Schools
Next to the mayoral race, District One may be the most hotly contested bone in Florence. Here are the players:* Dave Smith - Current council member, Smith easily won the position four years ago after a...
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Sheffield/Questions about Sex Trafficking Case
Yes, we’ve heard it all before: Shoals area officials say (fill in the blank) will be the economic salvation of the area. Yet for the past 40 years, whether it be TVA’s Yellow Creek or a DreamVision...
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New Info in Brett Mitchell Case
Mitchell Looking Amused at his BookingThere is new information in the Reginald Brett Mitchell case. Mitchell, 51, was arrested on Saturday, May 28th, on the felony charge of providing a false statement...
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Victims & Sympathy
We once had a friend who lost her father in a horrible traffic accident when she was just three years old; the same year she was raped—yes, literally raped. She soon saw her mentally challenged brother...
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Muskrat Musings/Tim Staggs has Cojones
Late last night news broke on the conviction of Alabama House Speaker Michael Hubbard on 12 Felony Ethics Charges. Attorney General Luther Strange (whose office prosecuted Hubbard) said in a statement...
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The Petition/Brady Ann Irons
We’re handling this in the best way we know how—with no names. There is a petition being circulated online, and we’re providing a link to it. We encourage our readers to view the petition and sign if...
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Sheffield Flea Market/UNA Expansion
From the Midnight Rider: Recently there was an article in the Times Daily Newspaper about a Sheffield resident, Tracey Southern, that was at odds with the City of Sheffield about selling items in front...
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The Guns of Sheffield/Protecting Their Man?
Yesterday, the Midnight Rider mentioned a man in Sheffield who sells guns out of his vehicle in the Town Plaza parking lot on weekends. We've seen readers express the idea that small time vendors...
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Doing the Hanky Panky on Your Dime?
Several weeks ago we reported on an appointed official being caught in an extremely compromising position with another city employee. The female employee was terminated, but the appointed official kept...
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Just What is Going on at the Lauderdale 911 Office?
The late humorist Lewis Grizzard once said he didn’t care who in the NFL took illicit drugs; he just wanted to be sure his dentist wasn’t hooked up to the nitrous oxide. So do you care if, when you ask...
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Doing the Time?/Tell Us What's Cooking
Yesterday we linked an article about John James Common’s arrest in Franklin County. Common, known as J.J., was supposedly in state prison for attempting to burn down the Colbert County Jail a few years...
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Tuscumbia Municipal Elections/Katie Logan
From the Midnight Rider:We are continuing our series of City/Town Elections. We had made the comment recently that the City of Sheffield may be the powder keg of the elections. We may have been wrong...
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Father's Day 2016
What kind of father are you?A Nurturer?An Example?Someone to Fall Back On?Always There for Your Child's Mother?We hope all the fathers out there answered yes to all!Happy Father's Day from...The Staff...
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Bellezza Bella: Comments/Annuals/Nepotism
Comments on Bellezza Bella Club? We certainly received them and will attempt to address at least some of them here:1. There may be those out there who know the name of the person who wrote the original...
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Fruit Basket Turnover & Team Swindle
From Leslie M. Shoals:Posted: Friday, March 25, 2016 12:15 amBy Jennifer Edwards Staff WriterMUSCLE SHOALS — The principal at Muscle Shoals Middle School was voted out by the city school board after...
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No More Pop-Up Shops in Florence?/TNT Fireworks
Everyone know what a pop-up shop is? If you don’t, briefly it’s a small business that opens for a very short time, one day to two or so weeks, or sometimes a seasonal business that opens once a year....
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Penny Freeman/ Those Damn Muskrats
Penny Freeman/ Those Damn MuskratsBy: The Midnight Rider As we continue to explore the candidates for the upcoming City/Town Elections, we want to get information out to the voters. We live outside...
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