What Do Lauderdale Investigators Investigate?
Several months ago, a source with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department sent us information that the three individuals who died in a March house fire may have already been dead when the fire was...
View ArticleWhat Do You Do With A Stale Donut?
A few years ago we began a list of local eyesores. Our intention was to limit the list to ten, and as one was (hopefully) corrected, insert another less than appealing sight. The first eyesore on our...
View ArticleBarnard Not Paid? HOF to Huntsville?
We're not sure if anything can save the beleaguered Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Everyone has ideas, but no one has any money. It seems Director Wiley Barnard certainly didn't have any money.Barnard...
View ArticleShoals Radio Daze?
A guest commentary that asks some surprising questions:Shoals residents should be questioning this situation. Have you tried to listen to WLAY or WVNA in the last few years? They have both been getting...
View ArticleLauderdale County Didn't Want it?!
One of our most astute commenters on Facebook mentioned moving the Alabama Music Hall of Fame to Veterans Park in Lauderdale County. He felt the proximity to the Marriott would ensure some steady...
View ArticleThe Return of Ron Wikkid
Ronald Eugene Weems, aka Ron Wikkid, was in the Shoals today. Wonder if he enjoyed the 50 mile trip from the prison in Capshaw where he'll be spending the rest of his life--we hope? It seems Mr. Wikkid...
View ArticleRetakes and Reruns
The Quad-Cities Daily has an excellent article on the three new board appointments for the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, as well as some candid discussion of what precipitated the three most recent...
View Article"Is There Ever Justice in Franklin County?"
One of our readers asked that question of us, and presumably of anyone reading Facebook that day. Obviously there's never total justice anywhere, but we hope our system comes close. Alabama is strapped...
View ArticleSweet Revenge?/J.D.'s Glass Shut Down
An old line states that revenge is like calamari, best served cold. Well, there's cold and then there's stone cold. Earlier today we saw a vehicle bearing the bumper sticker: Robert Jason Poss =...
View ArticleJD's: Good, Bad, or Somewhere in Between?
It was college football practice, and the rains came. The coach saw nothing else to do but take the team inside and view some films. While screening a film on emergency first aid, the coach noticed a...
View ArticleEverybody Wants to be Sheriff: The Field Thickens
Lauderdale County Deputy Lowery Davis has added his name to the list of those who want to be the next Lauderdale Sheriff. Lowery joins Lexington's Augie (Family Values) Hendershot and fellow deputy...
View ArticleWhy Did Mitch Campbell Die?
We once heard of a man in Madison County who had the chance to purchase a beautiful home on a large lot in an unincorporated area. The man snapped up the bargain home and quickly moved in. It was only...
View ArticleThis Thing Called Protocol...
The word "protocol" has popped up in two recent events--both of which ended in death. Much discussion has taken place concerning the use, or lack of such, by Lauderdale County deputies Saturday night....
View ArticleOther Social Media?
Travis Clemmons has stated in the TimesDaily that family and friends of Mitchell Campbell have made threats on Facebook and "other social media." We've glanced at the Facebook pages and haven't seen...
View ArticleGimme Shelter...
From a faithful reader:The Colbert shelter has some very major problems and there is evidence of a pattern of negligent behavior on the part of most of the staff, and efforts to cover it up from the...
View ArticleBryan Gibson Moves Up?
Below is a press release concerning Bryan Gibson, owner of Shoals Ambulance Service (Thanks to a faithful reader):NEW YORK, July 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Enhanced Equity Funds ("EEF"), a leading...
View ArticleUpdates & Answers
Two interesting, but very different, criminal cases are in the limelight today. First, Hershel Dale Graham was sentenced to 14 years today. He will serve only two, assuming he behaves himself on five...
View ArticleWho Would Let That Dog Ash Lette Out?
Everyone remember that stripper with an axe, Ash Lette, legal name Ashley Fawn Greenhill? If any should not be familiar with this Brooks High graduate, here's a link to help you catch up:Ashley Fawn...
View ArticleMatthew Fox/No Confidentiality
Yesterday we blogged about Ashley Fawn Greenhill, the stripper with an axe who was also Ron Wikkid Weems' sometime squeeze. Apparently Matthew Fox wanted her to be his. That's one of the two obvious...
View ArticleRonnie Willis, Morals, & Dollars and Cents
The list of those hoping to become Lauderdale County's next sheriff just becomes longer and longer with the announcement of the candidacy of Carmon Ray, retired county investigator. Yet, current...
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