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Codepink/Shannon Johnson
Earlier today, a group called Codepink protested the senate confirmation of Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general. What is Codepink? From Wikipedia:...a left-wing NGO that describes itself as a...
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Sears & K-Mart Closings/Ira Madison III
Sears and K-Mart ClosuresBy: The Midnight Rider Recently our great newspaper, the Times Daily, did an article about the closing of various Sears and K-Mart Stores. It is a...
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Jennifer Gray to Leave Shoals?/Educational Anomaly?
If you haven't heard, Dr. Jennifer Gray is a finalist for the new superintendent of Madison City Schools. Gray, the erstwhile head of Lauderdale education, is currently principal at Brooks...
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Nathan Paul Bougher - Totally Depraved
Nathan BougherRecently Shannon Dale Gargis pleaded not guilty to capital murder in the death of his girlfriend's 23 month-old daughter; he picked the child up like a baseball bat and beat her against a...
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Nathan Bougher: Almost a Protector of Society?
Nathan Bougher: Almost a Protector of Society?By: The Midnight RiderOn Saturday, January 14, 2017, the Times Daily reported the following:“Nathan Paul Bougher, 21, East Fifth Street, Tuscumbia, has...
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Credille Indictment/Food Stamps?
Jeremy & Ronnie Credille (The Cross is a Nice Touch)A reader commented on the length of time it took to indict Jeremy Credille in the Muscle Shoals murder of Jason Fox. We were also surprised since...
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Sears/Sandra Killen Burroughs
The Midnight Rider has already blogged on Sears leaving the area; however, he failed to touch on a couple of things. Since Shoalanda is approximately 75 years older than he, we remember the candy...
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Billy Underwood Wins Prestigious Award
In 2015, Martindale-Hubbell reported there were just under 15,000 attorneys licensed in the state of Alabama. How would one pick just 10 out of those 15,000? It certainly wouldn't be easy, and it also...
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Florence Tourism's Rob Carnegie Playing Favorites?
Playing favorites. Why do people play favorites? We can think of only three reasons: Liking someone, disliking someone, financial gain. So why is Rob Carnegie, Florence-Lauderdale Tourism...
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New Colbert Jail in This Lifetime?
Colbert commission reactivates jail committee - January 6, 2017 Let's hope THIS TIME, the commissioners will not get side-tracked! Just a trip down memory lane and reading past news articles from many...
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A New Day/A Word from the Midnight Rider
We're not yet 1/12th of the way through 2017 and we have a new president, a leader who promises economic improvement. Sure, we'll have to take his peccadilloes along with the improvements he makes, but...
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Showcasing Florence in a Bad Light
Tunnel vision? Yes, we all have it from time to time. We see only what we wish to see. Is that ever good? We can’t think of even one instance in which it would be.A few weeks ago, a young woman,...
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A New Day/Christopher Kilpatrick
The Shoals is fortunate to have new leadership in several towns. We believe Florence and Tuscumbia in particular are on the verge of great things…or at least better things.We’re especially happy to see...
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Murder, He Said...
We often read of January seeing the most, or at least more, deaths since many individuals strive to hang on until after the holidays. How about murders? Since this is the third January in recent memory...
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Advice to the Lovelorn/Barry Lumpkins
The year is still young; let's see if we can't help all those youngsters out there keep their resolutions to find Mr./Miss Right this year...1. Guys, if she carries a flick knife, you may wish to pass...
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Negligent or Not? Plea in Toddler's Death
Earlier today, William and Chelsie Whitfield pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in the shooting death of Robert Reaves, a toddler whose mother had left him unattended while visiting the Whitfields....
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Andrea Susan Forbes Deserves More
We don’t know why Andrea Susan Forbes left her home and family in Johnson City, Tennessee, to move to Florence in 2015. We may assume it was for a reason that can easily turn sour. The 33 year-old’s...
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Special: Our Friend Jim Smith Has Passed Away
Our friend Jim Smith passed away on January 25th at the age of 80. Jim was a frequent poster on the old TimesDaily forum, a local historian, and someone who greatly valued his friends and family....
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An Update from the Midnight Rider & the Escape Room
Keller Strikes out Again & the panty treeBy: The Midnight RiderKeller Hospital and CollectionsI have gotten more information of Keller Hospital turning people over to Collections wrongly. As you...
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Observations/Why Robbie Can't Spell
Some observations:* Why are state troopers 'allowed' to violate School Zone speed limits when NOT responding to emergency calls?* Is there a 'conflict of interest' involved if local judges own the...
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