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Another Accident on Paradise Drive
From Hank Thomas:Paradise Drive saw another accident today. Three young ladies who were driving slow when they drove past my home, were drawn into a ravine when their Jeep would not brake on Paradise...
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Getting Your Two Cents Worth in Colbert County
In approximately 18 months, the two-cent gasoline tax designated for bond payment on the Marriott/Jones Golf Courses project will be history. That's at least history for Colbert County. In Lauderdale...
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Bluewater Brewing Has Kidnapped "Andy Capp"
We would never have known of this intellectual theft if Florence-Lauderdale Tourism hadn't posted a picture of the back side of Bluewater Brewing. Was that the intention of Rob Carnegie? Did the...
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Shoalanda Jessica Snarker?
Earlier today, two residents of Wildwood Trail called our blog snarky. Yes, we know, surely not us. One resident felt we should address the problems of residents of West Irvine Avenue once the new...
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Does Anyone Here Speak English?
We originally intended to do an article on Butler Cain, announced local candidate to become our next congressional representative. That involved a quick look at Dr. Cain's LinkedIn profile; we found...
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Keith Lankford Wants Out of Sheffield
Sheffield City Schools Superintendent Keith Lankford wants out of that fair city. In case you missed it:Two Locals Vie for Decatur JobOne of our regular readers had a very interesting take on it:...
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UNA Salaries v. First Responder Salaries?
https://www.una.edu/university-spending/Do you think maybe there were bonuses paid in January this year? There are larger payments than usual to some employees (Paulette Alexander, Robert Armstrong,...
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Developments in the UNA Discrimination Case
From Concerned Citizen 101:An earlier article talked about Andrew Luna who was Director of Institutional Research and was removed from his position and has not been seen on campus since. An interim...
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Did Someone Say Polls?
We had a critic ask us about UNA placing number two in a schools.com ranking of 30 four-year colleges in Alabama. Certainly it's nice to place in the top numbers of most polls, but two of the criteria...
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Muskrats for Mental Health & Park Safety
From the Tuscumbia Muskrat:Insanity is defined as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." I think this is the perfect slogan for Tuscumbia’s Park Director – Joel...
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Father's Day 2017
Each year we ask our male readers to be a good example to their children. This year, we're going to ask something different. If you can't be a good example to your sons and daughters, at least don't be...
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Porta-Huts for Our Kids?
If you live in Florence, you probably know that the city's middle school children are housed in modular classrooms. This was one reason that many of us found it imperative to complete the new middle...
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Attention Franklin County - You're a Sick Joke!
Yes, you, Franklin County. Your priorities are skewed. You need an animal shelter and you've made absolutely no progress in getting one.In case any of our readers missed it, this weekend a woman from...
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Who Got a 5K Bonus?/Ditto Lawrence County
Most of our readers probably know that Jennifer Gray and Keith Lankford from the Shoals are among six finalists for the position of superintendent of Decatur City Schools. That means there's a 33%...
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Who's a Professional? Not Brandon Willcutt
It was only a few days ago that we blogged on the subject of words. They can mean anything anyone wants them to, right? No, not really.Today's TimesDaily published an article by Robert Palmer on the...
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Does the Colbert County Commission Think These Things Through?
Perhaps you've seen an old television show on TV Land called Car 54, Where Are You? One episode starred Charles Nelson Reilly and the noted Yiddish comedienne Molly Picon. Reilly's character was an...
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Free Range Chickens, Children, & Commissioners
It seems there's a free range chicken farm in Lauderdale County. This farm recently increased the number of fowl it houses, and neighbors are upset. Here's a quote from a woman who lives in the...
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The Rider's Random Thoughts
Random ThoughtsBy: The Midnight RiderI got this from Shoalanda Speaks:We've had some questions about the Midnight Rider. We've been in touch, and he's been under the weather, but is slowly recovering....
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Colbert County Courthouse Access
From Leslie M. Shoals:Yoder Underwood Would Never Make It Past SecurityColbert County Commissioners have secured the Courthouse against any danger. There are security stations and scanners that each...
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Lauderdale Courthouse Security?
From a reader:I read with interest the article about the security screening in Colbert county courthouse. The screening in Lauderdale county is a joke. Jurors serving get a stick on name tag and once...
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