Story archive for July 2008

Thursday, July 31

• Kodi or Chris: who will it be?

• Mail scams continue to surface locally

• Prayer Walk set for Sunday

• Town hires Brown to fill vacant court clerk post

• Restaurant Scores for Aug. 1

• Teamwork helped make the difference

• Prayers cannot walk without legs

• Alabama’s 3rd Sales Tax Holiday began today

• Chilton Research and Extension Center gearing up for annual Farm, Home and Wildlife Expo

• Jefferson State Faculty Appointed to Honors Program Committee

• Cattle run wild on I-65

• Execution halted, Alabama inmate back on death row

• In defense of Les Miles

Wednesday, July 30

• new director new direction

• Thorsby’s Swedish Fest on verge of going national

• Lights, dresses and smiles

• Wales celebrate 65th wedding anniversary

• Don’t be shocked

• Big brother, little brother and remodeling the house

• Put yourself in our shoes

• Winning takes work

• Sports Briefs for July 31

• Perrilloux adjusting to small-college life

• Freshmen to provide quick help

Tuesday, July 29

• ‘Gone fishing’ at Burton’s Sugar Farm

• Athletes are people too

• Angels acquire Teixeira from Braves

• Sports Briefs for July 30

• Railroad trespassing a major concern in U.S.

• United Way benefits children

• Some schools not allowing students to have back packs

• Summer Learning Capsule holds commencement

• More power to Pre-K

• ‘Faces and Places’ on the way

• Special BOE meeting planned for Monday

• Neussl announces bid for Clanton City Council Ward 1

• Wallace announces bid for Mayor

• ALDOT repairing bridge on I-65

• Riley announces new Alabama pre-K sites

• James Crawford a fixture in state tournament games

• Alabama Lt. Gov's office latest to go to 4-day week

• South Alabama-Navy to play four-game series

• 112,000 Alabamians haven't claimed stimulus check

• Railroad victim identified

Monday, July 28

• New rules affecting shark fishing

• Four-day workweek dismissed by County Commission

• Tire trouble ruins Indy

• Racing Report

• Clanton to help pave road

• AG boosts staffers’ salaries

• State Treasurer comes to county for visit with pageant contestants

• Counselors needed for En Fuego

• Smith announces bid for Ward 5

• Willson announces bid for Ward 3

• This is enough

• World Briefly

• Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf ‘dead zone’

• Man shot churchgoers over liberal views

• Classes posted at CES, orientation set for Aug. 7

• Scholarship available for college senior in education

• Maybe I should’ve stayed home

• Johnson survives tire debacle at Indianapolis

Sunday, July 27

• 31-year-old pedestrian dies in train wreck

Saturday, July 26

• Young adults should spend time volunteering

• Bachus to speak in Clanton Aug. 5

• Chilton voters to take part in Calera election

• Supply shopping

• Motorcyclist, son-in-law ride 1,900 miles to attend military reunion

• Ann Thomas reaches level II of her school board training

• Visit our Web site for more pictures

• Sales tax should be devoted to roads

• Whose jurisdiction are we located in

• Keep up the good work

• Explorers working to change the world

• Awarding explorers for their achievements

• Going out for dinner and a movie can be fun, when there is something good out

• Isabella wins Holy Spirit 7-on-7

• Local student visits Dauphin Island Sea Lab

• Blanton – McAndrew

• Bates - Connell

• Arrington - Maddox

• Vikings' Jackson takes Favre talk in stride

• Coaches, media like oil, water

• Land Transactions for July 27

• Marriage Licenses for July 27

• Divorces for July 27

• Police Reports for July 27

• Advertiser visits Appalachicola, Fla.

• Advertiser visits Gulf Shores

• Extended unemployment benefits available

Friday, July 25

• Scrushy lawyers want juror e-mails investigated

• Divorce Care ministry enters third session

• New vaccinations required for some students

• Maplesville town library receives donation

• AU’s quarterback question

• SEC Notebook

• Fulmer says he won’t be distracted by subpoena

• Stewart’s timing no coincidence

• Help for your commitment

• Music of Bryant to be honored Sunday

• Church News for July 26

• Religion News in Brief for July 26

• Tuberville hoping for quick QB winner

Thursday, July 24

• Auburn takes state tourney

• Frequent trailer fires raise questions

• Ancient bow located by local resident

• Cheerleaders fundraising for Macy’s parade trip

• Two injured, flown from Maplesville wreck

• Price officially qualifies for Clanton City Council

• World Briefly

• Trailer park office robbed

• Saban gone soft?

• Don’t sit too close to the screen

• Tax holiday helps families with supplies

• Media Days turn legal

• Wildlife expo set for Aug. 2

• Two flown from wreck

• SEC intrigue: Fulmer and the subpoena

• Saban wants Tide freshman away from hype

• Man arrested for threatening judge

Wednesday, July 23

• Auburn wins, draws bye into championship round

• Alabama-Clemson game brings huge payday

• Braves lose Jones but beat Marlins

• Miles faces questions about latest Alabama joke

• YMCA’s first ‘Ride for a Child’ event a success

• The newest face in the hall

• Two airlifted in Highway 22 crash

• Jeff State will aid area economy

• Martin trial reset for Sept. 15

• Funeral arrangements set for Courtney

• Slive: League to decide on TV plans this fall

• Poultry prices for July 23

• Last-minute school shopping isn't the best idea

• Auto Racing Glance

• Here come the Georgies

• Clanton knocked out of state tournament

• Sheriff's Department Reports for July 23

Tuesday, July 22

• ‘We’re devastated’

• Florida Sheriff’s deputy killed during standoff

• Biodiesel classroom coming to CCHS

• Marine police keeps public safe on lake

• City of Jemison doing its part to cut back on gasoline consumption

• Storms cause trouble in county

• Loft coming to Clanton Friday

• Coosa River included in fish consumption advisories

• THS enrollment frozen

• Council grants request for business sign

• Loss of long-time worker saddens us

• Gas drive-offs hurt everyone

• A job is a job

• Little Miss Chilton County contestants

• Chilton County Arthritis Walk committee sets kick-off date

• Newman, Stewart play coy

• Tebow, Petrino headline SEC Media Days

• Iron Bowl will decide SEC West

• Drowning victim identified

• Wachovia has $8.9B loss, cuts 6,350 jobs, dividend

• Bale arrested and released; denies assault

• Regions Financial 2Q profit falls 55 percent

• Alabama State trustees raise tuition

Monday, July 21

• Hosts find their swings

• New warden working to improve county jail

• ‘Bama’s Smith unanimous coaches All-SEC pick

• Thorsby approves fire grant

• ACLU sues state over law

• Two-year system, nursing home association giving nurses scholarships

• Registration dates change for MHS

• New plan should bring more nurses to state

• County’s road problem solved

• Jemison reports gas thefts

• Three trailers destroyed in two days

• Easterling announces bid for Clanton Council

• Tom Brown receives award

• Siran Stacy gives emotional sermon on tragedy

• Prattville pro offers tips for warm weather

• July 21

• AAA: Regular fuel average $3.94 in state

• Hurricane Fausto grows to category 2 storm

Sunday, July 20

• Poll shows high rate of gun ownership in state

• Teixeira acknowledges trade from Braves possible

• Aaron's childhood home to open as museum in Mobile

• Fishing report

Saturday, July 19

• State attorney general has second highest pay in field

• Remembering the good ol’ days

• Shoal Creek resurfacing on national golf scene

• Clanton mayor qualifies to seek re-election

• Full solar eclipse will occur Aug. 1

• Parker – Bowman

• A tale of perseverance

• What kids learn on the Internet can be deadly

• Relay for Life still going strong despite economy

• Divorces for July 20

• Marriage licenses for July 20

• Land transactions for July 20

• Police reports for July 20

• Commissioners discuss money woes

• Press crew vital to our paper

• Election should be about economy

• Lister – Norman

• Vols not done yet

• Dallas Hooper

• Mya Fayth Gore

• Community Briefs for July 20

• Davis - Easterling

Friday, July 18

• Local ballet instructor starts dance ministry

• Brady bashes

• Fishing report

• Drought still causing problems for state

• Alabama firefighters rerouted to Oregon

• County jobless rate still on the rise

• I will!

• The Rev. Rodney Brown to preach revival

• Court rules in state's favor on tax refunds

• Much still to be decided on, off track

• Religion News in Brief for July 19

• 4 charged in church burglaries

• State unemployment rate steady at 4.7 percent

• Church News for Saturday, July 19

• Monitor reports little change in Ala. drought

• No mayor safe this election

Thursday, July 17

• Authority hires new scrap metal hauler

• Tax holiday continues for third year

• Rainfall welcomed, totals vary drastically

• Registration for new year coming soon to each local school

• Ladies night

• World Briefly for July 18

• Parker announces bid for Clanton Council

• Chorale holding variety show at Helen E. Parrish Activity Center July 25

• Special bus coming to town

• Community Briefs

• Back home again

• Grand-Am’s top-tier sports car series returns to Barber

• Advancing our ‘tech-know-logy’

• Some ‘wants’ of Sheriff should have waited

• Commission to hold called meeting Monday

• Fiddlers compete Saturday in Atmore

• Marine sought in sex case extradited to Alabama

Wednesday, July 16

• Oil price tumbles again, falling $10 over 2 days

• Blueberry pickin’

• Board makes policy changes

• Getting the paperwork done

• United Way sets its sights on another $200K

• Military Briefs

• World Briefly

• Officers speak to class on career day

• Three-dom

• Trying to make sense of it all

• County 4-day week won’t do much good

• I won’t get tired ... yeah right

• VP Cheney to visit Alabama Aug. 1 for GOP event

• State voter turnout low

• BOE approves new hires

Tuesday, July 15

• BOE hires new leaders for LeCroy, transportation

• Camp Smile-A-Mile tournament results

• List of candidates finalized for city, town elections

• Commission awards significant bids

• Update: Videos from Peach Pageants now available

• Suspect linked with other crimes

• Learning to find greatness

• Thorsby farm gains national recognition

• Don’t waste cash on rotten food

• The end of an era

• World Briefly for July 16

• Explosion takes state – again

• Youth teams get their time to shine

• Relatively speaking

• Man survives motor home blaze

• VW taps Tennessee for new US production site

• Two injured in Monday night's wreck on CR 97

• Commission entertains 4-day workweek

• Residents mad about loose livestock

Monday, July 14

• Maplesville working on sewer, lighting grant

• Why did the buzzard cross the road?

• Jemison now has three-way mayoral race

• Racing Report

• Low turnout expected for primary runoff

• CCHS grad tapped for principal of Greensboro West High School

• World Briefly for July 15

• Snakes can be good for yards

• Oil drilling is no immediate answer to problem

• We feel the love

• ‘What God can do with a bad situation’

• Interest still high for Deep Sea Rodeo

• Bush trumps Congress

• Alabama chancellor cracking down on diploma mills

Sunday, July 13

• Rally held to pressure Packers to reinstate Favre

• Southern Alabama authorities see meth lab resurgence

• County hurting from lost gas tax

• Campaign raises awarness to ATV injuries to kids

• Church group gives back to community

• Stitching new fashion

• Name brand items at discount prices

Saturday, July 12

• Busch goes past Johnson late

• Conditions vary depending on moisture

• Redesigned Web site launches today

• Janney to speak to Historical Society today

• Divorces for July 13

• Marriage Licenses for July 13

• Land Transactions for July 13

• Police Reports for July 13

• State leads the way in EMA

• Hope you enjoy the new site

• Penley-Ellison

• Comments on the first half

• Herring-Atcheson

• July is National Blueberry Month

• Sometimes old things are just broken in enough for the next person

• Rayam, Goode teach players, coaches

• Martin to play softball for Bevill

• A model for the country

• Program to help kids get screened

• Collins Chapel hosts toy sale to benefit Haitian School

• Study: As gas prices go up, auto deaths decline

• All Chilton municipalities gain population

Friday, July 11

• Residents still knocking on Jemison’s door

• Gene Martin indicted for new charges

• Williams announces bid for Clanton Council

• Bussey annouces bid for mayor of Thorsby

• Our God will respond

• Stewart might succeed where others have failed

• ACCESSible

• County peach crop still a little behind schedule

Thursday, July 10

• Lightning strikes twice

• Success at home can only take a team so far

• Fishing for a cause

• Isabella to host 7-on-7 camp Thurs.

• Pitching young carries great risks

• Racing Report

• Pickwick example of state’s fishing diversity

• Paint the county red

• Award rankings not just ramblings of a madman

• Catching on

• Birds of a feather

• Number of Tommy John procedures on the rise

• Hip move doesn’t always work

• State teams need to declare their independence

• Arthritis Walk kicks off ‘08 campaign

• Former trooper facing trial over 1965 killing

• Katherine Irene Nobinger

• Catherine Edith Garner

• Enjoying the good and bad of summer

• We’ll see you online

• World Briefly for July 11

• Higgins Ferry Park full for Fourth

• Looking ahead

• Story Headline

Wednesday, July 9

• Three injured in dune buggy wreck

• EMA holding grand opening for new wing

• Dealing with uninvited guests

• First sheriff receives new headstone

• Rural retailers starting

• Jefferson State preparing prospective students

• Enoch Junior “E.J.” Hayes

• Students get more ACCESS to education

• The brain is an alarm clock

• World Briefly

• Prosecutor: DNA clears JonBenet Ramsey’s family

• State lawmakers accept tanker re-bid decision

• Champ coming to town

• One arrested for burglary

• Number of election qualifiers growing

• PSC candidates pound pavement for votes

• Linda Lucille Henley

• Marie Holt Sammons

• Joyce Vernell Tillery

• Myrties W. Edge

• Deer management seminar set for Aug. 9

• Sheriff’s Department Reports for July 9

• Suicide numbers are improving

• New media will highlight the new site

• No level needed, just eyeball it

• Listen to the other side before judging

• ACCESS program to be in all schools by 2009

• Tuesday Night Book Club discusses ‘The Prince of Frogtown’

• World Briefly

• Fringe autism treatment could get federal study

• Iraq presses US on timeline for troop pullout

• Huntingdon Releases Spring 2008 List of Traditional Program Graduates

• Area resident attends Alabama Governor’s School

• Price completes basic combat training

• High fuel prices changing lives

• Some slow, some busy over holiday

• Annexations hang in the balance today

• McCain, Obama duel on economic plans

• Absentee voting deadline near

• Clanton blood drive to be held July 21

• Patterson named new member of American Angus Association

• Atlantic sees first hurricane

• Brooks qualifies for Clanton City Council

• Thank goodness we’re 46th, maybe

• Words just don’t mean what they used to

• Sheriff right to fight for more money

• M4A begins Pen Pal Program for seniors

• Drinking games prove deadly to college students

• Prices for water treatment on the rise

• Concern mounts over Jemison crossings

• County suicides down from last year

• Staying safe in transport

• DHR gets ready for school

• Clanton FD responds to 757 calls

• Marine moms, dads more likely to drop out of boot camp

• Students prepare for graduation exam

• All four cities will have elections

• Divorces for July 6

• Marriage Licenses for July 6

• Land Transactions for July 6

• Police Reports for July 6

• Summer hours will be good for Minooka

• Election races begin

• Council election is important to everyone

• Pleasing the people

• Clanton kids catch reading bugs

• Pilgrim Rest Baptist to celebrate 117th homecoming

• Social lesson over melon

• Four-day work week not coming Clanton’s way

• Vacation Bible School changing with the times in churches

• Two local drives set to help boost O blood types

• Filing extension changing for some business taxpayers in 2008

• Patterson recognized at HOSA nationals

• 'If My people will turn...'

• ‘So Good’

• Fireworks can cause at least second-degree burn

• Minooka planning midnight ride

• Fire marshal reminds everyone to practice safety with fireworks

• Oil hits new record, then backs off

• Ride to benefit YMCA Strong Kids

• Many state fields stay dry, producers hoping for rain

• Like a classic, antique never dies

• Patterson attends HOSA conference

• Bringing history into the Fourth of July

• There’s nothing like the Fourth

• Smoking structure

Thursday, July 3

• Baker qualifies to run for mayor of Clanton

Wednesday, July 2

• Porter announces reelection bid for Clanton City Council