Story archive for October 2008

Saturday, Nov. 1

• Divorces

• Marriage Licenses

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

Friday, Oct. 31

• Bears run over DCHS

• Today on the presidential campaign trail

• AP News in Brief

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

Thursday, Oct. 30

• 2 arrested for manufacturing meth

• Dr. Jani moving into new office

• Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday

• School cut confirms funding fears for administrators

• Too 'boo-tiful' for drugs

• Chalk it up for being drug free

• Our Halloween customs: Where are they from?

• CMC holding Trunk-or-Treat tonight

• Student of the Week

• CMS Science Club learns about wildlife

• Comments have stirred up interest

• Red Ribbon Week a big success

• Bulldogs say goodbye – maybe

• Final week’s games needed to decide some regions

• Oct. 31

• Trimble can't take office Monday

• Answers to frequent questions about Ala. election

• Today on the presidential campaign trail

• Obama using popularity for down-ballot Democrats

• McCain, GOP gain ground on Obama ads in key states

Wednesday, Oct. 29

• Sheriff wants to validate jail store

• Sniffing for drugs

• TFD gets grant for extrication tool

• Police ask ghost, goblins to be safe

• A last-chance thank you for veterans

• Restoration planned for Mullins Cemetery

• FOP accepting applications for Operation Santa Claus

• Local young lady competes for the Miss Jr. Teen Birmingham Title

• Honor roll

• Economics don’t have to ruin holidays

• We’ve got this election covered

• Auburn, Ole Miss need win in worst way

• Crimson Tide focused on improvement

• Top candidates for an all-sports country

• Mailed marijuana lands Dothan residents in jail

• ASWA prep football rankings

• Looking Back

• Fishing Report

Tuesday, Oct. 28

• Absentee deadline is tomorrow

• State hits 3 million voters

• Theft investigation nets meth bust

• McCain wins vote of CIS

• I’m getting ballot fatigue

• Election Day as a holiday

• Dismissal of suit is good news

• Something to consider

• World Briefly

• Reduce exposure to lead, especially among young children

• Meaningful games remain

• Jemison jobbed by new tiebreaker

• YMCA gears up for Halloween festival Thursday

• Suit against commission dismissed

• Honor Roll

• Obama gets a different kind of chilly reception

• McCain targets rural Pennsylvania

• Elderly Dothan man dies in house fire

• Teens charged in rock throwing incident

• 66-year-old man dies in trailer fire

• Big kids enjoy Halloween, too

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

Monday, Oct. 27

• Fire marshal to investigate blaze

• Man found dead in trailer

• Which bridge to cross?

• County to revamp its Web site

• Council awards bid to build road near Peach Water Tower

• State sets voter registration record in '08

• Justice Department sues City of Calera over new voting districts

• Deadline for SBA loans is Nov. 21

• Police reports for Oct. 28

• County needs new bridges

• News briefs for Oct. 28

• Teen pregnancies in Alabama increase in '07

• Players of the Week

• Keep Halloween bashes from turning into crashes

• Clanton Middle turns in perfect season

• Outdoors-Woman workshop an escape for many

• Alabamians brace for frosty weather

Sunday, Oct. 26

• House burns in Enterprise

• Looking Back

• Fishing Report

Saturday, Oct. 25

• No. 2 Alabama cruises to 29-9 win over Tennessee

• In area football, it’s the year of the coach

• Jemison PD buys new bulletproof vests

• Paying tribute

• Peaches not feelin’ the chillin’

• Radio ad heats up Court race

• No change in drought status

• JES celebrates Red Ribbon Week

• YMCA holding student art contest

• Applications for CAEC’s Bright Ideas grant being accepted

• Land Transactions

• Help keep Halloween safe, fun

• Others still need our help

• Obama not the man for the job

• Luce-Collins

• Lister-Barton

• Vaughns celebrate 50th anniversary

• Living after flames

• Honor rolls

• CCHS’s winning streak ends at 3

• Dawgs grow up

• Mustangs scale Shades Mtn.

• Jemison gets a-Holt of Ironmen

• Hale rains on Rebels

• Devils no match for Holy Spirit

• Looking Back

• Fishing Report

Friday, Oct. 24

• IRS still holding 42 local checks

• Bears win seventh game, most since 2003

• Verbena knocked out of playoff

• High school football scores

• Jemison Police make beer bust

• Political parties ready legal teams

• 23rd annual food drive underway

• Student found hanging in restroom

• Verbena Annex to hold play

• Group has quilt fundraiser

• God is able to guard your ministry

• Pleasant Hill Baptist Church to pack the pews Sunday

• Divorces

• Marriage Licenses

• County YMCA gymnasts finish 1-2-3 at Anniston meet

• Johnson will turn first trifecta since ‘70s

• White, Devine lead WVa past Auburn

• Thursday's high school football scores

• Jemison, Isabella fall short of state tournament

• Fishing Report

• Oct. 24

• Looking Back

Thursday, Oct. 23

• You can’t give too much

• Annual lake cleanup set for tomorrow

• Voting by blacks up in South

• Red Ribbon Week begins

• Truck passing when 7 killed

• Isabella holds fall festival event

• Blue Regiment wins big at competitions

• An inspiration to give

• Do your part to clean up

• Student of the Week

• High School Football Preview

• High School Football Region Standings

• Fired AU coordinator considers consulting biz

• Ken Stabler acquitted in DUI case in Alabama

Wednesday, Oct. 22

• The power of addictions

• DeJarnett contests city election

• Training school burns

• 9 arrested in month-long case

• Clanton: Tell the fifth cat to scat

• Paws in the Park Adopt-a-Thon off to a lucky start

• Heritage Church honors Collum

• Clements is finalist for Troy homecoming queen

• Top reasons to watch the World Series

• J-HOP needs new bleachers

• Amendment to limit cats needed

• World Briefly

• Oct. 23

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Tigers, Mountaineers struggling for respect, wins

• Vickers docked points, Hamlin fined $100,000

• Alabama Notebook

• CoT now Car of Today for forseeable future

• Petty Enterprises pushing on despite merger talk

• Chase Capsules

• 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings

• Auto Racing Glance

• Tennessee gains confidence before facing Alabama

• ASWA prep football rankings

Tuesday, Oct. 21

• Friday is last day to register

• JHS seeks to improve stadium

• Officials give reminder about fire safety

• Thorsby School to have carnival

• Devils junior varsity outruns CCHS

• Sheriff's Department Reports

• Winner

• Local High School Football Statistical Leaders

• CCHS Class of 1944 holds reunion

• Mtn. Creek celebrates century

• Terrific team

• ‘Bama loss wouldn’t be end of the world

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Mulberry Baptist celebrates 190th

• Recovery is a slow process

• Deadline looms

• Fall fests are safe alternatives

• Bowers: a faithful colleague, friend

• Arrest made in Alabama church fire

• Alabama picked to win West, Tennessee to win conference

• Auburn's Bynes settling into starting role

• Pastor, Alabama prisons settle suit on inmate voting

• Regions Financial's 3Q profit falls 80 percent

• McCain says his campaign is focused on the economy

• Two big accounting firms chosen for rescue program

• Investigators seeking clues in Pine Level shooting

• Stylebook reflects society

Monday, Oct. 20

• Obama leaving campaign trail to visit grandmother

• City, town councils take little action

• Tuberville blasts rumors about health, job status

• Musclebound Chapman replaces Cody for 'Bama

• CMC brings in new staff, attitude

• Among the best

• World Briefly

• Police Reports

• Police Reports for Aug. 24

• Only you can prevent house fires

• The less interference, the better

• SAR honors Jonathan Clower, Revolutionary War Veteran

• Bernier is No. 2 wakeboarder in nation

• Players of the Week

• Outdoors-Woman workshop an escape for many

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Cody to miss at least 2 weeks for Alabama

• SEC honors Moreno, Berry, Upson

• Isabella, Jemison advance in postseason play

Sunday, Oct. 19

• Jimmie Johnson dominates again at Martinsville

• 'Bama No. 2 in first BCS standings

• Tuberville hasn't settled on No. 2 QB

• Chiefs QB Croyle out for season

• ESPN to air Alabama-Tennessee game

• NASCAR official found dead in hotel room

• 'Bama trying to correct second-half letdowns

• Troy holds off Fla. International 33-23

• No one home in fire Saturday night

• Officials defend registration checks

• Bands to take field Monday

• Some rules change for hunting

• Swedish Fest

• Red Cross helps hundreds in 07-08

• House passes landmark legislation for arthritis

• Land Transactions

• Traveler’s guide to Washington

• It is now time to prepare

• Ellison finishes recruit training

Saturday, Oct. 18

• Spearman joins Marine Corps

• The good, the bad and the fake

• In bad times, people shold onto little luxuries

• Hand - Martin

• Smitherman - Cox

• Miller is 1

• Advertiser to have Trick or Treat page

• World Briefly

• Alabama's late stand stops Ole Miss, 24-20

• 3 things you can't miss this week

• Not just one of the guys

• Marriage Licenses

• County jobless rate inches upward

• CCHS punches playoff ticket

• Panthers can’t claim region

• Host Maplesville KOs A.L. Johnson

• Billingsley wins critical Class 1A, Region 3 contest

• Devils dominate Donoho

• Friday's high school football scores

• Threatening scam surfaces in county

Friday, Oct. 17

• Halftime cheer

• CCHS students accepted to attend state council workshop

• Isabella tramples Thorsby

• Divorces

• God is able to meet your material needs

• Bus seat belt study hits some bumps

• AEMA unveils new Web site

• Deputy: Body found is missing elderly Selma woman

• Religion Briefs

• Seniors, disabled citizens may get property tax exemption

• Scandinavian to sing at Swedish Fest

• Companies reflect poorly on their namesakes

• Oct. 18

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Learning about God in the midst of a storm

• Alabama-Ole Miss has flying shoes, big finishes

• Thursday's high school football scores

• State jobless rate climbs in Sept. to 5.3 percent

• Festival to affect traffic Saturday

• CCHS class holding 60-year reunion

• Keeping the holiday flames at bay

Thursday, Oct. 16

• Adopt-A-Thon to be held Saturday

• Authority honors three members

• County Red Cross announces winners from recent events

• Induction

• Curves helps women exercise good breast health

• Grand Opening

• Old Adair site needs a facelift

• Restaurant Scores

• Keeping students in the light

• Remembering a special friend

• Needed moisture welcomed

• Hoover swamps Chilton County JV

• High School Football Preview

• Panthers can clinch region title with win

• High School Football Region Standings

• Oct. 17

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• FCC buys NASCAR ads to publicize digital TV

• Checkered future for NASCAR as economy downshifts

• Auburn's Blackmon out for season with wrist injury

• Tide-Rebels features top QB protectors

• NASCAR Drivers Glance

• Alabama senator selected for Toll Fellowship

• Birmingham man killed in train derailment

• Ag commissioner issues alert about Chinese cookies

• Thefts hamper Selma's butterfly project

• Retired Ala. prep football coach dies in accident

Wednesday, Oct. 15

• Jemison vehicle vandals still at large

• Hoax causes school lockdown

• Isabella fire department gets new truck, extrication tool

• Traffic change

• Colleges get FEMA funding

• Pick 'em

• Back in the game

• School bus seat belts a possibility

• My experience in Air Force

• Oct. 16

• Fishing Report

• Unnoticed Alabama hero

• Rhoads had success against W. Va.

• Top things, unfair things about this October

• Gottfried: Steele looks good

• Lebo taking wait and see approach

• Machine demonstration set for Oct. 31

• Absentee application deadline is Oct. 30

• Advertiser visits

• JMS court

• Joy to Life Foundation offers 'Fight Breast Cancer' tags

• Swedish Fest winners announced

• How to prune that beautiful Clematis

• Deavers turns 1

• AU's Rhoads had success against WVA last time

• Alabama Notebook

• Gordon, Kenseth searching for wins

• Chase for the Sprint Cup championship capsules

• Auto Racing Glance

• AAA: Gasoline prices continue to tumble

• Govt wants kids to buckle up on small school buses

• 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings

• 1 dies, another hurt in Ala. wreck on I-65

Tuesday, Oct. 14

• Panthers assault area tournament foes

• Gardner honored by SouthernLinc

• Auburn to host West Virginia in '09

• Tuberville: Auburn QB job is Burns' to lose

• Mustangs think pink for reasons other than fashion

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Career/tech in action

• New playground not ready

• Tickets dismissed for Barron

• Sheriff's Department reports for Oct. 15

• Are necessities really necessities?

• ATL needs an attitude adjustment

• Barron's back in the news

• I believe in hope, not hate in '08

• Two juveniles caught after escape

• Local pharmacy places high in blood drive challenge

• Gov't makes it easier to be healthy

Monday, Oct. 13

• Mustangs make it 11 straight

• Players of the Week

• Sweet senior night for Hoffmeyer

• No. 2 'Bama happy to stand pat

• Alabama coast event is for the birds

• Oct. 14

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Thorsby mayor to resign today

• Maplesville council honors longtime mayor, council member Hayes

• JPD investigates vehicle break-ins

• Commission awards several bids

• Senator challenges ticket's legality

• Clanton to replace 8th Street bridge

• State fair champs

• Police Reports

• Reserves help law enforcement

• Stick to the issues

• All offices need to update

• Where's the coverage

• SEC honors Smith, Spikes, Munnerlyn

Sunday, Oct. 12

• History-making Alabama women seek PSC presidency

• Tigers still seeking QB to turn season around

• Associated Press Top 25

• Sessions, Figures wage low-key Senate race

• Burton wins at Lowe's to move up in standings

• Smith, Arkansas upset No. 20 Auburn 25-22

Saturday, Oct. 11

• Ready for class

• Message of new health guidelines: Get physical

• Champions move into Habitat home

• State settles suits against drug companies

• Chilton Animal Rescue to host Adopt-a-Thon

• News briefs for Oct. 12

• Verbena FCCLA names new class officers

• Land transactions for Oct. 12

• It's the thought that counts

• Jeff State will be great

• Consider a pressing need

• For Boy Scouts, preparation includes finances

• The rhythm of the road and the song of the soul

• Same cast, different ending

• Isabella celebrates volleyball history

• Marbury ain’t afraid of no jinx

• Oct. 13

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• A new century, a new vision

• Clanton featured in state brochure

• CCHS picks off Saints en route to second straight win

• Marbury squeezes past Montevallo

• ‘Stangs return to winning script

• Devils can’t stay with Talladega Co. Centra

• Maplesville offense comes alive

• Billingsley clinches playoff berth

Friday, Oct. 10

• State High School Football Scores

• Kyle Busch cruises to 20th NASCAR win of season

• Overall leader needs an advantage

• Oct. 11

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Drought conditions stay the same

• Felon voting suit by ACLU dismissed

• Tour bus stops in Clanton

• Marriage Licenses

• Divorces

• God is able to give you courage

• Sis. McCoy to be honored Sunday

• CCHS defeats Selma

• Harvick snarky after dustup with Edwards

• AU, Arkansas trying to get going

• Keenum leads Houston to 45-20 win over UAB

• Thursday's high school football scores

• Gas prices continue to fall across state

Thursday, Oct. 9

• Mustangs are county’s first JV champs

• High School Football Preview

• LeCroy invites all to open house

• Arthritis Walk nets $20,000

• School's fall break cut short

• Alabama 2-Year system completes background checks

• Historical society to meet Sunday

• Trophy truck

• Restaurant Scores

• Waiting for a signal

• Things will turn around

• Government has no responsibility

• We must squeak louder

• Community Briefs

• Fights for playoff spots become desperate

• High School Football Region Standings

• Oct. 10

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Ensminger to run AU offense rest of season

• PSC only raises utility rates

Wednesday, Oct. 8

• Competitiveness defines county

• Safety: One size fits all

• Flu shots haven’t arrived yet

• Registration continues today

• Severe weather in Southeast damages homes, cars

• 2 schools to charge for transcripts

• Isabella to celebrate homecoming

• Church still taking donations for drive

• Community Briefs

• Phrase turns out to be true

• New leaders need our support

• The sweet scent of tea olives

• World Briefly

• Vandy proves me wrong

• Auburn fires Franklin amid offensive struggles

• Truex looking for wins, stability at DEI

• Oct. 9

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• CBS to televise Mississippi-Alabama game

• Inmate found dead in Shelby County

• Talladega win has Stewart thinking 2 in a row

• Glance at the 12 drivers in the Chase for the Cup

• Alabama Notebook

• 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings

• Auto Racing Glance

• Troy upends Florida Atlantic

• ASWA prep football rankings

Tuesday, Oct. 7

• Hilyer beats Bentley

• Dedication planned for grave of soldier

• 'Sweet Home Alabama' gets new car tags

• Tigers honor seniors, fall to Bulldogs

• Mini-term registration is Thursday

• Local High School Football Statistical Leaders

• Ousley, Davis, DeLoach win at Tree Farm

• Sheriff's Department Reports

• Davenport honored by SouthernLinc

• County Commission changes budgeting techniques

• New feature doesn't do much for me

• Lady Hawks roll past in-state rival Judson, 3-0

• Getting up to speed

• New billboard is very sacrilegious

• Auburn offense switches gears in practice

• 'Bama's Coffee, Cody added to awards watch list

• Looking beyond the obvious

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Municipal Election results

• Advertiser Book Sale to be Saturday

• Calera police investigate homicide

• PSC approves higher Alabama Power rates

Monday, Oct. 6

• Tax collector launches new site

• Jemison to offer more payment options

• United Way surpasses halfway point in fundraising

• Truck strikes power pole

• APCO seeks increase for fuel costs

• Polls open today for elections

• Thorsby Council will meet Oct. 13

• JMS homecoming court named

• Clanton Police reports for Oct. 7

• Mustangs spoil senior night

• Basic rights again trampled on by politics

• Players of the Week

• Worst is likely yet to come

• In The Pits: Yellow line is always out of bounds

• Hunting a rifle before hunting deer

• Oct. 7

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Bama's Greenwood honored by SEC

• Montevallo man dies in ATV accident

• Hamlin released from hospital day after hard wreck

• Thorsby council meeting canceled

Sunday, Oct. 5

• Stewart wins at Talladega

• Hamlin taken to hospital after hard wreck

• Associated Press Top 25

• State voters to decide 2 rainy day funds

• Aftershocks of financial crisis felt in state

Saturday, Oct. 4

• Chilton's champion tree

• Turnout for runoff hard to gauge

• Governor's list bars vote to shoplifters

• Arthritis Walk a big hit

• Don't be caught unprepared

• Jemison to meet Monday

• Kiwanis select officers

• Land Transactions

• Support NIE through book sale

• Let your voice be heard

• 3 things you can’t miss this week

• Robinsons to celebrate 70th anniversary

• Farris – Bearden

• Baxley – McGough

• Porter turns 8

• Getting rid of winter weeds

• QB Adams rallies Vandy to win, 1st 5-0 start since 1943

• Coffee runs No. 2 Alabama past Kentucky, 17-14

• NASCAR Sprint Cup-Energy 500 Lineup

• Kvapil puts Yates on pole, DEI also strong

• No reason to panic for CCHS, Maplesville fans

• Oct. 6

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Hollon celebrates 40 years of service

• 121 compete for Swedish Fest crowns

• Going in service

• GOP bus tour comes to Chilton

• Probate judge gives notice of general election

• Two blood drives coming up in Chilton County

• New Brochure

• Marriage Licenses

• He is able to keep you from falling

• Morning Star presents Mission Day Celebration

• Marbury couple to be on CMT

• Arthritis Walk set for today

• Church news

• Chilton Co. breaks into win column

• Devils can't stop Pats' attack

• Panthers rebound from first loss of season

• Fourth-quarter rally lifts Marbury over Comer

• Bears victorious on homecoming

• Thorsby can’t keep up with Vincent’s offensive machine

• Final Verbena push comes up short

• Isabella falls at Pickens Co.

• Alabama Prep Scores

• Rusty-to-DEI rumor can’t be dismissed

Friday, Oct. 3

• Oct. 4

• Fishing Report

• CCHS gets first win

• Alabama Prep Scores

• Auburn confident defense can shut down Vandy

• Wells Fargo acquiring Wachovia for $15.1 billion

Thursday, Oct. 2

• BOE awards bid on new school

• Working through the pain

• Parade to close streets in Clanton

• Judge: Parties get free copies of voter list

• Moderate drought returns

• Restaurant scores for Oct. 3

• We've come a long way in 100 years

• The last minute is now here

• MHS Band is impressive

• News briefs for Oct. 3

• Harvest pushes forward during dry week

• Cotillion expansion plans include Chilton

• High School Football Preview

• Bears overcome service errors, win in 3

• Race fans advised to fill up before trip

• Maplesville-Linden is the game of the week

• High School Football Region Standings

• Oct. 3

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Alabama's Wilson efficient in guiding offense

• Region Standings

Wednesday, Oct. 1

• County sees drier weather in September

• Water Department garners award

• Special election to determine fate of tax offices

• Clanton teacher receives $1,000 grant

• Absentee ballot deadline is Thursday

• ‘Cats present first letdown opportunity for Tide

• 4 schools celebrate homecoming

• Tigers look to get on track

• Getting an enlightening e-mail response

• Homecomings galore this week

• Arthritis relief worth walking for

• Clanton's gas is the highest

• Commenting is becoming chatting

• Old-style 'Bama back in title picture

• Top teams not to believe in

• Billingsley tops St. Jude

• Oct. 2

• Fishing Report

• Looking Back

• Chase Capsules

• Earnhardt tries to gain ground in Chase

• Economy, learning curve hurting open-wheel drivers

• Auburn Notebook

• Newman hoping to end Penske run on high note

• 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup schedule and standings

• Auto Racing Glance

• ASWA prep football rankings