Story archive for October 2008
Saturday, Nov. 1
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
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



