Story archive for January 2009

Sunday, Feb. 1

• Looking Back

• Land Transactions

Saturday, Jan. 31

• Bill could extend wet/dry provision

• Professional instruction

• Pancake Day enters second half century

• Roper – Burnett

• King seeks sex offenders' screen names

• Snow event fizzles out

• World Briefly

• Cookin' with Kristin

• 3 things you can't miss this week

• How communication is changing

• Current law needs changes

• Super Bowl as American as can be

• Feb. 2

• CIS spelling bee

• IRS giving free help with taxes

• Jemison Middle gets ready to help Relay for Life

• Divorces

• Marriage Licenses

• Veterinary class donates time to animals

• Kids put 'Math in Motion'

• Lawmakers like Web votes for troops

• Speakers to address economic issues

• IRS offers tips to avoid recovery rebate credit confusion

• Church news for Jan. 31

• Before the glow fades

• Workshop focuses on building a better tomorrow with today's youth

• Looking Back

Friday, Jan. 30

• Tigers win season’s last home game

• Devils spoil Sr. night

• Scores

• World Briefly

• Gottfried: No harsh words for Moore or Alabama

• Davis blasts Selma organizers for inviting pastor

• Candidates in state Supreme Court race top $4M

• Former Gov. Guy Hunt dies in Birmingham at 75

• State school systems turn to buyouts for relief

• State lawmakers like Web votes for overseas troops

• Tim James puts $2 million into Ala. governor race

• Jan. 31

• Auburn paying assistant coaches more

• Arkansas snaps skid with 89-80 win over Alabama

• Hazzard's 23 lifts Troy past North Texas 77-69

• Looking Back

• Martin’s new ride could make him Cup contender

Thursday, Jan. 29

• Mustangs shoot past Red Devils

• One lucky lady

• Tigers sneak by Chelsea

• Obama signs bill on equal pay into law

• Adviser for nursing to come Feb. 4

• Scores

• Evangelism rally is Feb. 8

• Gymnasts place high in national meet

• Super spellers

• World Briefly

• Unemployed Alabamians now qualify for additional 13 weeks

• Bright, young minds

• State cannot afford to cut C.I.T.Y.

• Without C.I.T.Y., troubled youth may have nowhere to go

• Lauren Price — Jemison Middle School

• Smitherman shoots ceremonial 1st shot

• Super Bowl will feature many players with state ties

• Jan. 30

• Folsom launches Alabama health initiative

• Alabama counts homeless statewide in down economy

• AP Survey: Ala. lawmakers want driver texting ban

• Tuberville to appear on ESPN for signing day

• Crews to help with ice storms

• ASWA High School Basketball Poll

• Scores

• Looking Back

Wednesday, Jan. 28

• Study shows slowing trend for building

• County Web site still in transition

• Room for improvement

• Riley sends gambling warning letters

• Smile for a Cure pageant to benefit Relay

• Revenue Dept. warns taxpayers of e-mail scam

• Special ed. records to be destroyed

• World Briefly

• Locals steal show at SERA banquet

• Super Bowl dreams for you and me

• Jan. 29

• Feds: NASCAR violated regulations in plane crash

• State prison system embarks on latest land sale

• Wii have problems

• Defined jobs will help commission

• Secondhand smoke needs to go

• Bears sweep three from Isabella

• Study: Alabama pension fund generates 5,800 jobs

• Obama already supporting abortion

• Auburn edges Texas-Pan American 66-63

• Honor Roll

• Looking Back

• County ready to draw more folks

Tuesday, Jan. 27

• Rebels rise above Winterboro

• Scores

• Bama seeks proven head coach to replace Gottfried

• C.I.T.Y. program faces budget cuts

• A dream revealed

• Alabama sheriff loses bid to vacate ruling

• Alabama's unemployment rate 24th in nation

• Important blood drive set for Friday

• Bell tapped for national commitee

• Senator makes 11th try for Alabama smoking ban

• TIP of the hat

• World Briefly

• Good call, commission

• Word in editorial was offensive

• Big league scout to offer instruction at baseball camp

• Figures makes 11th try for Alabama smoking ban

• Gottfried to receive more than $2 million buyout

• Commissioners get job titles

• 'Valentine Cuties' return for 2009

• 2 Ala. Republicans push transparency bills

• Scores

• Hard to find a reason not to hike

• Looking Back

Monday, Jan. 26

• County placed under emergency spending

• YMCA gearing up for spring

• Survey: Voter photo ID no lock to pass

• Auditor: Clanton's in 'great' financial shape

• Weight management classes offered locally

• World Briefly

• United Way announces deadline for state combined campaign

• CBA observes sanctity of life

• Attorney general's investigator resigns after DUI

• Police Reports

• Thorsby gets government right

• Don't touch the grocery tax

• We need a plan that will work

• Manufactured homes are safe

• It's time for action

• Briscoe to play for Jax State

• Players of the Week

• Future hunters enjoy time spent outdoors

• Jan. 27

• Gottfried out as Alabama basketball coach

• Bad match-ups don’t have to turn into blowouts

• Looking Back

• County jobless rate rises in December

• Gas prices rise 19 cents in past month

Sunday, Jan. 25

• LeCroy has touched our lives

• Supreme Court lets COPA die

• Local law enforcement advancing for the better

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 4,232

• New slab placed at famous Chilton County gravesite

• Undoing the damage

• Clanton PD to get digital cameras for patrol cars

Saturday, Jan. 24

• Land transactions for Jan. 25

• Hicks-Holmes

• Knox-Pate

• Earl is 3 years old

• World Briefly

• Maners finds stardom on 'Rick & Bubba'

• Meeks leads Kentucky to win over Alabama

• AP Survey: House, Senate differ on school cuts

• Auburn pulls away for 73-51 win over Arkansas

• Judge refuses to delay state legislator's trial

• State wins round in death penalty case

• State's jobless rate jumps up to 6.7 percent

• State board delays plan to give away cell phones

• Fla., Ala. ask court to halt Lanier withdrawals

• 10 Commandments judge eyes run for governor

• Alabama senators oppose Ledbetter wage bill

• We must share during our economic depression

• Marriage Licenses

• Divorces

• Looking Back

Friday, Jan. 23

• CCA defense clamps down on Calvary

• Patriots can’t catch up with Calvary

• Isabella girls, boys fall at Pickens Co.

• Tigers top Demopolis

• Scores

• One of SEC's top punters leaves Auburn

• Bruton wrong about latest suggestion

• Jan. 24

• Grocery tax up for debate again

• The police learning curve

• Planning for next Peach Festival begins

• Learning more than drafting design

• Are you a complete Christian?

• Church News

• World Briefly

• Sessions keeps committee assignments

• Religion News in Brief

• Looking Back

Thursday, Jan. 22

• Civic Center moving forward

• Billingsley Bear-ly escapes with wins

• Math & science in motion

• Tickets for 'Blast' go on sale

• Thorsby brown bags it with residents

• Merchants report drop in sales

• Residents named to UAB honors list

• Scores

• Aaron and Davis Ratliff — Isabella High School

• World Briefly

• More than a teacher

• Stimulus needs work

• Gambling won't benefit anyone

• Willis move the latest twist in SEC soap opera

• Jan. 23

• Group finds errors in tax returns in state probe

• Saban hires ex-Auburn coach

• Kentucky beats Auburn 73-64 for 4th straight win

• Alabama beats Mississippi 76-73

• Scores

• ASWA basketball poll

• Looking Back

Wednesday, Jan. 21

• County women’s GOP club forms

• White water

• Chili Day to benefit CMC exercise room

• Senior pageant set for this March

• Study: Expect more uninsured motorists by next year

• Clanton Intermediate Honor Roll

• Local residents named to UAB fall honors

• Everybody wants some chili

• Drop out rate needs to change

• Question may finally get answered

• Shelby will provide insight

• Chilton County students compete in state cook-off

• Jury convicts state senator in corruption trial

• State's first black federal judge to step down

• Maplesville grad wins S.C. state championship

• Local NWTF banquet set for Feb. 26

• All things not Australian included here

• Jan. 22

• Steele's injury-marred Tide career over

• Hello, Mr. President

• Locals react to Obama's Inauguration

• City needs help with cemetery

• BOE selects cell provider, makes some buses surplus

• Sen. Shelby to address local residents

• Georgia Pacific employees earn rewards

• Amazing Presidential pageantry

• Time will tell Obama's legacy

• World Briefly

• Skillman honored as Eagle Scout

• Verbena High School honor roll

Tuesday, Jan. 20

• Tough Tiger 'D' not enough

• Wolverines swamp Chilton Co.

• Scores

• Obama's inaugural address

• Reliance on air attacks will serve local teams well

• Looking Back

• Obama takes office, appeals for 'hope over fear'

• Shula back in 'Bama for Senior Bowl

• Scores

• Looking Back

Monday, Jan. 19

• With a resounding voice

• Career/tech center turns 40 Tuesday

• Students discuss nation's new leader

• Local girl gets inauguration invite

• Local serves as post supervisor for today's parade

• Town doesn't ask park board to pay back loan

• Players of the Week

• Confederate Gen. Lee gets his holiday in Alabama

• Rep. Bentley weighs 2010 race for state governor

• State residents mark MLK Day with events, service

• Report proves what hunters have always known

• Jan. 20

• Gambling for education debate rages on

• We should show Obama support

• Jemison Elementary School Honor Roll

• Veteran state senator's trial begins 2nd week

• Alabama Power studying switch to renewable fuels

• Poll finds broad support for gambling in Alabama

• Senior Bowl week in Mobile kicks off Monday

• Many Alabamians head for historic inauguration

Sunday, Jan. 18

• Some Little Debbie products join snack food recall

• Auburn hires Grimes as offensive line coach

• Looking Back

Saturday, Jan. 17

• Crops bounce back in 2008

• Students noticing effects of proration

• JHS helps students look for financial aid

• Cold grips Northeast; South, Midwest get relief

• Waiting for a (chance to) sign

• Waller shoots Auburn past Alabama

• Tide to hold annual spring football game April 18

• Tebow returns to rule conference once again

• Stayin’ loose

• Tuesday Night Book Club holds meeting

• Knox – Pate

• Rowland – Norman

• Beck – Holcomb

• Smith turns 9

• Land Transactions

• Blast will be outstanding as usual

• We must protect our children

• Young man should be commended

• Advertiser aids Habitat’s efforts

• CCA girls win last two conference games

• God cares in our economic depression

• Men's breakfast, rally 8 days away

• Looking Back

• Marriage Licenses

Friday, Jan. 16

• Bears swat Red Devils in area contests

• Scores

• Brrr, y'all: Temps startle South, blanket the East

• Space station visible over next few nights

• Isabella team to compete in EnviroBowl Competition

• Cast Away...

• Hot seat

• World Briefly

• Seventh Annual Dr. King Parade is Monday afternoon

• Clanton Middle School Honor Roll

• Judge rules for lawmakers in dispute with governor

• Food prices climb higher in state

• Tide, Tigers both hoping to rebound

• NASCAR latest: surprising move, new sponsor

• Georgia native identified as crash victim

• Church News

• Religion News in Brief

• Jemison High School Honor Roll

• Alabama's unemployed to get help on state holidays

• Looking Back

Thursday, Jan. 15

• Mustangs protect home turf

• Scores

• Tide's Steele to miss multiple games

• Mississippi State will find a way again

• Jan. 16

• Jemison woman faces charges of credit card fraud

• Chamber of Commerce names new officers

• Peach production meeting is next Thursday

• Child abuse growing in Chilton County

• World Briefly

• Playing it by ear

• State gives late taxpayers a break this year

• Setting the record straight

• NIE Student of the Week

• Man killed in rollover wreck

• State commissioner: State prisons overcrowded

• State to waive penalties for clearing up taxes

• Legislators cut off Medicaid budget hearing

• DA closes probe of state environmental chief

• Kellogg pulls crackers over salmonella concerns

• Head of state county commissioners retiring

• ASWA basketball poll

• Scores

• Calathes leads Florida past Auburn 68-65

• Mississippi St. beats Alabama 83-74

• Looking Back

Wednesday, Jan. 14

• Sessions: Deficits hurting economy

• Calfee’s funeral set for Friday

• Shivery digits

• Dy competing in state Junior Miss

• US court nixes state sex offender's registration

• Report: Divide teaching profession into levels

• US Supreme Court asked to halt Alabama execution

• Tim James names 2 to campaign for governor

• State delegation split 3-4 on child health vote

• Habitat aims to house local families in need

• CCHS group collects socks for special gifts at Christmas

• World Briefly

• Ousley gets off to great start in 2009

• Top major league moves this winter

• Jan. 15

• Joining a team

• Escapee’s story has bad ending

• Sheriffs look to change jail food law

• Jax State's Ryan Perrilloux to bypass NFL draft

• Arctic blast headed for state

• Riley to receive suggestions on improving teaching

• Agent: Investor mutters "die" as run from law ends

• King Collection index now online for public

• State educators seek budget increase despite woes

• Looking Back

Tuesday, Jan. 13

• CCHS splits first home meet of season

• Isabella girls get back on track

• Scores

• Chamber banquet is tomorrow

• Trees in the skyline

• No shortage of deer locally for hunters

• Maplesville council working on finances

• Get involved in the community

• Courthouse growing nowhere

• Txtin no 4 me

• Online Reader Feedback

• Steele injury could keep him from Miss. State game

• Murphy finally cleared to play for Alabama

• Football focus will turn from ground to air

• Bears take two from Jemison

• State Democratic Party recommends US attorneys

• AU's Chaz Ramsey still in limbo after back surgery

• Former fire chief killed in Tuscaloosa County wreck

• State school board to seek increase in budget

• Scores

• Looking Back

Monday, Jan. 12

• Courthouse needs fire alarm system

• 2 arrested for burglary ring

• VFW latest to be hit in vandalism spree

• Council OKs rule changes for Clanton FD

• Relay hopes to raise $201k in ‘09

• Police Reports

• Make good decisions now or pay later

• Don’t be left out in the cold this week

• Big cuts loom for schools if nothing is done

• Water Department, ALDOT repair HIghway 31 water leak

• Workshop for financial aid is Thursday

• State schools, colleges could see $1B in cuts

• Players of the Week

• Rocker to return to Auburn as assistant coach

• Making sense of scents

• Jan. 13

• Alabamians brace for bone-chilling weather

• Price of gas across state up 10 cents since Dec.

• State unemployment tax records on Internet

Sunday, Jan. 11

• Pate – Dearman

• Arthurs to celebrate 50th

• More than just losing weight

• Land Transactions

Saturday, Jan. 10

• Tigers times two

• Coleman leads Houston to 75-56 win over UAB

• Scores

• South Carolina knocks off Auburn 68-56

• Jan. 12

• Looking Back

• The Advertiser fulfills all your tournament needs

• Reaching a milestone

• More people getting food stamps

• Gas prices stay volatile to start 2009

• Kickoff for Relay for Life to be Monday

• IRS gives steps to help financially distressed

• When it wasn’t so dry

• Now is the right time to be recycling

• Doctors should give more medications

• Turkey management seminar set for Feb. 7

• Documentation for unemployment benefits available on Internet

• 3 things you can’t miss this week

• World Briefly

• Suit filed to challenge access law

• Church News

• Looking Back

Friday, Jan. 9

• Rebels, Lady Tigers into final round

• State Supreme Court reverses abortion case ruling

• Scores

• Barkley to take leave of absence

• Mims: County money to be tight

• TVA: Leaky pipe to blame for accident

• Parker: Demand drives energy costs up

• Dr. King Parade 9 days away

• Y-extreme Cheer team competes at BJCC

• Divorces

• Marriage Licenses

• Barack Obama: Our president

• New Year’s services set for Sunday morning

• Driving safer in the new year can save gas

• Man sues to change judge requirements

• Tide's Coffee to skip senior season

• Offseason moving and shaking continues

• Lawsuit challenges state ballot access law

• Judge to rule quickly in suit over state budget

• Clemson hires Steele

• Chizik targets recruiting positions

• AP Top 25: Gators are No. 1, Utes surge to No. 2

• Religion News in Brief

• Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states

• Judge hearing suit against Riley

• Sloppy, choppy game leaves Florida as BCS champion

• Looking Back

Thursday, Jan. 8

• Rebels begin title defense

• Red Devils no match for CCHS this time

• Scores

• Tigers streaking into SEC play

• Tornado warning bill reintroduced

• Thorsby installs new phone system

• CMC Chili Day to raise money for seniors' exercise room

• Energizers announce winners

• World Briefly

• Former Alabama first lady Cornelia Wallace dies

• Restaurant scores

• YMCA to have signups for spring

• Improving Gators will win the East

• Hunting is a good sport for families

• How to turn in at The Clanton Advertiser

• Are you ready for the switch?

• Alabama hosts industry recruitment in Mexico

• Committee OKs pact to expand Internet coverage

• Ivey taking steps to run for governor

• State NAACP head objects to inaugural parade group

• Allstate customers receive money back for safe driving

• Scores

• ASWA high school basketball poll

• Looking Back

Wednesday, Jan. 7

• CCHS win sets up second semifinal

• 3 Panthers dominate scoring in Jemison win

• Viewers prepare for DTV switch

• Sun returns to Chilton sky

• Church offering Upward Soccer

• Deaths on roads drop 17 percent

• TVA ratepayers may be stuck with ash cleanup bill

• Timber taxation tips seminar set for Jan. 27

• Fire service leaders issue call for working smoke alarms

• Be careful during planting season

• Campaign signs need to go

• I should have read my own columns

• Solution needed for overseas voters

• Deaths on Alabama's rural roads drop 17 percent

• Roof recalls physical Auburn teams in playing days

• 3 football signees enroll early at Alabama

• Breaking down the national championship game

• Heavy rain causing flooding across South

• Study: State needs to do more for English learners

• Alabama Power opens spillways at dams

• State forensics cutting out hauling bodies

• IRS offers programs to help struggling taxpayers

• Jan. 8

• Spillway gates open at Coosa River dams

• State's tax collections down in FY2009

• State retail survey finds many down in sales

• Scores

• Looking Back

Tuesday, Jan. 6

• Jemison City Hall gets new metal roof

• Busy, busy at libraries

• Whooping cranes stalled in Clanton

• SKYPE computer now working

• Auburn names Roof defensive coordinator

• Who's No. 1? Title game may not tell

• Gridiron grandeur: SEC makes its case for No. 1

• Flu vaccine clinic set for Friday

• Maplesville’s Little awarded Dr. Lemak Scholarship

• Banks see loan market slowing

• World Briefly

• A couple of saving tips to think about

• ‘08 provided strange stories

• Don’t drive too fast in the rain

• You didn’t have to steal it

• Do equal ‘remembering’

• State food stamp rolls grow by 65,000 in year

• Jan. 7

• Auburn treads a precarious path

• Auburn defensive back Powers opts for NFL draft

• Attorney General proposes crime fighting bills

• County tournament games cancelled

• Study: 16 states don't give overseas voters time

• PSC approves plan for APC to cut air conditioning

• Looking Back

Monday, Jan. 5

• Maplesville girls, boys open with wins

• Scores

• Bowhunters group enlisted to help Oak Mtn. park

• Jan. 6

• Lights out on Jemison's streets

• Project SHARE lends a hand

• Severe weather possible today

• Thorsby cuts back in December

• Jemison changes second meeting time

• World Briefly

• Fewer than 1 in 10 gives blood

• Chilton County welcomes Relay for Life

• Police Reports

• Where was Atlantis? A little east of Selma

• There's only one way to go now

• Now, we can all get help with that resolution

• Comments need to be removed

• Why did you rob the church?

• Alabamians spending less, except for alcohol

• Ohio company chosen for state broadband project

• Ford's US sales drop 32 percent in December

• 5 die on Ala. roads over New Year's holiday

• Area under slight risk of severe weather Tuesday

Sunday, Jan. 4

• Auburn names Boulware special teams coach

• 'Bama All-America tackle Smith to enter NFL draft

• Scores

• Looking Back

Saturday, Jan. 3

• Car business looking up

• Conway holds high ranking in Air Force ROTC

• Two local cemeteries added to state historic register

• Education Trust Fund falls 12.6 percent

• Obama: Country needs economic stimulus plan

• Land transactions for Jan. 4

• A day of celebration

• Are things looking up in the car lot?

• Preserving our roots is important

• We must recognize Palestinians as humans

• Filgo-Shanks

• Smitherman-Rigsby

• LeCroy-Gray

• Stallworth turning 1

• Graham is 6

• Witnessing history

• Crackle and pop: Sounds of a fireplace

• World Briefly

• Dynasty vs. parity

• How college football’s mighty can fall

Friday, Jan. 2

• Jan. 5

• Tide crashes hard in Sugar Bowl

• Scores

• Auburn names running backs coach

• Tree chilling slows over holidays

• Relay for Life turns 25 in 2009

• Church’s services going ‘old school’

• State gets drier, region’s drought improves

• Syrup soppin time in Stanton

• World Briefly

• Who is this? California couples getting Ala. calls

• Former Gov. Hunt transferred to nursing facility

• Church News

• For better or worse: In football and life

• New Year’s services set for Sunday morning

• Marriage Licenses

• Coaching drama never gets old

• Jan. 3

• Looking Back

• Religion News in Brief

Thursday, Jan. 1

• 'Bama seniors hoping to go out with sweet win

• Terry Bowden returns to football at North Alabama

• Johnson, Wright live walk-on dream at Sugar Bowl

• Tide's ride tops state sports stories

• What lies ahead for the next year

• Things to check to start 2009

• Church to discuss book of Revelation

• The ultimate resolution

• 2009 can be different if we work together

• Mike Hubbard to run again for state GOP chairman