Giving it their all
More than 1,000 athletes participated in the Alabama Special Olympics State Games at Troy University this weekend. Track and field, gymnastics and swimming were three ... Read more
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Mystery illness hospitalizes seven, kills two in southeast Alabama
State health officials are investing a cluster of unidentified respiratory illnesses that have sent seven people to the hospital and left two dead in southeast ... Read more
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Teachers receive TroyFest ‘dollars’
Rob Drinkard, chair of TroyFest 2013, presented check awards Tuesday to the teachers of the winners of the “Best of Show” awards in the 2013 ... Read more
Prayer breakfast Thursday
Southside Baptist Church will host a Business Leaders Prayer Breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursday in the church fellowship hall. The breakfast is designed for business ... Read more
Governor’s proposal to delay tax credits shot down by Legislature
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s executive amendment to delay private school tax credits is a no-go. The House voted against the governor’s proposal 57-10 on Monday ... Read more
Bazzell not pleased with education bill
If the state’s Accountability Act is held up as a true reform movement, then “that’s a bunch of garbage,” said Pike County Superintendent of Education ... Read more | 4 comments
Pike County Lake to reopen summer 2015
Avid fishermen in the area won’t be able to put their poles in at Pike County Public Fishing Lake for the next couple of years, ... Read more
- Non-renewals will save $300,000 | 1 comment
- Rockwell West Baptist hosts May Day
- ‘All I ever wanted to do’
- ‘We have to educate young people’
- ‘It’s kind of like putting a puzzle together’
- Sen. Taylor backing tax credits
- Speaker motivates older Americans
- Kyle Roberson honored for service to American Legion
- HONORING OFFICERS
- VIDEO and PHOTOS: Law enforcement officers run torch for Special Olympics
- Athletes gear up for state Special Olympics
- Andre Ellis receives new trial | 5 comments
- STATE CHAMPS
- State leaders speak out about IRS debacle
- Brundidge in court over landfill next week | 1 comment
- 1,000 athletes to compete in Special Olympics state games | 1 comment
- Pioneer museum receives $12,000 grant
- Charles Henderson wins Class 4A state title
- Alabama’s First Lady visits county elementary schools
- Artist reception tonight at Johnson Center
- Rotarians talk hummingbirds
- Two charged with fraud in Pike county
- ‘Festival at the Well’ celebrates 20 years Saturday
- Fallen heroes
Sports
No. 21 Troy defeats Arkansas State in Sun Belt tournament opener
LAFAYETTE, La. – Levi Tate and Jeremy McGowan combined to pitch 5.2 scoreless innings as No. 21 Troy defeated Arkansas State 3-2 Wednesday afternoon in ... Read more
- Charles Henderson linebacker receiving interest from SEC schools
- Zion Chapel football ends short spring
- Troy not overlooking Arkansas State in tourney opener
Cops, Courts and Fire
Police Reports: Published 5.22
ARRESTS: 5-20-13 Domeka Kekar McKenzie, 36, Hunter’s Mountain Parkway, domestic violence 3rd degree. Stephanie Denise McNair, 31, Hunter’s Mountain Parkway, domestic violence 3rd degree. ... Read more
Lifestyles
Walter Black hosts first solo show
Imagine taking the cover of a manhole and blending it with the soft wood of a balsa tree. Imagine that, and then visualize the art ... Read more
Editorials
Welcome Special Olympians!
The signs have been up for several days now: basketball, track, swimming, golf. This week, volunteers have readied venues and met to prepare for events. ... Read more
Columns & Opinions
The merry month of May
“Mugi, it’s Barbara Allen, not Barbrie Allen,” I would say. She would shake her head and ... Read more
Blogs
Now is the time to help those who’ve lost so much
My husband and I were returning from a trip to visit his family in Montgomery on Christmas night and passed by Brantley Mobile Home Park ... Read more
Letters to the Editor
Are Christians being punished?
It would be uncommon, to say the least, not to have been infuriated by the most recent bombing during the Boston Marathon by terrorists. Yet, ... Read more
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