Giving it their all

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

Latest news

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

  1. Scherryl Harrison retires after 25 years as a state prosecutor
  2. OCAP celebrates National Community Action Month
  3. Colley Senior Complex celebrates older Americans month

The Latest

Teachers receive TroyFest ‘dollars’

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

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

  1. Non-renewals will save $300,000  | 1 comment
  2. Rockwell West Baptist hosts May Day
  3. ‘All I ever wanted to do’
  4. ‘We have to educate young people’
  5. ‘It’s kind of like putting a puzzle together’
  6. Sen. Taylor backing tax credits
  7. Speaker motivates older Americans
  8. Kyle Roberson honored for service to American Legion
  9. HONORING OFFICERS
  10. VIDEO and PHOTOS: Law enforcement officers run torch for Special Olympics
  11. Athletes gear up for state Special Olympics
  12. Andre Ellis receives new trial  | 5 comments
  13. STATE CHAMPS
  14. State leaders speak out about IRS debacle
  15. Brundidge in court over landfill next week  | 1 comment
  16. 1,000 athletes to compete in Special Olympics state games  | 1 comment
  17. Pioneer museum receives $12,000 grant
  18. Charles Henderson wins Class 4A state title
  19. Alabama’s First Lady visits county elementary schools
  20. Artist reception tonight at Johnson Center
  21. Rotarians talk hummingbirds
  22. Two charged with fraud in Pike county
  23. ‘Festival at the Well’ celebrates 20 years Saturday
  24. 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

  1. Charles Henderson linebacker receiving interest from SEC schools
  2. Zion Chapel football ends short spring
  3. 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

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