Story archive for July 2001

Wednesday, Aug. 1

• Brock Nutter's Last Stand

• Evelyn Floyd

• Upgrades needed for TSU football facilities

Tuesday, July 31

• Waffle House to locate in Troy

• Forestry Economic Summit

• Blakeney hopes to keep team motivated during D-1 transition season

• Training schedule perfected for

• Post 210 ends Troy's title run

• Deshawne J. Brown

Sunday, July 29

• Sims goes the distance in Troy win

• Braves rock Pirates 10-0 in Troy Amateur Baseball League play

• Roy Poole's Trucking is back in town

• Lila S. Lewis

• TCC sponsors Junior Golf Tournament

• Residents urged avoid mosquito bites

• City of Troy spraying daily

• All Pike schools

• Troy's seventh inning rally falls short against Post 12, rematch set for today

• Local man killed while collecting garbage

Friday, July 27

• Is prescribed burning a good idea?

• Parents need to register kindergarten students before first day of school

• Maggie Lee Harris Jackson

• Senior Legion team pounds Enterprise 12-2 to open district

• Pike County Junior Miss

• Look who popped up in Troy

• Troy Juniors hold on for win at state

• Troy comes back with 7-0 win over Oxford

• Program helps students

Thursday, July 26

• Computer virus preys on private documents

• Regions Bank to relocate branches

• Loss of three seniors has TSU's Maestri looking to junior college recruits early

• Bulldogs start season at No. 7 in Class 3A

• Legislators are prohibited

• Catch the 'act' in Brundidge

• Tags to help yield 'bumper' crop

• DeShawn Brown

• Town of Banks seeks approval

• Post 70 opens state tournament today

Wednesday, July 25

• Key concerned about

• Troy opens with loss to Fairhope

• Hawks' Phillips hired by Troy State

• 'Conecuh People' to take stage at TSU

• Red Sox splits pair of games

• Concerns voiced over road closure

• Tiger Sharks head to state

• Joanne Knotts

Tuesday, July 24

• Reading improves at TES

• Road closure tops concerns

• TSU Alabama High School Art

• School-to-Career Partnership

• Frances Nunnelee Ray

• Troy topples Foley, advances to state

• CHHS's Miller, Goshen's Rogers compete

Sunday, July 22

• Louise Herbert Dean

• TSU holds event to help visually impaired students

• Pike Co. jobless rate down from last year

• National team gets contributions from all players

• Pike Co. Board of Education approves personnel changes

• Pike County March of Dimes to hold

• Local scouts attend national jamboree

• Nationals are State Bound

• Troy derby champions travel to Debytown

Friday, July 20

• Enterprise ends Troy's hopes of state repeat

• Lunsford urges Troy

• Tuition rising faster at

• Litter bugs post roadside 'billboards'

• Post 70 Junior Legion one win away from state

Thursday, July 19

• Give deer credit for surviving

• First of tax refunds to be mailed next week

• Timber owners to get the ax?

• Minors head to title game

• #036;1.8 mill grant approved

• Linda Ingram appointed superintendent

• Meadows still struggling

• Post 70 stays in winners bracket with two wins

• Carrie Lee Stewart

Wednesday, July 18

• Employees at Senior Center

• CHHS Sports Booster Club wants you!

• Faye Sovie

• Troy avenges loss with 10-0 blanking

• Students given tool to fight school violence

• Dr. John Brannon finds home

• Teal pitches Nationals to win

Tuesday, July 17

• Troy Junior Legion hosts

• Enterprise snaps Troy Belles win streak

• Indians drop one, win one in TABL

• Troy State prepares for camp

• Watching over adult offenders

• Larry Pickett takes over helm at PLAS

• Memorial donations put patrons on-line

• John Smith

Sunday, July 15

• Jennifer Ventress appointed

• Jessie Mae Lane

• Troy Dixie Belles roll over Ozark 14-5

• Troy BOE considers #036;14 mill budget

• Proposed connector will benefit Pike Co.

• Americans take 12-11 win over Nationals at district tournament

• 'Alabama Arise' listening session

• A very late Father's Day present

• Summer heat could lead to illness, death

Friday, July 13

• Taylor's pitching, homerun leads Post 70

• Bush Memorial sponsors 'biggest wild game dinner'

• Troy's win puts them in title game

• Day of bed rest recommended

• Byron Lafelt Flowers

• Jackson introduces state to Pike County

• Sophia Kelly is a A-1 sports fan

Thursday, July 12

• Troy State's Green named 2001 Athlete of the Year

• Enterprise erupts with 12-2 win over Troy

• Good Hope offers healthy hope for victims of divorce

• Medals and Citations available to Korean War Vets

• Belles win over Andy

• Braves and Pirates win two over weekend

• Pike County Courthouse evacuated

• Efforts underway to make Troy Airport deer free

Wednesday, July 11

• Nationals knocked out by Newton

• Emma Gayle Bradley

• Pike Co. Schools forced to borrow money

• Two Minor baseball teams could meet again

• Good Hope offers 'Healthy

• Post 70 sweeps Firecracker Invitational

• Troy American team gets 4-2 win over Greenville to advance in sub-district

• Troy 13's still in the game with 12-1 win over Geneva

Tuesday, July 10

• Troy splits two games at Ponytails sub-district

• Furlow receives recognition certificate

• Nationals win title, Americans one away

• 'Blue Machine' musician

• Troy 13's use big hits to beat Dothan, 15-5

• Angels keep winning in Dothan

• Paul Thomas Jones

• Belles continue dominance

Sunday, July 8

• E-911 needs help from Pike County residents

• Troy seed bears fruit on Florida's Gulf Coast

• Angels come through with 5-1 win over Dothan in districts

• Troy Belles bombing opponents

• Church dedicates classroom to memory of Lois Brantley

• Troy Americans open with win

• Jordan fans 16 in National's loss

• Greenville's Hancock wins Troy Country Club Invitational

• Eufaula National teams wins 15-2 over Brundidge

• Minor Americans and Nationals battle for sub-districts

• Laura A. Smith

• Two vandalism cases cleared by Sheriff's Department

• Enterprise sends Troy Dixie Boys to loser's bracket

Friday, July 6

• Troy Dixie Majors ousted from tourney by Luverne

• Charlie Butler: A legacy of leadership

• Dixie Boys open with Enterprise

• National, American league Minors continue to win

• Troy's Angels win sub-district

• Johnnie Lee Turner

• National team stays home, American heads to Luverne

• One person shot in armed robbery at fireworks store

• United Way funding falls short of

• Maumadale keeps seniors in stitches

• Gibson takes pride in responsibility of career in fire service

Thursday, July 5

• Troy Dixie Angels rip Elba, 13-1

• Mildred McCalman Cosby Stewart

• Graham receives Paul Harris Fellow Award

• Post 70 Junior Legion takes two from Northview

• Minstrel man tells truths to listening ears

• Tyner named new Pike County adminstrator

• Both Dixie Minor teams start tourneys with wins

Wednesday, July 4

• Benton Alexander Money

• Kitchin's announces closing of Troy store

• New district lines for legislators passed, await approval by U.S. Justice Department

• Teams take a break from tournaments for holiday

• Fourth of July celebration at Troy Sportsplex tonight

• TPRD proud of unbeaten teams in all leagues

• Troy splits pair to open tournament

• The fruit of the 'fourth'

• What will you be doing on the Fourth of July?

Tuesday, July 3

• Sarah Gertrude Newman

• Opelika edges Post 70 juniors in five

• Community theater coming to Brundidge

• Sheriff's Department receives grant

• Nationwide survey names TSU as a quot;best valuequot; university

• Angels must win two to advance to District

• 'Salute to Veterans' begins 'Fourth' Celebration

• Celebrate Fourth with safety

• Police out in full force for July 4

Sunday, July 1

• Brundidge hires new city clerk

• Flags to fly at half-staff for community leader

• Liberty and heritage bell

• Pike BOE meets June 30

• Troy's Angels rout Elba in first game

• Fourth of July celebrations begin today