Beverage deal brings new gym improvements for middle school GROVE HILL— The Clarke County Board of Education approved a five-year beverage agreement for Jackson Middle School during its regular meeting on Sept. 11. The deal with Leroy Coca-Cola...

Investment makes mill largest in U.S. Perdue Hill mill expansion to add jobs, efficiency and boost output Georgia-Pacific announced it plans to invest 0 million to modernize, expand and streamline the production capabilities of the company’s Al...

Members of the Clarke County Sheriff ’s Department, Jackson Police Department and Clarke County Emergency Management Agency came together on Sept. 11 to participate in the 9/11 Memorial Climb Challenge at North Jackson Skipper Fire Station. The...

Move to cause detours JACKSON — A massive boiler bound for Georgia-Pacific’s Alabama River Cellulose mill in Perdue Hill will be transported from Jackson this week, causing overnight traffic closures along U.S. Highway 84. The boiler is part of...

Clarke Prep seventh grader Jase Tucker Smith died in an ATV accident on Sept. 20, according to the school. “We are all heartbroken by this news,” Clarke Prep Headmaster Bob Taylor said in a statement. “Jase’s absence on our campus and in our li...

JACKSON — Jackson’s City Council approved a .65 million budget for fiscal-year 2026 Monday. By state law, the new fiscal year for municipalities begins on Oct. 1. The city’s budget of ,656,850 is a slight increase over the 2025 fiscal year budg...

Jackson area A Leroy man was killed in a single-vehicle crash involving an all-terrain vehicle on Sept. 20, according to Alabama State Troopers. Davey D. Lankford, 54, was critically injured when the 2023 Zhejiang CF Moto Power Company ATV he w...

The Jackson Fire Prevention Queen and her court have been named as part of this year’s Fire Prevention celebrations. These young women are mostly high school seniors chosen by local fire departments or community groups to serve as ambassadors f...

JACKSON — Audra Howell Raybon was elected Jackson’s second female mayor Tuesday by decisively defeating Eldridge Jackson Jr. in a runoff. Raybon received 886 votes to Jackson’s 669. Jackson carried district 1 but Raybon secured victories in dis...

Firefighters, school groups and community members filled downtown Jackson on Oct. 8 for the annual Fire Prevention Parade, celebrating 75 years of Fire Prevention Week. The event featured fire trucks, the Jackson and Clarke County high school b...

Veteran’s 26-year walk across America Anyone traveling U.S. Highway 43 recently may have noticed a man walking with a large sign that said, “LOVE LIFE.” Following his son’s suicide, Steve Fugate, 79, a retired U.S. Navy veteran from Vero Beach,...

A Grove Hill man was arrested on the spot following reckless driving incident Record shows pattern A Grove Hill man was arrested on Oct. 10 after being clocked at more than 130 mph and crashing into another vehicle, according to the Florida Hig...

Jackson’s streets will soon be filled with ghosts, goblins, superheroes and princesses as the community gears up for its annual trick-ortreat night on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. City officials are reminding residents to keep porc...

A new private nonprofit, the Alabama Rural Hospital Foundation, was unveiled on Oct. 15 with a mission to provide direct funding to rural hospitals across the state and strengthen the communities that rely on them. Jamie Troutman, a Cullman eco...

Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter on Oct. 13 joined four other Southeastern House speakers in a coordinated push for federal action to stabilize the U.S. forestry market. In a letter shared with congressional delegations from fiv...

The annual Greater Clarke-Washington County Fair opens Friday at the Cecil McMullan Fairgrounds in Jackson. Armbands will be available Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5-10 p.m. for , Wednesday from 5-10 p.m. for , Friday from 5-11 p.m. for , ...

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