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Only one building remained to be torn down along Cordova’s Main Street going into the fourth week of the downtown demoltion project. – Photo by: Jennifer Cohron.
Rebuilding possibilities
Recovery manager outlines city's needed projects
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Area elected officials break ground on the new Sumiton Elementary School while every student in the current Sumiton Elementary-Middle School looks on in the background. – Photo by: Don Fewell.
Ground officially broken
New Sumiton School to open Fall 2014
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The Walker County Ultimate Fair will open today at 5 p.m. at the old airport in Jasper. Above, the Fultondale Ultimate Fair lit up north Jefferson County last year. – Special to the Eagle.
Walker County Ultimate Fair kicks off today
The Walker County Ultimate Fair returns to Jasper for its fifth year, starting tonight at the old airport.
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Jasper man taking in cans for Christ
When Daniel Whitaker started thinking about all the aluminum cans that people around him are disposing of constantly, he decided to take action for a good cause.
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Fund carries on family man's legacy of giving
The Samuel Lee Smith Advised Fund has awarded $133,000 to worthy causes since it was established in 2006.
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Inmate walks away from hospital
Jasper police are searching for an inmate who walked away from Walker Baptist Medical Center late last week.
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Firearms simulator used for training
Police departments around the country are looking for ways to be more cost efficient, while maintaining service and protection for the citizens they protect. In order to provide lower cost training...
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Art in the Park 2013
Despite rain forcing the 10th annual Art in the Park event indoors, hundreds of people converged on the Jasper campus of Bevill State Community College Saturday afternoon to take in some entertainm...
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Crash leaves three injured, one critical
Three people were injured in a late night crash Friday involving a car and two motorcycles.
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Crash leaves three injured, one critical
Three people were injured in a late night crash Friday involving a car and two motorcycles.
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Matthew “Matt” Medders, James “Darby” Williams, Jared Johnson, William “Will” Thomas Cook, Matthew Ellis Kennedy, Logan Leslie Black, and Colby “Dalton” Waid were honored Saturday for becoming Eagle Scouts. Daily Mountain Eagle - James Phillips
Seven members of Troop 117 earn rank of Eagle
Representing the best in scouting, seven young men from Jasper were honored during a special ceremony Saturday as they were awarded the highest rank offered by the Boy Scouts of America, the rank o...
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