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Miss All Awareness Scholarship Pageant helps female county natives earn money for college

On Saturday, June 24, Alabama Diamonds & Pearls Inc. will be hosting its third annual Miss All Awareness Scholarship Pageant at Jasper's Bevill State Community College campus auditorium to help …

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Viewpoints
Legislature approves historic tax cut in the final days of the 2023 session
The 2023 legislative session is almost over — just one day left. The big news of the week is the reduction of the state grocery tax and the rebates that most taxpayers will receive. This week, we …
Legislative recap; budgets could be finalized next week
With just a couple weeks left, we are nearing the end of the 2023 legislative session. The budgets are beginning to come into focus and could be finalized next week. However, this week I would like …
An update on bills that have or will become law
We have now passed the midway point of the legislative session. I’ll start with a few bills from previous weeks that have or will soon become law.Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law this week the recent …
This month in history

April is one of the most eventful months in history. Two major assassinations occurred. America was brought into two wars, and mankind entered space.

Week three Legislative Session update
I’ll start this week where we left off last week: Governor Ivey’s “Game Plan,” the package of economic incentives bills that renew and expand the state’s highly successful economic …
Week two legislative wrap-up
Much of the conversation leading into this year’s legislative session centered on the expected budget surplus and the possibility of either cutting taxes or the state issuing a rebate back to …

Obituaries
Obituaries
Caroll Renee Hall
Caroll Renee Hall, 69, passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Walker Baptist Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced later by Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; …
Perry Murray
Perry Murray, 67, of Jasper passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Walker Baptist Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced later by Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, …
James Adam Schubert Strout
James Adam Schubert Strout, 42, of Empire, passed away Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Walker Baptist Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Breanna Strout; daughters, Courtney Strout and Emma Strout; …
Birdis Hicks Jones
July 19, 1928 - June 5, 2023 Birdis Hicks Jones went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 5, 2023, at the age of 94. She was born to A.M. and Thursey Hicks on July 19, 1928, the fifth of what would be …
Rebecca Ann Harbison
Rebecca Ann Harbison, 72, of Jasper, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023, at her residence. Family will receive friends on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, from 1 until 2 p.m., at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. …
Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Pineview Landfill must close in 2025

Seventy years is a lifetime. After decades of calling this area home, it is sad for me to think that my kids and grandkids will only know Sumiton and Dora as where the dump is.

Letter to the Editor: Pistol permit money should all remain with local departments

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