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Where the boys are

DANVILLE — Hillsboro resident John Howard is almost certain he would be homeless or in jail if he had not lived at the Alabama Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch in Danville. Howard, 42, spent about … more

By Nancy Glasscock
Staff Writer | 11/14/09 | 816 views | 2 comments

Punkin Center woman on pillow mission

PUNKIN CENTER — The world soon learned that Army Staff Sgt. Lynn King and his group didn’t find any weapons of mass destruction. They scoured parts of northern Iraq in 2003 searching for … more

10/29/09 | 916 views | 4 comments

Danville-Neel to get center for 60 seniors

NEEL — The Danville-Neel area is getting a senior center, local legislators and Morgan County commissioners announced Wednesday morning. The county will use a combination of a $250,000 grant … more

By Bayne Hughes
Staff Writer | 10/16/09 | 357 views

Danville to celebrate 2009 homecoming this week

Principal Gilmer Ellis will crown one of four seniors as 2009 Danville High School homecoming queen at halftime Friday of the Hawks’ football game versus Winfield. The candidates are senior … more

By Bayne Hughes
Staff Writer | 9/27/09 | 568 views

Nose stud causes dispute

If a teacher wears a nose stud, is it no skin off anyone else’s nose? Or must the teacher keep her nose clean? The Morgan County school board was asked to stick its nose into the … more

By Bayne Hughes
Staff Writer | 9/20/09 | 2095 views | 26 comments

A deep discovery

NEEL — Robert Fleming never knows what’s going to turn up on rented property off Tar Gum Road. He has found artifacts from Native American tools and arrowheads to more modern equipment, … more

By Ronnie Thomas
Staff Writer | 8/16/09 | 1265 views

‘Miracle Molly’ battles to keep leg

She has earned the moniker “Miracle Molly” for the string of events that helped her survive a freak boating accident late Friday night. Sixteen-year-old Molly Moses of Decatur, however, needs … more

By Paul Huggins
Staff Writer | 8/3/09 | 4482 views | 8 comments

AREA NEWS IN BRIEF

Athens police charge father with abuse ATHENS — Athens police arrested a father for child abuse after finding his baby unresponsive, Capt. Marty Bruce said. The mother called police from … more

7/28/09 | 1017 views

Walter Jackson finishes 8th in Imagination finals

Walter Jackson Elementary School students used a combination of the Beatles, Mick Jagger and balsa wood to finish eighth in the Destination Imagination global finals. The Decatur school competed … more

By Bayne Hughes
Staff Writer | 5/31/09 | 1435 views | 2 comments

An ironclad scholar

The ironman at Ironman Grocery on Alabama 36 at Ironman Road wears a graduation gown Tuesday to congratulate Danville High School graduates. Danville and West Morgan both held graduation … more

5/20/09 | 2049 views