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Alabama claims part of Wright brothers 8217 history
Move over Ohio and North Carolina, Alabama can claim a little bit of aviation history with the nation's first flight school 100 years ago in March.
Skelos calls on Cuomo, Paterson, to oppose pending health care bill
Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos sent a letter to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Governor David Paterson, urging New York to join other states that are considering a legal challenge to what he calls a questionable deal that secured the vote of a Nebraska Senator on federal health care reform legislation, a bill that could add to the Medicaid ...
Published: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 6:11 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 21, 2009 at 6:13 p.m. Alabama has come in near the bottom of many national rankings over the years.
AMP: Shrine Bowl - John Fulton
Manning Rivals100 cornerback prospect John Fulton is down to three schools, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida.
Study Lists the Happiest States in America
Have you ever wondered if you'd be happier if you lived in another state? A new study by researchers at University of Warwick in England has found that individual self-ratings of happiness match up with measures of well-being and they've created a list of the happiest states.
Phone Company Dials Wrong Number on Employees' Overtime
AT&T, the nation's largest provider of phone and internet services, and its subsidiaries, Pacific Bell Telephone Co.
Dubose ancestors were French Huguenots
A third line of the DuBose families who had descendants to reside in Covington County will be featured in todaya s column.
Our View: Despite taking hard hits in the recession, Alabama still is ...
This recession, as bad as it is for Alabama employment, hasn't knocked the breath out of the state's efforts to attract businesses and industry.
Get ready, America: Here comes Sarah Palin
Get ready, America. Like her or not, Sarah Palin is coming to a city near you. Last year's Republican vice presidential nominee is starting a book tour next week to promote her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life." Is it a thinly-veiled bid to test the waters for a possible 2012 Republican presidential bid, or simply an effort to make money and ...
Alabama Voices: Voluntary apartheid
By Brandt Ayers We Southerners are happy to be isolated here, watching the main stream of American affairs go by, oblivious to snide comments by some Republicans and to national Democrats who ignore us as social lepers.
Man, 18, arrested after high-speed pursuit
A triple-digit high-speed pursuit between a motorcycle and sheriffa s deputies landed a Red Level teenager in jail Tuesday night.
Week Seven College Crystal Ball
Isn't it odd how the SEC schedule gives us gems one week, then very little compelling the next week? Last week it was LSU-Florida, Alabama-Ole Miss, Auburn-Arkansas, Tennessee-Georgia. This week, nothing deserving of neon.
Swamp to sandwich: Fla. gators sliced and diced
The knives are sharpened and the shiny steel gurneys bloodied at All American Gator Products, the end of the line for about 1,000 alligators killed during this year's hunting season in Florida.It's the busiest time of year here at one of the state's largest gator processing plants, where the toothy reptiles make their first stop on a path from the ...
Steve Flowers: Brewer-Wallace battle was race of the century
Upon Lurleen Wallace's death in May 1968, Lt. Gov. Albert Brewer moved up to governor.
Chrissie Schubert's gets major contract
This Christmas, stores throughout the nation will get a taste of Covington County as 17,000 of Chrissie Schuberta s Treatsa sugar cookies make their way into HomeGoods stores.
Hart family suffered horrible tragedy in 1830s, impact history
There is more than one Hart family lineage associated with Covington County. The one to be featured in today's column is that of Moses Hart, Sr., a native of North Carolina.
Volunteer firefighters work to put out the flames that eventually completely destroyed the Wiggins Farm Road home of Andy and Juanita Bleichroth.
Ground-breaking Kids' TV Program Slangman's World to Air Exclusively on GPB This Fall
Starting October 5th, Slangman's World , a live-action/animated television series, will begin airing episodes on all nine Georgia Public Broadcasting stations.
Diabetes most prevalent in Southern US
Diabetes prevalence is highest in the Southern and Appalachian states and lowest in the Midwest and the Northeast of America.
EMA: - SRain mostly missed county
Covington County appears to have been spared the worst of the recent damaging rains, which dumped rain and caused flooding through parts of the Southeast.