Jacksonville News

OHATCHEE, Ala. - Down in the woods, around a few curves and down a gravel road in Ohatchee you can hear the roar of the engine as it echoes off the garage walls and sends chills down your spine.

New laws taking effect Wednesday in Alabama will provide more care for women with cancer, coordinate services for Alabamians with autism, and use state buildings to honor American military missing in action.

Tommy Thomas, who owns 14 dogs, says he takes care of every one of them. Photo: Anita Kilgore.

Carolyn Minerich has come a long way since she was a young woman growing up in Mobile.

In the current global economy, nations worldwide are investigating initiatives to fight fuel costs and petroleum pollution.

Members of the Jacksonville Garden Club gathered at the Village Inn for their Dutch luncheon on Wednesday, May 20.

Four of the 33 dogs removed from a home on A Street in September 2007. An ordinance to limit the number of pets at a home is in the works.

State representative Lea Fite went under the knife Friday morning to repair two herniated disks in his neck.

Ann Garner speaks to Kiwanians about her loss. Photo: Anita Kilgore. When Ann Garner lost her son, Robert Fuller Gardner IV, in 2007 to a drug overdose, she found a calling.

You had to be there. You just had to be in the First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville on a Sunday afternoon in late May to feel the excitement of the moment.

From the Calhoun County Sheriffa s Office website: Between June 9 & 10, 2009 a series of business burglaries were committed across the county.

Jacksonville's City Council is considering a draft ordinance that would limit to three the numbers of pets a resident can have.

Frederick Frankenhuis stands in front of some of his handiwork. Photo: Anita Kilgore.

Mark Seymour does a rap rendition of 'Be At your Best'. Photo: Anita Kilgore. For many parents in and around Jacksonville, one of the biggest highlights of summer is the summer reading program at the Jacksonville Public Library.

We have all had those situations in life where we have faced something big and come away lacking, those times when we get the feeling that one person, one simple individual, can't make a difference.

Charles Dysart, public information officer for the Alabama State Troopers, spoke to the Jacksonville Exchange Club on May 28, encouraging them to drive safely this summer and letting them know about some of the technological changes coming to the troopers.

An additional 320 square feet of extra space is being tacked on to the addition in progress at the Jacksonville Public Library thanks to a change order approved by the Jacksonville City Council at Monday night's meeting.

Jonathan Haggard, son of Pastor and Mrs. Larry Haggard of Jacksonville, was named to the president's list at Pensacola Christian College for spring 2009 semester.

Margaret Rebecca Crockett and Tyson Brent Myers were married at 1:30 p.m. May 9 at the bride's home overlooking the Tennessee River in Florence.

The Jacksonville News has grabbed eight awards in two Alabama Press Association contests.