ALCOHOL BATTLE
Cedar Bluff businesses to pass petition
The years-long saga over legal alcohol sales in Cedar Bluff may soon take a big step toward its ultimate conclusion. During a planning session held March 4, town officials indicated that they anticipate being able to give their citizens the chance – possibly this summer – to reaffirm Cedar Bluff's status as the only “wet” municipality in otherwise “dry” Cherokee County.FULL STORY

HUMAN INTEREST
Sew many memories in Memory Bears
When she was young child, Centre resident Mischa Vaughn's grandmother taught her how to crochet. Mischa soon picked up bits and pieces of knowledge from her mother and grandmother, and was sewing before she turned 8. That was 62 years ago. FULL STORY

CHEROKEE COUNTY
Slow economy has collections down at Three Corners
One of the quickest methods Cherokee County Administrator Tim Burgess has for determining how the economy is doing is to check the trash. Since it opened in 1998, the Three Corners landfill has supplied hundreds of thousands of dollars in monthly income for the county government. But with unemployment hovering around 10 percent nationwide folks are cutting corners. And that's taken a toll on the monthly till at Three Corners.FULL STORY

ROAD APPLES (03/08)
Alabamer Grammar
 Good grammar is essential. Without good grammar, today’s high school students might well have to settle for some low-paying, menial job like Limburger cheese taster, septic tank decorator, or White House Press Secretary. FULL COLUMN

THE FAMILY GUY (03/08)
Playing the 'lame' game
As soon as we were able to stop giggling long enough to speak, My Lovely Wife and I applauded each other for having been given the best compliment parents can hope to receive. It wasn't anything along the lines of what people in the outside world would ever consider a compliment.  FULL COLUMN

THE WRIGHT ANGLE (03/01)
Sounds like a good idea to me
  American author Napoleon Hill once said, “All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” With that quote in mind, I would like to inform the people of Cherokee County about a good idea I recently came across. FULL COLUMN

FROM THE PULPIT (02/22)
Let down, but not knocked down
While I watched morning news shows the other day, four stories made me realize just how much some people must feel let down. Jenny Sanford, recently divorced from her husband, Mark, the governor of South Carolina, told of the letdown she experienced when her husband had an affair.  FULL COLUMN