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2008 NEWS STORIES
June
• (Local Flavor) People need more than a fist
bump
- Gary Hardin - 06/16/08
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Old letters and a new family - 06/16/08
• Liberty Day set for June 28 in Cedar Bluff -
06/09/08
•
Serving vegetables while serving time - 06/09/08
•
BBC looking for Alabama family - 06/02/08
May
•
Cotton calamity not confined to county - 05/26/08
• Shropshire gets life for Scott murder -
05/19/08
•
Johnson living in fishing's fast lane -
05/19/08
•
Greens give $580K to University of Alabama -
05/19/08
• (Local Flavor) These days it's trust or bust
- Gary Hardin - 05/19/08
•
Lindsey looks back on legislative session -
05/12/08
•
Centre kids travel to California - 05/12/08
• Despite autism, family has optimism - 05/05/08
April
•
Culverhouse resigns from Gadsden State -
04/28/08
•
Never too old to play video games - 04/28/08
• Dead body found in lake; veterinarian shot -
04/24/08
•
Track time at Talladega worth every penny -
04/21/08
•
Addictive game has a funny name - 04/21/08
• Amos releases absentee voting information -
04/21/08
• (Local Flavor) Take part in your own Big Give
- Gary Hardin - 04/21/08
•
Roberts has new computer system almost ready -
04/14/08
•
An impressive collection of lures - 04/14/08
• Owens won't seek second term; others qualify
- 04/08/08
•
Communications tool helpful for Johnson - 04/07/08
•
Faith, friendship and free throws - 04/07/08
March
•
GSCC accepting LPN applications - 03/31/08
•
Kathy Brown: A chronicle in courage - 03/31/08
•
Adam Jolly, the Pied Piper of punch - 03/24/08
•
AG King joins lawsuit against Cedar Bluff - 03/17/08
• County to receive $10,000 in federal funds -
03/17/08
• (Local Flavor) Bama Bash in the books - by
Webb Dillard - 03/17/08
• (Local Flavor) The small town hospital - Dr. Bob Heuermann -
03/17/08
• (Local Flavor) Easter Sunday people in ...
- Gary Hardin - 03/17/08
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Alabama Power sues two landowners - 03/10/08
• Cherokee Electric to increase rate in April -
03/06/08
February
• Spring Garden girls win Class 1A state title
- 02/28/08
• Ground broken on new Centre Middle School
- 02/28/08
• Natural gas
companies eyeing Cherokee County - 02/18/08
• Knightens selling Dari King after 41 years in
business - 02/11/08
• Rails going up along Highway 35 - 02/11/08
• Clinton, Huckabee win in Cherokee County -
02/06/08
• King, Riley: State wins round in water war - 02/05/08
January
• Local crappie tourney to honor the Tuckers
- 01/28/08
• Heritage
propane overcharging by 60 cents - 01/28/08
• State primary set
for Feb. 5 - 01/28/08
• Bedwell
recalls time playing for Bryant - 01/28/08
• Leaders meet to discuss Highway 411 widening -
01/21/08
• Lindsey: Budget troubles on the horizon -
01/21/08
• Welsh among 9 Hall of Fame inductees -
01/21/08
• Rogers responds to challenge on SCHIP vote -
01/14/08
• Child support roundup coming in February -
01/14/08
• Humane Society trying to find homes for animals
- 01/7/08
• Education revenue coming in below projections -
01/07/08
2007 NEWS STORIES
December
• Volunteers
spreading Christmas spirit - 12/24/07
• Southern Bank robbed at gunpoint - 12/22/08
• Local boy
saves friend from drowning - 12/17/07
• Christmas ornament hanging at White House
- 12/14/07
• Alabama Power building road to Hog Island -
12/14/07
• County to tackle animal control
again - 12/10/07
• County rolls
out red carpet for McInnes - 12/03/07
November
• Local poinsettias
decorate Walt Disney World - 11/26/07
• Local mission to
help local folks - 11/26/07
• Hobart Reed looks
back on 60 years as firefighter - 11/19/07
• Redneck comedy
may begin filming soon - 11/19/07
• CMS construction set to begin in April -
11/12/07
October
• Airport needs
more funds to finish - 10/29/07
• Cooperative wants help catching copper crooks
- 10/29/07
• PTO needs help
constructing new playground - 10/29/07
• Chief Justice Cobb to speak at Rotary Club
meeting - 10/15/07
• Towns looking for ways to save water -
10/15/07
• Drought killing output at local farms - 10/08/07
• Second annual crappie tourney set for Nov. 1-3
- 10/08/07
• New budget includes pay raise for deputies
- 10/08/07
• County school receive software grant -
10/08/07
• Centre Fall Festival set for Saturday, Oct. 6
- 10/01/07
September
• Cedar Bluff to receive $400,000 federal grant
- 09/24/07
• Cedar Bluff to
host triathlon on Sept. 29 - 09/17/07
• Some welcome
new animal control ordinance - 09/17/07
• Lindsey: Byrne impressed with Centre GSCC
campus - 09/10/07
• County residents respond to animal control
ordinance - 09/08/07
• Preserve
concerned with protecting wild animals - 09/03/07
August
• Construction
on new middle school to begin soon - 08/31/07
• Millage tax renewal passes easily -
08/29/07
• Sue Hurley
retiring after 61 years at bank - 08/27/07
• School has AP
classes in place - 08/27/07
• Man shot, killed at campground near Leesburg
- 08/22/07
• Cops respond to suicide in Leesburg -
08/21/07
• Millage vote
vital for Cherokee County schools - 08/20/07
• One step closer to animal control -
08/16/07
• Leesburg man wins $100K in Georgia lottery
drawing - 08/15/07
• Engineers: County
bridges are safe - 08/13/07
• Little River
Canyon filled with cool stuff - 08/13/07
• 'Footloose the Musical' about ready to cut
loose - 08/06/07
• Schools pushing
pre-paid meals - 08/06/07
• Leesburg police release sketch of suspect -
08/06/07
July
• Leesburg park to be expanded - 07/25/07
• Custom car
still needs work - 07/16/07
• Woman once
hanged in Centre - 07/09/07
June
• Neil Lea a
street rod specialist - 06/25/07
• Tree crew fells
massive 200-year-old oak - 06/18/07
• Drought
conditions continue to worsen - 06/18/07
• Local farmer loves his vegetable garden -
06/11/07
• Gov. declares drought emergency in Alabama 19
counties - 06/08/07
• Cedar Bluff Liberty Day set for June 30 -
06/04/07
May
• Another motion filed in alcohol
fight - 05/29/07
• Johnson getting
ready for referendum - 05/21/07
• Riley offers reward in Centre arson investigation
- 05/21/07
• Woman caring
for unwanted dogs, kittens - 05/21/07
• Cedar Bluff School reports on expenditures -
05/15/07
• GSCC building plan gets approval - 05/14/07
• Payroll study approved by County Commission
- 05/14/07
• Johnson
readies for school referendum - 05/14/07
• Pemco expansion should be completed on time -
05/07/07
• Salter: County government to consider
assessment - 05/07/07
• New condos in
Cedar Bluff nearly finished - 05/04/07
• Days Inn, Waffle House coming to Centre -
05/01/07
April
• Centre man
rebuilding car for soldier son - 04/30/07
• Spring trial date set for 2006 murder -
04/30/07
• School board asks for special election
- 04/24/07
• Cedar
Bluff alcohol battle looms - 04/23/07
• Thieves stealing power from Cherokee Electric
- 04/23/07
• Johnson: School consolidation off the
table - 04/16/07
• Matt Bishop to
perform Saturday night - 04/16/07
• Sheriff Shaver says his deputies woefully
underpaid - 04/09/07
• Post Online redesign a hit with Internet crowd
- 04/09/07
• Cedar Bluff
residents having cable TV problems - 04/04/07
• One year on
the job for fire chief Kevin Ware - 04/02/07
• County government prepared to use newly
granted powers - 04/02/07
• Humane Society wants to speed progress on
new shelter - 04/02/07
March
• Bypass tragedy shutters local business -
03/26/07
• Larry Means:
Lawsuit nothing but politics - 03/26/07
• Architects: GSCC
construction to begin soon - 03/12/07
• Defendants
in easement case file lawsuit - 03/12/07
• Kneckdown a Spring Garden start-up - 03/05/07
• Attorneys
for Cedar Bluff file motion in alcohol suit - 03/05/07
February
• Case history
favors Alabama Power - 02/19/07
• City OK's purchase of new equipment for Centre
VFD - 02/19/07
• Cedar Bluff
facing FEMA shortfalls, too - 02/19/07
• Centre native Jelks named Sliders manager -
02/19/07
• Rep. Rogers addresses Iraq on House floor -
02/15/07
• Centre police still treating case as kidnapping
- 02/12/07
• Cherokee EMS
needs financial help from county - 02/05/07
January
• Nursing
home changes name, looks ahead - 01/29/07
• DA O'Dell issues warning on Internet predators
- 01/24/07
• Rogers: Blame Iraqis, not President Bush -
01/22/07
• Roebuck gets life sentence for attempted
murder, kidnapping - 01/22/07
• Alabama Power
serious about shoreline rules - 01/22/07
• Local nursing home changes its name -
01/15/07
• Cherokee Medical Center names Noblin new CEO -
01/15/07
• Local store owner nabbed for selling meth
ingredients - 01/11/07
• New airport in Centre nearly finished -
01/09/07
• Smith retiring after 40 years of
public service - 01/08/07
• Condo
construction on the rise around Weiss Lake - 01/01/07
2006 NEWS STORIES
December
• Looking back at 2006, one front-page story at a
time - 12/25/06
• Lull no sign of
delay in GSCC Centre project - 12/18/06
• Georgia couple opens tea room in Centre -
12/11/06
• Tiger journal:
Team prepares for state title game - 12/08/06
• Sweet Water head coach impressed with Tigers -
12/04/06
• Tigers rip Ragland, earns trip to Class 1A title
game - 12/01/06
November
• Kidnap victim
more angry than afraid - 11/27/06
• Cedar Bluff teacher accused of sexual abuse,
sodomy - 11/20/06
• Starr's Real
Pit officially changes hands - 11/20/06
• Roebuck found guilty of kidnapping, attempted
murder - 11/15/06
• Man challenges Sen. Larry Means' reelection
- 11/15/06
• Architect for
Centre campus dropped - 11/13/06
• Riley wins in Cherokee County; three appointees
don't - 11/08/06
• Local results from the Nov. 7 General
Election - 11/08/06
• County Health Department still waiting on flu
vaccine - 11/06/06
• Cedar Bluff School's income cut because of lawsuit
- 11/06/06
• Georgia couple indicted in shooting death -
11/06/06
October
• New FEMA
flood regulations causing some confusion - 10/30/06
• Riley, Baxley
discuss campaign issues with The Post - 10/27/06
• Rep. Mike
Rogers speaks to local Rotary Club - 10/23/06
• County
government to begin enforcing FEMA regulations - 10/23/06
• Spooky fun at area haunted houses - 10/23/06
• Local physician
offers cold, flu advice - 10/02/06
• Hester pleads guilty, sentenced to one year in
jail - 10/02/06
• Gov. Riley awards $500K grant to city of Centre
- 10/02/06
September
• Rogers frustrated with border hiring; bill
passes House - 09/25/06
• Latest turmoil shouldn't affect GSCC Centre campus
- 09/18/06
• GOP opens headquarters on Chesnut Bypass in Centre
- 09/18/06
• Local radio duo makes Friday nights look easy
- 09/11/06
• Contest entry already has his reward -
09/11/06
August
• Judge dismisses Greene's second anti-alcohol lawsuit - 08/30/06
• Health
Department: Sewage around Weiss Lake a problem - 08/28/06
• Gov. Riley appoints Kay Chumbler's
replacement - 08/28/06
• Cherokee County Democratic headquarters opens -
08/28/06
• Johnson: Sales tax needed to fund new middle
school - 08/21/06
• Local woman recovering from disfiguring injuries
- 08/21/06
• Pemco International moving operations to Leesburg
- 08/17/06
• Little River Canyon Center plans revealed
- 08/14/06
• All county schools meeting NCLB
requirements - 08/14/06
• Commissioner Kay Chumbler resigns, citing
health reasons - 08/08/06
• Dignitaries turn some dirt at site of new Gadsden
State campus - 08/07/06
• Boating accident victim's body found Wednesday
morning - 08/02/07
• One still missing after boating accident on
Weiss Lake - 08/01/06
July
• Letter home from a U.S. soldier in Iraq -
07/31/06
• Months-long drought taking toll on Cherokee
County - 07/31/06
• FEMA says county not enforcing flood ordinance -
07/24/06
• Alabama Power opens shoreline management office
in Centre - 07/24/06
• Cedar Bluff's Hampton headed to Purdue -
07/19/06
• Kimball Parker, Carlton Teague win Democratic
run-off races - 07/19/06
• Culverhouse appointment doesn't end trouble for
2-year colleges - 07/18/06
• Local man wants grassroots effort to build new middle
school - 07/17/06
• Johnson's
firing won't affect Centre campus of Gadsden State - 07/17/06
• Proposed TVA rate drop would trickle down to county
- 07/10/06
• Cedar Bluff growing weary of shoddy structures -
07/10/06
• Inaugural drug
court class graduates - 07/03/06
June
• 14th Annual Liberty Day set for July 1 -
06/30/06
• Former Drug Task Force commander arrested -
06/27/06
• Local candidates spent thousands on campaigns
- 06/26/06
• Doug Davis named principal at Cherokee County High
School - 06/19/06
• Sheriff's department investigator 'surprised' by
sting results - 06/19/06
• Burgess: County withholding payment from architect
- 06/19/06
• Centre officials:
Softball complex nearly ready - 06/12/06
• Shaver wins easily; Johnson, Parker in runoff
- 06/07/06
• Rebuilt Civil war monument rededicated - 06/05/06
• Archive of June 2006 political candidates -
06/05/06
• Voters can affect sheriff's retirement -
06/01/06
May
• Local Christian
group a real sensation - 05/30/06
• Court rules in favor of Johnson, BOE; Hyche out at
CCHS - 05/29/06
• Inaugural state crappie tournament this
weekend on Weiss - 05/22/06
• Young: Siegelman called commissioners about
landfill - 05/18/06
• CMS students have
a big time in the Big Apple - 05/17/06
• One year later,
Cedar Bluff handling alcohol sales - 05/15/06
• New Centre fire
chief hoping for a clean slate - 05/01/06
• Cedar Bluff Police Dept. arrests one for assault
- 05/16/06
• Rogers hearing
about immigration, gas prices - 05/01/06
April
• Centre hires Kevin Ware as full-time fire chief
- 04/25/06
• Lindsey looks back on Legislature's latest efforts
- 04/24/06
• Lawrence
community watches out for its own - 04/24/06
• Bond set at $1 million each in murder of Cherokee
County woman - 04/24/06
• Geral Greene
appeals dismissal of alcohol case - 04/17/06
• McWhorter 'right man' for the job at Cedar Bluff
- 04/13/06
• County's low ranking on child abuse not all bad -
04/10/06
• Severe weather sends school kids home early -
04/07/06
• Richard Lindsey
discusses state's new education budget - 04/03/06
• Waste Management wants changes in landfill
agreement - 04/03/06
March
• Highway Dept. asks candidates to obey rules of the
road - 03/24/06
• Local Democratic candidates getting qualified -
03/21/06
• Documents detail
BOE's decision on Paul Hyche - 03/20/06
• Plans for new Gadsden State campus in Centre
unveiled, detailed - 03/16/06
• Mark Green appointed to Cherokee County Commission
- 03/16/06
• County Democrats to meet at American Legion building
- 03/13/06
• Dial's bill would limit boat size on Weiss, 2
other lakes - 03/13/06
• 'Failure to
Launch' a total blast - 03/04/06
• Three area teams fall in state basketball tourney
- 03/04/06
• Centre looking for experienced fire chief -
03/04/06
• Tempers flare over Centre Volunteer Fire Department
- 03/02/06
• Fire chief Larry Steele retires from department
- 03/01/06
February
• Local man tackles wheelchair rugby - 02/28/06
• Johnson, BOE move to remove Paul Hyche as CCHS
principal - 02/28/06
• In wake of fires, local churches taking
precautions - 02/20/06
• Judge: Geral Greene must start over with alcohol
suit - 02/14/06
• Gov. Bob Riley's visit to Centre Middle School
backfires - 02/10/06
• Superintendent
Johnson looks back on first year - 2/09/06
• Lindsey's committee passes $6 billion education
budget - 02/08/06
• Guest editorial: Alabama Baptists can do better -
02/06/06
January
• Voting matrix for the 2006 election cycle
- 01/28/06
• County Commission forced to juggle voting
precincts - 01/28/06
• Bluff rumors still flying around - 01/20/06
• BMC may be sold to Tennessee-based company -
01/20/06
• New Medicare drug benefit confusing to many -
01/20/06
• Donald Sanders resigns as mayor of Cedar Bluff
- 01/18/06
• Superintendent Johnson on Riley's spending plan -
01/13/06
• Cedar Bluff man visits Americana, Brazil -
01/09/06
• Probate Judge Kirk Day looks ahead to 2006 -
01/09/06
• Commissioner Earl Westbrook dead at 69 -
01/04/06
• Sheriff Wilson discusses meth law, jail crowding
- 01/02/06
2005 NEWS STORIES
December
• 2005: The year in review - 12/27/05
• Rickey Steele gets probation; Shaner arraigned
- 12/19/05
• Steve Smith looks back on 11 years at CBHS -
12/19/05
• GSCC gets OK to build satellite campus in Centre
- 12/12/05
• Geral Greene wants alcohol sales stopped in Cedar
Bluff - 12/12/05
• Steve Smith accepts offer to become Piedmont head
coach - 12/12/05
• CCHS Warriors come home second in Class 3A -
12/05/05
November
• Cold spell creates obstacles for local residents
- 11/21/05
• Show of support for new GSCC campus in Centre
- 11/14/05
• Businesses take up battle over beer in Cedar Bluff
- 11/07/05
October
• Weiss winter pool may rise in 2008 - 10/31/05
• Storm evacuees with local roots grateful for
kindness - 10/31/05
• Alcohol taw income exceeds $40,000 in six months -
10/17/05
• Local businessman says he will counter-sue over
alcohol - 10/17/05
• Another beer battle brewing over alcohol in Cedar
Bluff - 10/10/05
• Rep. Lindsey backs school program - 10/10/05
• County cornered on curbside garbage collection -
10/03/05
September
• Cherokee Electric
crews assist in storm recovery - 09/26/05
• Storm supplies
from Cherokee tied up in govt. red tape - 09/19/05
• Local travels with
co-workers to help out in Miss. - 09/12/05
• Getting off the
ground at flight school in Gadsden - 09/05/05
August
• Rickey Steele: Bob Davis sold confiscated weapons
- 08/29/05
• Rep. Rogers discusses problems with border
security - 08/29/05
• Helping animals and
addicts - 08/22/05
• The Blue Note: a
really big boat - 8/15/05
• Big hearts, big
responsibility - 08/08/05
• Rickey Steele charged with lying to federal
investigators - 08/08/05
July
• TDS Telecom working
to expand DSL service - 07/18/05
• County Road No. 19 becomes No. 1 priority for
Commission - 07/04/05
June
• Up the creek,
down the creek at Terrapin Outdoors - 06/27/05
• Bob Davis, longtime Cedar Bluff mayor, dead at 62
- 06/13/05
May
• Cedar Bluff Mayor Bob Davis resigns -
05/16/05
• Commission undecided on action regarding
alcohol - 05/09/05
• Sheriff: "We're
not picking on Cedar Bluff" - 05/02/05
• County Commission looking to sue over alcohol sales
- 05/02/05
April
• Cold ones coming soon; alcohol sales set to
begin in Cedar Bluff - 04/18/05
• Rep. Mike Rogers:
Tom DeLay is OK - 04/25/05
• Hay bale gardening becoming a big hit in Alabama
- 04/05/05
From 2002
• Fob James
discusses commutation of Neelley sentence - 07/22/02
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