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Last Friday the House of Representatives took a truly unprecedented step. The Democrat majority voted to change our rules and allow members to vote online in committee action on bills, and to vote by proxy on passage of bills and resolutions....

The legendary Speaker of the U.S. House, Sam Rayburn, coined a famous phrase he used often and imparted to young congressmen when they would arrive on Capitol Hill full of vim and vigor. He would sit down with them and invite them to have a bourbon...

Amid myriad mixed signals about facemasks, incessant sensationalized reporting, and even outright fearmongering, Americans are repeatedly instructed to be afraid. The Chinese corona virus is certainly dangerous, but we are being told this pandemic...

Families leave a legacy. In this region many were connected to the timber industry, farming, or the railroads. Some legacies are quietly kept in family journals, others are better known. This story is of a well-known family who helped bring much...

Deer season 2020 is in the books and turkey season just came to a gobbling close. An Alabama Cooperative Extension System forestry, wildlife and natural resource management regional agent said many hunters ignore their hunting properties through the...

Betty Jean Ballard, 84, died Friday, May 15, 2020, at a Mobile hospital. Mrs. Ballard was born Dec. 21, 1935, to Wiley Ash and Lilly Mae Lowery Clark in Castleberry, Ala. and had been a resident of Bay Minette for the past 10 years, coming from...

George H. Bolling, 64, of Brewton, died Thursday, May 14, 2020, in an acute care facility in Pensacola following an extended illness. Mr. Bolling was born Dec. 29, 1955, to Kenneth and Lela Bolling. Formerly of McKenzie, Ala., he served in the early...

Odell Burch, 78, died Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at the Evergreen hospital. Mr. Burch was born Nov. 3, 1941, and had been a lifelong resident of the Brewton area. Owner of a towing and tire business for many years who traveled a lot, he attended the...

R.J. Bush, Jr., 74, of Brewton, died Friday, May 15, 2020, following a brief illness. Mr. Bush was born Sept. 25, 1945, to R.J., Sr. and Vader Jones Bush in Escambia County, Ala. A lifelong resident, he was a 1963 graduate of Flomaton High School...

Nancy Noble Chapman, 89, of Atmore, died Sunday, May 10 2020, in Fairhope, Ala. Mrs. Chapman was born April 24, 1931, in Clark County, Ala. Co-owner and manager of Chapman Ace Hardware, Inc. for more than 30 years, she was a member of the First...

Miriam Lorraine Wiggins Crook, 86, of Brewton, died Thursday, May 14, 2020, following a brief illness. Mrs. Crook was born Sept. 27, 1933, to Andrew and Lizzy Kate Crawford Wiggins, in Pensacola and she remained a lifelong resident of Escambia...

Angela “Angie” Marie Gates, 82, of Brewton, died Sunday, May 10, 2020 in a local hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Gates was born July 15, 1937, in Bayou La Batre, Ala. and was a long time resident of Brewton, coming from Mobile. A...

Tyler Dawayne Lisenby, 22, died Sunday, May 10, 2020. Mr. Lisenby was born Oct. 11, 1997, and was a lifelong resident of Brewton. He enjoyed video games and as a friend to everyone. A graveside service was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 17, at Weaver...

Clevie “Flossie” Evans Marin, 90, of Brewton, died Sunday, May 10, 2020, following a brief illness. Mrs. Martin was born Sept. 27, 1929, in Damascus, Ala. and graduated from Damascus High School. She later relocated to Brewton, where she was a...

Dorothy Beasley “Dot” Morgan, 81, of Flomaton, died Friday, May 15, 2020. Mrs. Morgan was a native and lifelong resident of Flomaton. A retired secretary from Flomaton Elementary and Middle School with 28 years of service, she was a member of...

Grady J. Slay, 85, died Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Mobile. Mr. Slay was a native of Stockton, Ala. And former resident of Lottie, Ala. Who had resided in Atmore for the past 30 years. A helper at the Atmore Senior Center, he was a retired maintenance...

May Alice Winkle, 66, of East Brewton, died Sunday, May 10, 2020. Mrs. Winkle was born July 28, 1953, in Ann Arbor, Mich., and had been a resident of East Brewton since 2002, coming from Munith, Mich. She worked as a customer service representative...

It appears we are slowly creeping back to normalcy in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. More and more things are opening. In-person court hearings such as district court and municipal court have resumed. Libraries are opening their doors and yes, you...