Articles from the September 6, 2018 edition


Sorted by date  Results 26 - 32 of 32

Page Up

  • Dragging down children

    Pete Riehm, Guest Writer|Sep 6, 2018

    America is a very diverse nation with plenty of strange folks and different strokes. Pretty much anything goes and can be found to scratch whatever itch, but until lately overt weirdness resided in late night clubs, various entertainment venues, or online. Though thriving and spreading, alternate lifestyles are typically considered adult subject matter and therefore only appropriate for adults. However, as alternate lifestyles try to force their way into the mainstream, the boundary of acceptable public behavior pushes deeper into perversion....

  • Canes defeat Chiefs in rivalry game

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 6, 2018

    Flomaton and Northview renewed their football rivalry Friday night in a game fans from both sides would like to see continue as the Hurricanes traveled to Bratt and left with a 41-20 win over the Chiefs in a game that saw 16 penalties for a total of 178 yards against both teams. Flomaton (2-0) will be off this week while Northview (1-1) will play host to South Walton in a 7 p.m. kickoff. "It was a big win for our team," said Flomaton head coach Doug Vickery. "We've played rivalry games back to...

  • Jay Royals shutout Cottondale 40-0

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 6, 2018

    COTTONDALE – Jay scored early and often in the first half here Friday night and the Royals' defense pitched a shutout as Jay rolled to a 40-0 win at Cottondale. Jay (1-1) will be back on the road this Friday night with a 7 p.m. kickoff at Rocky Bayou, will travel to Wewahitchka on Sept. 14 and will return home on Sept. 21 to host Escambia Academy. "We played really well," said Jay head coach Melvin Kersey. "There's still room for improvement, but the kids played hard and I'm real proud of how t...

  • Cougars mauled 31-7 by Tuscaloosa Academy

    Joe Thomas, Ledger Editor|Sep 6, 2018

    TUSCALOOSA – It was a game of the Alabama Independent School Association's No. 1 ranked Tuscaloosa Academy and No. 3 ranked Escambia Academy here Friday night and the Knights from Tuscaloosa showed why they are number one with a 31-7 victory. After a scoreless first quarter, Tuscaloosa Academy cracked the scoreboard on a 1-yard touchdown run, followed by a successful PAT to give the Knight's a 7-0 lead. TA would add another first-quarter touchdown on a 24-yard run and following the PAT the s...

  • No new information on missing Virginia woman

    Lee Peacock, Special to the Ledger|Sep 6, 2018

    As the investigation into the disappearance of a Virginia woman entered its third week, investigators said earlier this week that there was nothing new to report as they continued to look for leads in the case. According to Conecuh County Chief Deputy Tyrone Boykin there was nothing new to report this week regarding the disappearance of Shari Christine Saunders, 67, of Norfolk, Va., who was last seen on video surveillance footage buying gas at the Shell-Marathon gas station at Exit 93 on Interstate Highway 65 in Evergreen on Aug. 5. Saunders,...

  • September is time for two things

    Jim Stanton, Guest Writer|Sep 6, 2018

    At our last meeting of the Alger Sullivan Historical Society we had a guest speaker who is originally from our area, he now lives in West Virginia but has spent a great deal of his life working all over the world and gave a very interesting talk about it. I'm talking about Howard Green and his wife Becky, hopefully we will be able to have him as a guest speaker again in the future as he has said, he could talk all day on each country he has worked in. With September here this brings to mind two things of interest to me, football and camping....

  • There are big differences between then and now

    Earline Smith Crews|Sep 6, 2018

    21, my first year of school started a week or so after Labor Day. I was as green as any little country bumpkin that ever entered the hallowed walls of A. D. Kelly School in Wallace, Alabama. Everybody refered to our school as "Wallace". I still call it Wallace. 1947 was the last year that Wallace had all twelve grades. Economics dictated change. Fall of 1948 we changed to A. D. Kelly Jr. High. We were a "feeder" school for W. S. Neal, the big county school in East Brewton. Wallace tenth thru twelfth grades entered Neal along with North...