Story archive for October 2008
Friday, Oct. 31
- Take part in the election
- Saints soar in season finale
- Children's home to move administrative offices
- Dallas County EMA director resigns
- Fire Runs
- Incident report
- Fire causes some damage at Idle Inn
- Author, journalist Studs Terkel has died
- Hank Aaron remembers construction of his childhood home
Thursday, Oct. 30
- It's a girl's thing
- Trial date set for Selma School Board president
- School systems make up shortfall
- Pilots say Craig should provide more support
Wednesday, Oct. 29
- Dallas County High School gets high tech
- Local vets see memorials
- Police arrest burglary suspect
- Bond hearing postponed for Thaddeus Aaron
- Shortfall shows need for new constitution
- Democrats outspend GOP in Alabama races
- McCain stumps in Florida
- Obama ahead in the polls
Tuesday, Oct. 28
- Taylorsville close to reality
- Undercounting in census a problem for Black Belt
- Friends and family shocked by Aaron's arrest
- Millie Vick to fill late husbands seat on Water Board
- Shooting suspect charged with capital murder, first degree assault
- Selma police arrest one suspect in Roper shooting case
Monday, Oct. 27
- Aaron's home becomes museum
- Credit recovery program on hold for Dallas County schools
- Renaming courthouse still an issue
- YMCA begins 150th celebration
- Two arrested during traffic stop
Sunday, Oct. 26
Saturday, Oct. 25
- Incident report
- City Council: Please give citizens a break
- Something better than a street is in order
- Police still searching for murder suspect
- Much to look forward to at Kenan's Mill fest
- A trip to the Journey School
- Bringing the city together
- Authorities make arrest in stabbing
- Warrant stop leads to drug arrest
- Ballet coming to Selma
- Police arrest shooting suspect
- Misleading ads do no good
- Meadowview drops one to Southern
- Prep roundup
- Demopolis gets another win over Wilcox Central
- Panthers come up short
- Ballet coming to Selma
- Warrant stop leads to drug charge
- Authorities make arrest in stabbing
- Police arrest shooting suspect
Friday, Oct. 24
Thursday, Oct. 23
- Water Board needs slow, steady pace
- Take 1: Politics on the screen
- Argument cuts work session short
- Selma City Council to consider resolution
- Rally to get out the vote
- Raising awareness of domestic violence
- Selma School Board president arrested
Wednesday, Oct. 22
- We all are responsible for public safety
- Prep football preview
- Police search for suspect in assault case
- Crime Stoppers helps nab suspects
- Alabama drought eases
- Panthers have a chance to get a win
- NY Times reports on Wachovia
Tuesday, Oct. 21
- Valley Grande hires clerk
- Crime Stoppers plan growth
- Officers arrest suspects in burglaries
- Police search for gunman
- Trojans prep for Southern
- Police Report
- Youth League roundup
- Catfish farmers need help
- Arrest made in Hayneville church fire
- One dead after drive-by shooting
- Peter Van Wieren retires
- Regions Financial Corp. reports earnings
- Lawsuit settled in case over inmate voter registration
Monday, Oct. 20
- Bright and GOP: Let the games begin
- Federal charges leveled in audit from defunct credit union
- Film demonstrates how Alabama's consitution is outdated
- Search on for suspect in stabbing
- Unemployment still high in Dallas County
- Barry Keel: Medicaid cuts could hurt hospitals
- Palin breaks with McCain over gay marriage
- Fire Runs
- Incident report
- Colin Powell will have place in Obama's administration
- Man caught stealing from Athens Wal-Mart
- Stock prices surge amid credit recovery measures
Sunday, Oct. 19
Saturday, Oct. 18
- Ghosts and ghouls
- ArtsRevive announces photography winners
- Tide shuns comeback
- Blakeney to visit QB club for next meeting
- Selma center commits to Middle Tenn.
- LaMonte to lead musical healing workshop
- Walking with the ghosts of Selma
Friday, Oct. 17
- Seat belts belong on buses
- Some residents prefer to rename Jeff Davis Avenue
- Grassroots constitutional reform movement comes to Selma
- Colee's body found in ravine
- Employees hone skills at Innovation Centre
- Colee's body found
- Palin set to appear on Saturday Night Live
Thursday, Oct. 16
- The children will have a butterfly
- Safety is the key to driving
- Sav-a-Life to spread news through golf
- Rap the vote
- The end of an era
- Labeling Generation Extra
- Hornets on their way
- Bruce Craig Elementary's butterfly to soar again
Wednesday, Oct. 15
- Suspect arrested in sexual abuse case
- One butterfly found; two arrested
- French journalist visits Selma
- Watch the debate here
- Take care on Halloween
- Civil rights leader sentenced to 15 years for incest
- One butterfly found
- Nancy Reagan hospitalized with broken pelvis
- Retail sales slump sends stocks down
Tuesday, Oct. 14
- Meadowview returns to Selma
- Council passes movie theater tax intentions
- Kelly won't represent registrars
- YMCA health fair draws crowd
- Selma council certifies election
Monday, Oct. 13
- Quarterback club hears from Joey Jones
- Please return the butterflies
- Pettaway requests renaming Courthouse
- East Selma residents want noises off
- Ghost tours still available
- Two butterflies taken
- Honda to start making Accords at Alabama factory
- Two butterflies taken
- Dow Jones rebounds today
Sunday, Oct. 12
- Concordia beats Miles College
- Witnesses to history
- A look at the whole picture when talking about a theater
- Our parks are crumbling as havens
- Brown to preside over A.M.E. Conference
- City leaders addressed in a letter
- Proposed theater promises showdown
- Filling Selma's streets
Saturday, Oct. 11
- Pickens beats Meadowview
- Calera beats Dallas County
- Keith loses second straight regional game
- Rebels rush over Wildcats
- Selma's playoff hopes shaky
- Wilcox takes sixth loss of season
- Showing off our best
- Selma City Council to certify election Tuesday
- Selma native, business leader Otha Carneal dies
- An unusual path
Friday, Oct. 10
Wednesday, Oct. 8
- Selma's back at home
- Flu season on the way; shots are here
- Three arrested as suspects in breaking and entering cases
- Chestnut laid to rest
- Dirty tricks have no place in politics
- Fire Runs
- Incident report
- Tuberville fires offensive coordinator
- Kingston announces honor roll
- Judson artist features Alabama
- Allen, Benjamin take Selma City Council seats
- Time for new Selma City Council to get to work
- Friends, family memorialize J.L. Chestnut, Jr.
- Yom Kippur begins at sunset Wednesday
Tuesday, Oct. 7
- Geraldine Allen unofficial winner over Gene Hisel
- Judge postpones Fowler trial
- Wall Street tumbles another day
- Incident report
- Drug companies: No cold medicine for children under 4
- J.L. Chestnut funeral at 1 p.m. Wednesday
Monday, Oct. 6
- Awareness, prevention and research keys to eradicating breast cancer
- Miss Central Alabama Fair Queen pageant Tuesday night
- Winn-Dixie breast cancer campaign begins
- Selma woman dies in automobile accident
- Selma Police Department gets new officer
- Colee search continues nearly a month after she disappears
- Selma police seek information in weekend shooting
- U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alabama man's appeal
- U.S. Supreme Court to consider 'light' cigarette lawsuit
- Dow finishes below 10,000 for first time since 2004
- City preps for Tuesday's run-off election
- Fire Runs
- Incident report
Sunday, Oct. 5
- Incident report
- Morgan knocks off Macon
- Concordia falls at home
- Bobby Humphrey special QB Club guest this week
- Get out and vote on Tuesday
- Get ready for the butterflies
- Along the river
- Black Belt Treasures receives $3,000 grant
Saturday, Oct. 4
- Musicians, story telling highlight annual festival
- There's no substitute for newspapers
- Incident report
- An apple pie and eligibility to vote
- Don't hate the man for being real
- The List
- Jemison defeats Dallas County
- Keith takes first loss
- Senators snubbed in OT
- Demopolis hands homecoming crowd a big win
- Lowndes falls to Glenwood in up-and-down affair
- Linden shuts out Maplesville
- Feud hurts those who love history
- Lobster Fest a success
Friday, Oct. 3
- Prep scores from The Associated Press
- 7 die in Department of Corrections accident
- Authorities arrest two men in car burglaries
- Incident report
- Florida hopes to bounce back against Razorbacks
- Wells Fargo, Wachovia agree to buy-out
- Shaun Livingston signs with Heat
- Congress passes bailout bill; Bush signs it
- Concordia: Seniors want this one
- Prepping for the contest
Thursday, Oct. 2
- V.A. explores part-time clinic location in Selma
- Police arrest suspect in purse theft case
- Police make public aware of purse thief
- Other agencies join search for Colee




