Story archive for August 2009
Monday, Aug. 31
- Selma City Council to consider bond issue ordinance
- Bases Loaded ready for series
- Terry to run for District 2
- Learning in progress
- Meadowview assistant coach faces felony charge
- Casinos just might be worth a shot
- Yay or nay, something needs to be done soon
- Arrest report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Incident report
- Young reader enjoys visit in Selma
- Reader looking for a Davis
- Protesting is patriotic
- Reader disapproves of ghost hunts in cemetaries
Sunday, Aug. 30
- Police report
- Better communication skills needed
- No matter how painful, history belongs to all of us
- Frank Chestnut Jr. announces for District 3 school board seat
- Incident may lead to disciplinary action against assistant coach
- Haints promise to bring in tourists
- Hornets blank Texas College to open season
- Raising tourism awareness
- My thanks to the Chamber
Saturday, Aug. 29
- Selma teaches Southside a lesson
- Pike Lib spoils Morgan opener
- Saturday's area prep roundup
- Concordia opens season at home vs. Texas College
- Marion families feud to the tune of 22 warrants
- Banking on students at the Selma-Dallas County Library
- Benjamin: Where is the community development?
Friday, Aug. 28
- Vets need no other Sept. day
- Justice failed Dugard
- Reader rebuts Crenshaw’s opposition to ordinance
- Budget time looms
- Arrest report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Warriors fall to 0-2 in rout
- Selma council considers bond issue items
- Dear President Obama
- No flu in county schools
- College softball may be in Selma’s future
- Careful consideration a must
- A bad law for good people
Thursday, Aug. 27
Wednesday, Aug. 26
- Police search for shooting suspects
- Street officially renamed for Chestnut
- CCA brings eight-man game home
- Car policy helps clean up city
- Friday night lights have returned
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Reader does not believe in luck, but in God’s will
- Selma School Board candidates begin to qualify
- Remembering Sen. Edward Kennedy
- Bond issue project list needs cuts
- Selma impresses visitors
- Clearing library fines for the Selma Food Pantry
- Family members face charges
Tuesday, Aug. 25
- Academy celebrates opening
- Moving to higher ground
- List of bond issue projects - 8/24
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Recession can teach giving
- Live Blogging Selma City Hall
- More than 100 sign up for medical exams after toxic ash spill
- Outpatient clinic to hold grand opening
- Commission working with Castle Rock Industries, L.L.C.
- Extra blues: They will save your life
- Selma Quarterback Club nears Sept. 14 kickoff
Monday, Aug. 24
- Investigation continues into Marion's melee
- Late-night infomercials, entertaining or disgusting?
- Arrest report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Incident report
Sunday, Aug. 23
Saturday, Aug. 22
- SPD ‘traffic blitz’ less than 2 weeks from completion
- West to run for board
- A day with the orchestra
- Adams done balancing . . . for now
- A program worthy of support
- Incident report
- Arrest report
- A rite of passage for incoming college freshmen
- Lowndes Academy opens with win
- Tuscaloosa tames Meadowview
- Area teams kick off 2009 season
- Dallas County still swine flu-free at the moment
- Sardis man accused of raping cousin
- Treating crime the way other countries do
- Use common sense to stay healthy
Friday, Aug. 21
- Use common sense to
- Treating crime the way other countries do
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- No cases of swine flu reported in Dallas County
- Wallace adds boatload
- Neighborhood watch focuses on code enforcement
- Business After Hours
- Starting on the right foot
- Robber uses force with elderly woman
- Working together to accomplish our goals
- Perusing the past
- The flag of The United States of America
Thursday, Aug. 20
Wednesday, Aug. 19
- Southside’s new season begins
- High school football kicks off on Friday
- Police nab suspect while he drinks
- Chamber after Hours set for Thursday
- Butterflies are beautiful
- Schools take action on swine flu
- Clean up the block
- Davis doesn’t follow Obama, he follows constituents
- Promoting area’s resources
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Recycling topic of library meeting Thursday
- Abandoned house burns
- Green to seek state senate seat
- Clunkers do well in area
Tuesday, Aug. 18
- Get businesses behind the bond
- Keep the reclaiming of Selma's charm coming
- Incident report
- Arrest report
Monday, Aug. 17
- Business leaders listen to, question bond plan
- Safety blitz starts Friday
- Claudette loses steam
- Envisioning a new U.S. Highway 80
- Selma renames Saints gym
- Full account required
- Planning for the unexpected
- United Way needs your help to help the community
- Arrest report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Incident report
Sunday, Aug. 16
- Tropical depression become Tropical Storm Claudette ( 11 a.m.)
- Nice girls must not
- Breeding also has real life
- Upward Bound wraps up busy summer
- Police report
- Outdoors program will be an asset
- Being in the presence of heroes awe-inspiring
- Davis will likely remain firm on stand
- Raising catfish in Dallas County
- Plans for downtown Selma building remain unknown
- Clock is ticking for board candidates
- Southside alumni stop Selma
Saturday, Aug. 15
- Police report
- Police address string of bank burglaries
- Doc on a Bus to expand
- Landlord perplexed by listing
- Selma Veterans Administration clinic nears opening
- A worthy cause needs your support
- Because of vision, many now have health care
- Obama could play Forrest Gump in American sequel
- Meadowview, Morgan match up
Friday, Aug. 14
- Bloomberg reports on Colonial Bank issue
- Final passage given to Ala. county rescue bill
- Rice Banking Co. latest in string of break-ins
- Bolstering the ranks
- Selma High stumbles out of gate
- City council approves list of lots
- Police report
- COPS helping already
- Les Paul, pops of modern rock guitar
- Davis should pay attention to the job he holds
Thursday, Aug. 13
- Schools sign pair of WCCS alums
- 2 rail cars jump tracks at Tenn. coal ash site
- Daehan employees file suit in Lowndes County
Wednesday, Aug. 12
- Burglars caught on video
- Ivey addresses 4-H leaders
- City Hall gets artwork
- Some frustrated by slow cleanup
- Program targets area outdoors
- Cleaning up the city
- Oratory makes a comeback
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Motorist should slow down when children are present
- House approves Jefferson County occupational tax
- Rookie officer brings back drowning victim
- After school at the library
- Principal sets goals for Shiloh
- 4-H Association gathers in Selma for conference
- 4-H Club benefits more than agriculture
Tuesday, Aug. 11
Monday, Aug. 10
- Dunkin reflects on music career, ‘drifting cowboys’
- School is back in session
- Procedures slowing grass cutting progress
- Another unsuccessful bank burglary attempt
- County budget meetings to begin
- Bond set for bank robber
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Is it really worth it?
- Working for our schools
- Maintenance on tax payers dime
- Alabama legislators to consider bills to help Jefferson County
Sunday, Aug. 9
Saturday, Aug. 8
- Hornets have a new attitude
- Residents take advantage of tax holiday weekend
- Classes begin Monday
- Taking it to the next level
- Yard sale proceeds go to good cause
- Wachovia customers contribute 735 pounds of food
- With school renewal, memories flood back
- Benjamin working for youth
- Incident report
- Arrest report
Friday, Aug. 7
- J.L. Chestnut Boulevard to be renamed Aug. 26
- Art Walk turns 1 year old
- Salvation Army thrift store closes
- Plantersville man arrested for drug charges again
- Louis struck his share of blows too
- Shut down of shot houses needed
- Arrest report
- Incident report
Thursday, Aug. 6
- Police looking for escaped suspect
- Lett recognized for service
- Bond under advisement for robbery suspect
- Selma man sentenced for distribution of drugs
- Selma, Southside alumni to play
- Be wary when classes resume
- Arrest report
- Incident report
Wednesday, Aug. 5
- DOJ changed Selma police request
- Selma man arrested for illegal alcohol sales
- Art Walk begins Friday
- Police: Bank robberies, burglaries unrelated
- Shop Selma first
- Jesse Owens’ a-bomb against Hitler
- Are we taking God out of the country?
- Arrest report
- Incident report
Tuesday, Aug. 4
- City marina back in business
- Selma Police arrest bank robber suspect
- Walters announces candidacy for Davis’ vacant seat
- Voting Rights Act of 1965 to be celebrated
- Pilgrimage for Daniels
- Lett wrapping up ministry career
- Hanning sets course record
- Dallas County Sheriff’s Department’s Monthly Report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- The digital South and education
- Incident report
- King's daughter seeks SCLC leadership post
- Severe weather possible today through Wednesday
- Arrest made in bank robbery
- Tuscaloosa businessman joins 7th District race
- Artur Davis reveals dropout plan
Monday, Aug. 3
- School systems meet overall AYP goals
- Hanil E Hwa to expand
- Regions on Broad Street robbed for second time
- Pad, helmets hit practice fields
- Charges upgraded to attempted murder in assault
- 3 figures deserve honor
- A place to sleep in San Diego
- Area bouncing back
- Arrest report
- Arrest report
- Arrest report
- Incident report
- Incident report
Sunday, Aug. 2
- Perhaps the city officials are listening
- Liberals in majority mean big government takeover
- Former resident laments the condition of Selma
- Speech carries responsibility
- A magical concert series
- A calling of devotion
- 14 vie for 2009 Jr. Miss title
