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Selma looking for new football coach

Selma City Schools is looking for a new football coach after head coach Leon Day has resigned. Interim ...

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Smith catches all three targets in Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game

Alabama’s All-Stars overcame eight lead changes Saturday and a heroic effort by Mississippi All-Stars quarterback Deuce Knight of ...

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SMITH: Constant bickering at City Hall should stop

It is quite apparent by now if any New Year’s resolutions, or hopes for compromise or working together ...

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The story of the Christmas truce

The centennial anniversary of World War I, July 28, 1914 – Nov. 11, 1918, is underway and a ...

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SMITH: Remembering attack on Pearl Harbor

Tora! Tora! Tora! is the coded message Captain Mitsuo Fuchida sent back to the Japanese fleet after flying ...

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SMITH: Thanksgiving is a joyous occasion

Thanksgiving is always a joyous occasion for family and friends to gather and enjoy fellowship and the fruits ...

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Smith: Honoring veterans who have passed

The best definition of a veteran, I’m aware of, is as follows: “A veteran is someone who, at ...

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Smith: Selma’s city leaders can do much better

Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of our nation and the 3rd President, once said, “The government ...

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Smith: Residents should clean up after themselves

A portion of my last column appearing on Thursday, Sept. 21 entitled “Same Problems Plaguing City,” was devoted ...

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SMITH: Same problems plaguing city

There is an old saying, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” It appears there ...

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The meaning of Independence Day

If Americans know anything, it is how to celebrate a holiday. The Fourth of July is one of ...

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Many reasons to respect veterans

How many reasons are necessary to pay respects for our war deaths on Memorial Day? Memorial Day is ...

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Closer look at job statistics

There are some in Selma who are working diligently to make this a better place for all its ...

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Nation needs to come together

I firmly believe there is nothing this president, Donald Trump, could say or do to please the mainstream ...

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Media bias easy to spot

After the 2016 election cycle, any doubt the mainstream media doesn’t have a political leaning was completely eliminated. ...

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