Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago. Read the full story
Three JSU alumni Honda employees on Friday shared their experiences at the company with current juniors and seniors from JSU’s School of Business and Industry. Read the full story
An Oxford man has been elected to the second-highest office in the nation’s largest labor union for federal employees. Read the full story
Calhoun County posted a 4.9 percent unemployment rate in August, unchanged from August of last year. Statewide, unemployment was at 4.1 percent, up just a tick from the 4 percent rate the state posted last year. Read the full story
Three JSU alumni Honda employees on Friday shared their experiences at the company with current juniors and seniors from JSU’s School of Business and Industry.
An Oxford man has been elected to the second-highest office in the nation’s largest labor union for federal employees.
Calhoun County posted a 4.9 percent unemployment rate in August, unchanged from August of last year. Statewide, unemployment was at 4.1 percent, up just a tick from the 4 percent rate the state posted last year.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions has confirmed this morning that he will travel to Birmingham on Monday to give remarks with other Department of Justice officials at the U.S. Department of Justice National Public Safety Partnership Symposium.
Calhoun County’s productivity grew for the second year in a row in 2017, mainly from gains in manufacturing, a recent federal report shows.\
As Jacksonville State University’s Burgess-Snow Field prepares to host the Alabama & Friends benefit concert Wednesday night, local businesses and law enforcement are readying themselves for the more than 20,000 expected attendees.
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice candidate Bob Vance Jr. spoke to the Calhoun County Democratic Party on Thursday, telling more than 50 supporters what he called “a tale of two judges.”
09-14-2018 Arrests
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Part of a months-long program of tours, the goal was to show educators what opportunities are available in manufacturing so they can better inform students of their options after high school.
The police chief said reasons for a decrease in applicants are hard to identify, but he’s confident their physical conditions have an effect on the turnout.
Shirts apparently made recently for Congressman Mike Rogers’ re-election campaign use a Jacksonville State University logo not approved by the institution, a campus spokeswoman says.
A former Anniston resident who was found in Carrollton, Ga., shot to death earlier this month has been identified as the suspect in the attempted robbery of a Villa Rica, Ga., Waffle House Sept. 13.
Rogers was at Fruithurst Elementary to tour the school and to listen to a presentation by Principal Christy Hiett about getting county residents in Muscadine and Fruithurst hooked up to municipal water instead of using well water.
An Alexandria nurse pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree elder abuse and neglect charges from July 2017.
The Calhoun County school board on Wednesday approved the final draft of a job description members will use to find a new superintendent to replace Joe Dyar by Jan. 1, including a salary range of $125,000 to $160,000.
The circuit court clerk's office staff this week noticed out-of-sequence check numbers on the office's accounts. The checks turned out to be bogus checks with the circuit clerk's account number, cashed at a Wells Fargo branch in Lawrenceville, Ga.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
George Smith's column of Wednesday 19 Sept 2018
Wednesday marks six months since the tornado, and for many in Jacksonville, life is still in flux. Some JSU students affected by the tornado have had a slow recovery, with several just recently returning to some semblance of normalcy.
The Anniston City Council on Tuesday agreed to hire an architect to find temporary housing for City Hall.
Project Pride, a communitywide partnership among local nonprofits, businesses, faith-based organizations and city government, plans to pair federal grant money and local bank loans to fund home repairs for low-income Anniston residents.
The City Council voted on Tuesday to talk with its attorney on ways to solve a controversy it created by recently letting a mobile home locate in a local neighborhood.
