The agreement had been scheduled to be renewed in October, but the apparent control of the policy, as well as the involvement of the state in how funds are distributed, were points of contention for Superintendent Darren Douthitt, and negotiations with the state delayed action on the contract. Read the full story
Piedmont Elementary School was presented a $650 check Thursday morning for finishing in first and second place in a contest sponsored by the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention. Read the full story
During Robert Hase’s senior year in 1952, he enlisted in the Navy over the Christmas holidays and wound up serving for 20 years. Never graduating from Oxford High School was his lifelong regret — until Sunday. Read the full story
Scott Dorsett, site services manager for Eastman Chemical, crouched down as he told the fifth-graders of Golden Springs Elementary on Wednesday how, together, they would build a 15-by-18-foot house, complete with a window and porch, that morning. Read the full story
Piedmont Elementary School was presented a $650 check Thursday morning for finishing in first and second place in a contest sponsored by the Agency for Substance Abuse Prevention.
During Robert Hase’s senior year in 1952, he enlisted in the Navy over the Christmas holidays and wound up serving for 20 years. Never graduating from Oxford High School was his lifelong regret — until Sunday.
Scott Dorsett, site services manager for Eastman Chemical, crouched down as he told the fifth-graders of Golden Springs Elementary on Wednesday how, together, they would build a 15-by-18-foot house, complete with a window and porch, that morning.
Job Shadow student Cameron Carroll from Oxford High School gets hands on experience at Clanton Animal Hospital in Jacksonville.
Images from the If I Had A Hammer event for 5th grade students at Golden Springs Elementary School.
In a brief meeting Thursday, members of the Jacksonville school board made preparations for the departure of the school system’s longtime maintenance chief. Phillip Noah said he’s ending his 30-year career with city schools due to back and knee problems.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
A state panel is quietly revising schools' math standards. The criteria will be available in draft form on the Alabama Department of Education's website as early as Nov. 1 and the department will likely open a comment period on them at the same time.
Dozens of people were on hand Thursday as museum officials unveiled the institution’s newly redesigned lobby. Museum donors and local politicians milled around the large rotating metal globe that now dominates the room. Others watched high-definition video on a curved, wall-mounted screen.
A representative from a state school board association on Thursday presented to the Anniston school board evaluations of the district’s superintendent and chief financial officer.
Images from the Anniston Museum of Natural History renovated lobby and gift shop grand opening.
A email from the school system said the final draft of the audit should be complete by the week ending Nov. 2, and the board will have a presentation of the audit during a meeting in November. The board had planned to have the presentation Thursday.
The burden of pregnant students at Jacksonville State University has been eased in a new way, thanks to a maternity closet installed in the basement of Sparkman Hall earlier this fall.
Dr. Christie Shelton, dean of the college of nursing, said that when JSU adopts this new masters program, it will be one of the few in this part of the South. More than 200 open athletic training positions can be found on indeed.com, a job-search website, according to Shelton.
For local high schoolers, fall brings football season, homecoming and a host of traditions. Passed down from classes before them, some White Plains High School students have taken familiar toilet-paper pranks too far, locals say.
Images from Courtney Watson's 3rd grade math class at Oxford Elementary School.
Events of local interest from 75 and 25 years ago.
Images from a Make a Wish ceremony at DeArmanville Elementary School for Rowdy McLeod.
Police arrested a 16-year-old Piedmont High School student Friday after he allegedly made a bomb threat that cleared out the school for much of the day. The city's police chief said no bombs were found, and that the stadium is safe for tonight's football game.
A school bus was struck by gunfire in a shootout on South Noble Street this afternoon, police said. No children were on the bus, and the driver was unhurt.
There's a group of eligible persons, working but poor, with children, who may not see their wages rise enough to leave the program. "They're cashiers, home health aides, servers and other people whose jobs may not offer health insurance," said Robin Rudowitz, an analyst for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, was awarded to JSU and Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas for the creation of the Cell Biology Education Consortium.Â
 Images from the 2018 JSU Homecoming parade.
The Anniston school board will hear a presentation of the school district’s long-awaited audit in an Oct. 18 meeting, according the system’s chief financial officer.
