Demopolis News

The Demopolis City Council on Thursday approved an administrative contract for a rail spur to be built at the Airport Industrial Park.

Manley Blackwell will present a piano recital at the Demopolis Music Study Club meeting today, Wednesday, Nov.

The interest-free bond is part of $263 million in qualified school construction bonds distributed by the governor's office as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly called "the stimulus package." "This money is going to allow schools opportunities to do things that they wouldn't normally be allowed to do," said Gov.

Other nominees for the honor from Marengo County included Mary Gaddy and last yeara s winner, Tommy Vice.

Officials with the change of ownership for Helping Hands of Alabama are Amber Carmichael, executive assistant to the HPC board of directors; Erin Anderson, HPC director of operations; Carolyn Bell, Helping Hands area manager; Carolyn Cowling, Helping Hands director; Barbara Hill, Helping Hands area manager; Todd Vereen, HPC chief financial officer; ...

Gallion native Brig. Gen. John W. Collins and Col. Julian a oeBuzza Sawyer of Demopolis were inducted into the Alabama Military Hall of Honor in front of more than 100 onlookers.

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It is a rare achievement for someone from our area to be honored on the state level - even rarer when two area natives are so honored.

Representatives from businesses throughout the area came to interview the high school seniors to give them an idea of what it was like to apply for a job.

Halloween is probably one of my favorite non-holidays of the year. It has been since I was little.

The University of West Alabama invites the community to an open house at the Demopolis Higher Education Center on Thursday, Nov.

District IV extends as far north as Lamar, Fayette and Walker counties and as far south as Marengo County.

The council approved by a vote of 5-0 an ordinance requiring caterers to have liability insurance worth at least $1 million in coverage for events held on city property.

Lt. Col. Bobby J. Brown of Demopolis was promoted to the rank of colonel on Sept.

There were 50 contestants in the Young Miss Christmas on the River pageant, all from grades 3 through 5. Camilla Tutt, a fifth-grader at U.S. Jones Elementary School in Demopolis, won this yeara s Young Miss Christmas on the River.

I have slowly come to realize that there is more to this down economy than what I thought, that it is affecting more aspects of our lives than we may realize.

12, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Demopolis Civic Center and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital.

7 issue of The Demopolis Times incorrectly identifies the grand marshal as "James Taylor." The name is correctly given here.] James Thomas Jr.

One person was killed and 34 Sumter County students were taken to hospitals following a head-on collision between a car and a Sumter County school bus at about 7 a.m. Thursday.

Westside students were in for a treat, as special guest Smokey the Bear made an appearance, courtesy of the Alabama Forestry Commission.