By Gari Voss &Scott Hageman On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the Allegan Game Forest will be alive with lights wielded by participants of the Melonhead Games. This is the sixth year that Scott Hageman will unveil five campfire stories that provide coordinates leading to the locations of the tales.“The first year of the games in Read More…
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Rebels light up Evangel, 39-0
By Katie McElvy Chambers Academy hosted Evangel Christian-Alabaster for the first time in school history on Friday. Evangel brought a rowdy crowd and a 6-1 record. A member of the ASCA, Evangel is the top team in their division and played like it, but that did not stop Chambers from controlling the game early.Chambers started Read More…
Obituary: Mrs. Charmel Wright
Mrs. Charmel Wright, 87, of LaFayette, died Monday, September 23, 2024, at Riverside Healthcare Center, Covington, GA. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024, at Vines Funeral Home Chapel at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Rev. Jerone Fannin officiating. The remains will lie in state at the Chapel from 12:00 p.m. (CST) until Read More…
Obituary: Mrs. Linda Gail Wilkes
Mrs. Linda Gail Wilkes, 64, of Wadley died Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at East Alabama Medical Center. Opelika. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Pastor William Russell & Pastor Tom Staples officiating. The interment was in the church cemetery.Mrs. Wilkes was Read More…
Two Main Street façade grants completed
Thanks to a Main Street Alabama Project Grant, LaFayette Main Street recently partnered with downtown property and business owners to rehabilitate facades, creating momentum towards further goals of private investment and other developments in the historic district.Centered around design guidelines of both the LaFayette Historic Committee and Main Street Alabama, informational workshops were held outlining Read More…
Mattawan teams stay busy
By John Raffel MATTAWAN – Mattawan’s boys cross country team was 36th in its division at the Portage Invitational on Saturday.For Mattawan, Owen Fisher was 74th (16:43.5), and Michael Stork got 126th (17:20.5);For the girls, who were 48th, Kate Barron was 187th (21:50). GolfMattawan was set to play in the Division 2 reigonal meet on Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Donate if you can, Helene a monster
We all are too familiar with it now. I am writing about the devastation that we witnessed in western North Carolina last week. Hurricane Helene, which swept through Florida quickly and then motored up to the Carolina’s within a blink of the eye, did more devastation in the mountains than any hurricane on record.The mountains Read More…