Mr. Freddie Ledbetter 76 of Cusseta, Alabama died Tuesday May 3, 2022 at his residence. Freddie was born in Tallapoosa County,Alabama July 6, 1945 to the late Henry Crawford Ledbetter andthe late Dossie Dorathea Golden Ledbetter, he retired from Uniroyal Tire Plant after 30 years of service,he was member and deacon at True Faith Baptist Read More…
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Lady Rebels enter tournament as #2 seed
By Tanya LovelaceThe Lady Rebels defeated Edgewood Academy 10-3 but lost to the Hooper Colts 5-3 last week in a seeding tournament for state playoffs. The team will enter the AA AISA State tournament as the number two seed for the East.In the first inning against Edgewood, McKayla Foster singled on a 0-2 count to Read More…
LaFayette City Lake closes due to flow issues
By Jody StewartLaFayette City Council met Monday afternoon at the Alfa building. In attendance were Mayor Vines, Michael Ellis, Shannon Hunter, Terry Mangrum and City Attorney Mac Tucker. Ann Gleaton spoke to the council and updated them on the situation happening at the city lake. Friday, Mrs. Gleaton informed the city council that The LaFayette Read More…
LHS track team brings home state title
On Saturday, May 7th, the LaFayette High School Boys Track and Field Team made history in capturing the AHSAA Class 2A State Track and Field Championship at Oliver Woodard Stadium in the city of Cullman. The team celebrated its second ever Boys Track and Field State Title captured at LHS with the last one being Read More…
Sports
by Ben MurphySports Writer Paw Paw baseball plays to split at Three RiversThe Paw Paw baseball team played a Saturday doubleheader at Three Rivers. The Red Wolves dropped the opener 8-5 but bounced back with a nice 10-6 win in game two.In game one, Ethan VanderSlik took the loss, as he went four innings and Read More…
Five earn Summa Cum Laude honors at Lawrence
Lawrence High School Class of 2022 Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honors) graduates include Mauricio Mancera Bohorquez, Omar Vasquez, Kayla Kendall-Solis, Jian Toy and Charles DeGraves.Photo courtesy of Lawrence Public Schools
PP Schools, Proposal 1 approved, Proposal 2 defeated
PAW PAW – On May 3, voters in the Paw Paw Public School District said “yes’ to one bond proposal, while a second bond proposal was voted down. Proposal 1, which will generate $47.5 million, extend the current millage, but not increase the tax rate, was approved by voters, according to unofficial election results, 1,631 Read More…
Decatur man arrested for fleeing and eluding
By Paul GarrodStaff Writer PAW PAW TWP. – A 25-year-old Decatur man, Dale Eugene Parish, was arrested early May 2 on fleeing and eluding charges, as well as several outstanding warrants, according to a press release from the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office.Van Buren County Sheriff Daniel Abbott said that a Van Buren County Sheriff’s Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorDark EnergyScientists believe the universe is expanding (Into what? Don’t ask) at a faster and faster pace. Except those who don’t.Three Princeton physicists have challenged this assumption, presenting a model wherein the universe’s expansion soon ends, then it contracts. (“Soon” to cosmologists meaning some 100 million years.)I’ve seen the best minds of my Read More…
Saugatuck soccer team wins two games, loses one
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorSCHOOLCRAFT—The Saugatuck girls soccer team ended a stretch of three games in six days with a 3-1 loss to host Schoolcraft on Monday, May 9.The Trailblazers won the first two games they planned during that span, besting Bridgman 4-0 on Friday, May 6, and upending Hartford 8-0 in a mercy-rule-shortened affair on Read More…