LaFayette Sun

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  • Obituary: Mr. Bishop Lockhart
    Mr. Bishop Lockhart, III, 71, of Waverly died Monday, March 13, 2023, at Lafayette Nursing Home, LaFayette. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 18, 2023, at Mt. Pelia Missionary Baptist Church, Camp Hill at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Rev. Otis J. Tyner, Jr., officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will Read More…
  • Lady Rebels defeat Lakeside in dramatic come-from-behind win
    by Katie McElvy Lady Rebel SoftballAfter falling at Lakeside 1-9 on Monday, the Chambers Academy Lady Rebels returned home on Tuesday to host the Lady Chiefs in a double header at home. Down 2-11 with one out in the bottom of the third, hopes were low for Chambers, but with two runners on Madison Davis Read More…
  • Mike’s Musings: Heaping praise on employees, readers
    As any business owner will tell you, employees make a business successful. I couldn’t agree more, and I’m here to tell you I am fortunate enough to have one of the best groups of employees an employer could ever wish for. I harken back a couple of years to COVID, when Fauci and his minions Read More…
  • First day of Spring fails to warm up Chambers County
    By John BriceCorrespondent Spring officially sprung astronomically speaking at 5:24 p.m Eastern Standard Time on Monday March 20th, 2023 according to the calendar, however, many residents in Chambers County were left wondering if mother nature had not gotten the memo after consecutive weeks of cool days with sufficient sunshine that failed to significantly warm up Read More…
  • Judge’s opinion expected soon after April 14
    As of Monday, March 20th, has received an update from the Honorable Judge Keith Watkins.Court transcripts have been filed by the court reporter. Trial briefs are now due by all parties on or before April 14th.We should expect an opinion from the honorable Judge Keith Watkins sometime after April 14th, said Superintendent Casey Chambley.Chambley added, Read More…
  • Student built vehicles race at Inspire Academy
    SOLV Energy & Inspire Academy kicked off the big SOLV Energy 400 race at Inspire Academy on March 17 &18. It’s said to be one of the biggest events of the entire season. 45 Cars / 410 Participants / 8 Hrs. of Racing.SOLV Energy 400 will be the ONLY Electrathon race of the year in Read More…
  • Mike’s Musings: Banning Djokovic makes no sense
    I play a lot of tennis, and Novak Djokovic, the best in the game, and maybe the G.O.A.T, is a hero of mine. Like Jordan in basketball or Brady in football, Djokovic has dominated men’s tennis for a decade and has helped immensely to popularize the sport.Because he refuses to take a vaccine for COVID, Read More…
  • Obituary: Mrs. Carolyn Myers
    Mrs. Carolyn Myers 93 of Lanett, Alabama died Saturday March 11, 2023 at the LaFayette Extended Care.Mrs. Myers was born in Chambers County August 21, 1929 to the late Aubrey Ison Sims and the lateMary Kate Sims, she was a devout christian and a member of the Providence Baptist Church in Lanett, and retired from Read More…
  • Lady Bulldogs win first in three years
  • Judge chosen for elementary history project
    One student from Miss Milford’s class chose to do their “Live Wax Project” on her father, Judge Calvin Milford.Cartez Heard has been a student at Eastside for many years. He had heard of Judge Milford, Chambers County District Judge, just from being a local resident. Now that his teacher is Judge Milford’s daughter, Cartez took Read More…
  • City Council proclaims April 8 as Valley Haven Day
    By John BriceCorrespondentThe LaFayette City Council met on Monday, March 13th of 2023 at the Chambers County Farmers Federation Agricultural Center at the ALFA building in LaFayette. In attendance were Mayor Kenneth Vines, Councilman Terry G. Mangram, Councilman David Ennis, Councilman Toney B. Thomas and Councilwoman Tammie B. Williams. Police Chief George Rampey, Fire Chief Read More…
  • Past resident recalls childhood in LaFayette during Great Depression
    By John BriceCorrespondent In an elegantly handwritten letter addressed and mailed to the offices of The LaFayette Sun, former resident Betty Sanders Blount recalled sanguine memories of her remarkable childhood spent growing up in old LaFayette with her dear family during the grueling years of The Great Depression. Given the economic uncertainty faced by the Read More…
  • Rebel baseball splits in region games
    By Katie McElvy Chambers Softball 1, Edgewood 10The Lady Rebels kept things close throughout the first three innings as they traveled to Edgewood Academy to face the Lady Wildcats. Chambers’ Carly Forbus and Mckenzie Gilliland were able to get hits in the first but were unable to advance home and were left stranded. In the Read More…
  • Mike’s Musings: History tells us money, weaponry will not help Ukraine
    Why are we still supplying Ukraine with taxpayer money and weapons? Wouldn’t the hundreds of billions of dollars we have sent to fight the proxy war against Russia, be put to better use at home? I certainly think so.We have been told by our leaders for over 70 years that we must enter in to Read More…
  • Obituary: Mr. John M Hall
    Mr. John M Hall 69 of Wadley, Alabama died Friday March 3, 2023 at his residence. He was born in Chambers County June 20, 1953 to the late James Wesley Hall and the lateAnnie Mae Bell Hall, he retired from the Honda Plant in Lincoln, Alabama,prior to that heworked at Amacco Fabrics in Roanoke for Read More…
  • Obituary: Joy L. Stripling
    Joy L. Stripling left this world to be with her Lord and Savior on February 26, 2023 at the age of 85. She was survived by her two daughters, Sandy Lowery Tucker (Mac) and Wanda Lowery Brown (Doug) of LaFayette; her grandchildren, Kyle Brown (Kellie), Manda Tucker (John) and Evan Tucker; one sister, Ruby Nell Read More…
  • Portraits of Honor recognize six LaFayette women
    March is National Women’s History Month and LaFayette is honoring six women whose legacy and history helped shape the town with the Portraits of Honor. On Wednesday, March 1, the new portraits displayed in downtown LaFayette on the top windows of the once known McClendon building, honoring six women who are no longer with us Read More…
  • Valley basketball state championship win celebrated
    By John BriceCorrespondent Valley High School’s Boys Basketball team claimed the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 5A championship title in their 54-50 victory against Charles Henderson HS from Troy on Saturday March 4th, 2023.Capping off their undefeated 33-0 winning streak season, news of the historic sporting triumph received massive fanfare in their home community Read More…
  • Mike’s Musings: DAZED and CONFUSED, or JUST GROWING OLD
    Growing can be a real pain, sometimes. What you once remembered with ease, you now forget.Case in point occurred last weekend. My significant other and I had booked a concert at a smallish auditorium back in December. It was sure to be sold out because the band had had a string of major hits in Read More…
  • CA boys win baseball championship
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