Thomasville United Methodist Church will host a blood drive Nov. 25 from 10:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the church fellowship hall. The church is located at 120 Old Hwy. 5 N in Thomasville. The Community Choir will present “Celebrating Jesus” Dec. 7, 5 p.m., at Sandflat Methodist Protestant Church. Singers and musicians from 18 different churches have joined together to sing praises and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Please join us for this annual musical worship tradition. The church is located at 3087 Sandflat Road in Thomasville. Forest Springs Baptist Church announces homecoming this...

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I am writing this column with regret. I like to write about the good things but today is not one of those days. There were at least three robberies in my immediate neighborhood this past week. Something like that makes us feel unsafe and uneasy. Especially the one that occurred at my neighbor’s right across the street. It occurred in the middle of the night. I didn’t hear a thing, and neither did my neighbor. According to the tire tracks, the culprits parked right across from my house. They helped themselves to a generator on a cart with a flat...

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The Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) Advisory Council met on Nov. 6 to review the program’s role and future needs for Clarke County students. A central point of the discussion was the impact of the Tiny House project, funded by the AARP, which is set to be completed in December. JAG specialists, including Russell Wright of Jackson High School and Mary Roberts of Clarke County High School, highlighted how the project provides students with valuable carpentry and general life skills. The program is now seeking funding and volunteers to ensure a similar project can be offered next semester.

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No injuries or damage were reported after a delivery truck caught on fire in the parking lot of a Thomasville church on Nov. 12. The driver was headed north on U.S. Highway 43 when the truck began smoking from the rear, according to 3Circle Youth Minister Nic Newton, who responded to the scene when he heard about the fire around 2:40 p.m. The driver apparently was instructed by FedEx to park the vehicle at the 3Circle Church and wait on a tow vehicle but by the time he parked the truck, black smoke appeared, so he called 911, according to...

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SNAP benefits should be available to those qualified to receive them in Alabama following the end of the federal government’s shutdown. The Alabama Department of Human Resources received notification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that state agencies must take immediate steps to ensure households receive their full November allotments promptly. Recipients whose issuance date is Nov. 14 or later should receive benefits on their regular issuance day of the month, according to the ADHR. “It is about time Congress did their job to reopen the federal government,” Gov. Kay Ivey said. “In Alabama, SNAP recipients were some of the...

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TUSCALOOSA — The Heisman moment and the championship moment were unfurled at the feet of Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson and the Crimson Tide offense Saturday evening. The No. 4-ranked team in the country was going to push the ball off the goal line without a running game and drive 94 yards in the last seven minutes for the touchdown to beat No. 11 Oklahoma and its NFL-caliber defensive line. Or Simpson was going to skillfully steer Alabama about 75 yards down Saban Field so Conor Talty could kick the winning field goal. Tide 24, Sooners 23 and 100,000 fans might...

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Some car features don’t seem important… until the day you try them. Then suddenly you’re wondering how you ever survived without them. It’s like discovering heated blankets, grocery delivery, or mute buttons — life just gets better. Take me last week, for instance. It got brutally cold out of nowhere — and thanks to Raynaud’s syndrome, my hands do not play with the cold. They go straight from normal to “frozen mannequin fingers” in 30 seconds flat. But that heated steering wheel? Absolute life saver. That warm wheel had me out there driving like a luxury executive on a ski...

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Clarke Prep’s Pee Wee Volleyball Gators girls brought home the championship at the first-ever Clarke County Youth League All-Star Tournament! From left, front row, are, Brooklyn Reynolds, Mattie Goodman, Parker Cross, Madison Jackson and K. Taylor; from left, back row, Kierstin Beech, Addy Autrey, Lakyn Claydon, Maddie Roberts, Isabella Davis, Haven Larrimore and Larkin Payne.

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Alabama’s Black Belt Adventures Association is sponsoring its Big Buck Photo Contest for the 14th consecutive year. The winner will be determined by online voting. The winner of the year’s contest will receive a 0 gift card and a copy of “Black Belt Bounty,” a coffee table book filled with stunning images, wildlife essays, stories on Alabama hunting and fishing traditions, wild game recipes and more. Voting will conclude on Feb. 13 at 11:59 p.m. Alabama’s deer season began last month for bow hunters and the gun deer season starts with special youth hunts on Nov. 14-17. The full gun...

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