The South Alabamian News Podcast

Four Washington County contestants participated in the 38th annual Alabama Open Horseman Association State Championship Show on Aug. 29-31. The show was comprised of 14 independent horse show associations statewide and from select locations in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. Braxton Evans was the AOHA highpoint champion and AOHA reserved champion in speed racking. Allyson Singleton was the 13-17 AOHA timed event high-point state champion and finished fifth in arena race, eighth in cloverleaf barrels, fifth in three barrels, second in pole bending and stakes race and sixth in open pole bending. Jerry Duboise was sixth in the 13-17 arena...

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Sunday, Sept. 14 Williams Temple CME will host Homecoming at 1:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Rev. Ashford Jackson of Evening Star Baptist Church of Gallion. Horeb Baptist Church Homecoming and 200th Anniversary Celebration Worship services at 11 a.m., followed by lunch. Glory Road will perform after the meal. Location: Horeb Baptist Church. Homecoming services will be hosted by Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Jackson on Sept. 14 at 12-noon. Guest speaker will be Evangelist Audrey S. Wilson of Word and Praise Worship Center in Shreveport, La. Fall revival services will be Monday, Sept. 15 through Wednesday, Sept. 17,...

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It was Thursday, and as usual, I was busy working on weekend projects. My biggest project, of course, was my Sunday sermon. Most people don't understand the amount of hard work that goes into preparing a Sunday sermon. And I work hard. I was spending time researching some ideas on Google. I spend a lot of time on Google because it helps with my research. I'm able to find certain subjects very quickly. Until Thursday, I didn't realize how much time I spent on Google. It’s really a blessing in my life. I had some coffee, and I was resting...

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A college colleague told me about a tense Sunday morning when he was a part-time pastor. The deacon chairman confronted him before worship with a stern request (the Baptist deacon chairman is akin to a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army). “We’re gonna’ wait until after the service, but we want to meet with you IMMEDIATELY when it’s done,” he scowled. It’s been some years since he told me this, and laughed about it then, but I forgot the punch line. I don’t know if he was terminated or lived to preach another day. Whatever the case, this was surely a...

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Defeating an incumbent is one of the most challenging things to pull off in American politics. In the last 100 years, only four incumbent presidents have lost their reelection bids — Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. In the last three congressional cycles, the incumbent seeking reelection had a success rate of more than 90%. It does happen, but when it does, it can be part of a bigger, broader shift in the country’s political temperament. In 1980, the Reagan Revolution gave incumbent U.S. House members a reelection rate of 91% but the U.S. Senate had a...

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The plane trip began in Tuscaloosa, and stopped in Jackson, before it finally reached Dallas. Later in life, taking this hopscotch flight was as aggravating as a floater in my eye. But not when I was 21 years old. Not when I was headed to my first big job interview — and my very first airplane ride. I was meeting with a large paper company. Apparently, they liked our first meeting at the University of Alabama, so I was invited to fly out and meet some of the muckety mucks. The operative word here is fly. Woo hoo! I certainly...

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One of Gov. Kay Ivey’s greatest legacies will be her outstanding wisdom and prudence in her appointments to fill important judicial and governmental openings. She has shown amazing leadership in this capacity over her decade as governor. She had the opportunity to make another stellar appointment in June. Ivey appointed state Rep. Cynthia Lee Almond to be the new president of the Alabama Public Service Commission. The vacancy occurred when veteran PSC Commissioner Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh left to take the Trump administration appointment as Alabama’s director for rural development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She will work closely with...

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The Montgomery County Circuit Court granted the State of Alabama a temporary restraining order against the Alabama High School Athletic Association on Friday, allowing students who accept CHOOSE Act funds to be eligible to play sports without sitting out a year. The temporary restraining order specifically prohibits the AHSAA from “enforcing any rule or policy which makes the acceptance of CHOOSE Act funds the sole determinative factor of eligibility for participation in interscholastic athletic events.” The AHSAA had issued a ruling requiring all student-athletes who transfer to private schools and accept CHOOSE Act funds to sit out one year before...

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL All kickoffs at 7 p.m. * Denotes region game FRIDAY, SEPT. 12 • Baker at Jackson • Bayshore at Clarke Co.* • Sumter Central at Thomasville* • Lowndes Academy at Clarke Prep* • Wilcox Academy at Jackson Academy*

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Arrests booked in the Clarke County Sept. 1-7 include the following: LaQuashia Denise Brown, 28, bond revocation, driving while suspended, theft of property first degree William Shade Weaver, 27, unlawful possession of marijuana second degree Jason Fitzgerald McCall, 42, here for court Kelly Dee Bates, 49, probation violation – new charge felony Shuntavis Sims, 34, discharging firearm, etc., into occupied or unoccupied building Keyante James, 36, assault of a police officer second degree Bailey Wilson, 22, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, driving under the influence of alcohol Decatur Isaih Goodwin, 33, resisting arrest, drug paraphernalia, use or...

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