The South Alabamian News Podcast

The following deeds and licenses were recorded by the Clarke County Probate Office: The following property transactions were recorded during the week ending Aug. 31: Just US Timber Co. LLC to Joseph E. and Caroline B. Vella Foundation, statutory deed Maric Linton to Kimlee Pugh, Kimlee Pugh Land Trust, warranty deed Calvin Greg McDonald to Donald McDonald, Tracy Lynn McDonald, warranty deed Dorothy T. Atchison, Almon Atchison to William Scott Middleton, Tresa P. Middleton, survivorship deed Blanche Starks, Alisa G. Moss to Pointer Investments LLC, warranty deed Sue R. Fuller to Kevin W. Fuller, Travis Fuller, warranty deed Joanna L....

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Thomasville’s volleyball team won the Bobby Davis Invitational championship in Demopolis, beating University Charter School 25-14, 25-18. In other action from the tournament, the Tigers lost to UCS in the first pool-play game 18-25, 25-22, 11-15, beat Sweet Water 25-16, 25-16, Jackson 25- 13, 25-20 and Demopolis 25-18, 24-26, 15-8. In the finals, Zion Howard had 11 aces, Zakiya Pritchett 4 blocks and 7 kills, Imani Brothers 25 digs, Lyric Thompson 6 digs and 6 assists, Austin Marshall 17 sets and Kirstin Marshall 7 blocks. In other action last week, Thomasville beat visiting Sweet Water 25-22, 20-25, 25- 20, 25-14...

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Bears beat Massey and Bulldogs GROVE HILL — There was a time in the not-so-distant past when Chan Lowe was asked if he’d like to be his own boss some day and coach against his longtime friend and mentor, Jason Massey. “He’d beat the dog mess out of me,” Lowe said without hesitation. And that was just after Lowe had replicated Massey’s 2022 state championship by winning a Blue Map of his own in 2023 while serving as the Bears’ interim coach with Massey 7,000 miles away in Iraq on deployment with the Alabama National Guard. Lowe went on to...

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SWEET WATER — Troy Davis and Jakaden Grayson combined for 181 rushing yards and three touchdowns to lead Class 3A Thomasville to a 20-7 victory over No. 4-ranked 1A Sweet Water on Aug. 28. Freshman running back Davis and senior running back Grayson both got their touchdowns in the second quarter. Davis had 12 carries for 94 yards and a touchdown while Grayson had 19 carries for 87 yards and two touchdowns. “I thought overall we tackled better on defense and at times our offensive line was physical at the point of attack,” said Tigers coach Clint Anderson, whose team...

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MONROEVILLE — Pilots for Christ, the Monroeville-based nonprofit providing free air transportation to patients in need, is rallying community support this month with two special initiatives. PFC’s primary aircraft will be grounded for required maintenance for two weeks this month — an essential ,000 investment to ensure safety and reliability. During that period, the organization expects to spend an additional ,000 to ,000 on alternative transportation to make sure no patient misses essential care. “For over 30 years, God has provided for the ministry and again this year we will fly over 800 mission flights,” PFC Founder Tommy Lee said....

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Jackson five-star running back and Alabama commit E.J. Crowell ran for 242 yards on just 11 carries and two touchdowns in his return from a one-game suspension and the visiting, No. 1-ranked Class 4A Aggies clobbered Demopolis 41-0 on Aug. 29. Four-star quarterback and South Carolina commit Landon Duckworth completed 12 of 20 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a score for Jackson (1-1), which rebounded from a season-opening 17-6 loss to No. 3-ranked Class 6A Saraland. “To win a championship, things have to go your way, injuries, matchups, weather games and the such,” Aggies coach...

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Thursday, Sept. 4 Thomasville UMC will begin offering a program called Fitness Made Simple at 6 p.m. Classes will meet weekly on Thursdays and include “sit and be fit” and chair yoga. The program is open to people of all abilities. Cost is per person per month for five classes. The church is located at 110 Old Highway 5 N. Sunday, Sept. 7 Zion Branch Baptist Church Homecoming and Revival Sunday School at 9 a.m., Worship Service at 11:30 a.m. with guest speaker Dr. Duran K. Odoms. Location: Highway 84, Whatley. The Rev. Woody Bullard is the pastor. End...

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THOMASVILLE — The A.L. Martin Historical Museum in Thomasville on Aug. 23 celebrated the opening of the Tuskegee Airmen photography exhibition and the rededication of the original A. L. Martin High School cornerstone. The event was held in conjunction with a homecoming celebration for Martin High, which closed in 1970 after integration. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps, and trained at the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama during World War II. A.L. Martin High’s cornerstone remained in its original location after the school closed and is now displayed in the museum....

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Arrests booked in the Clarke County Aug. 25-31include the following: Princeton Cordarrell Foster, 37, probation revocation, technical violation Desmen Keyshawn Whigham, 22, criminal mischief, second degree Hilton Chapman, 46, domestic violence, strangulation or suffocation Keyante James, 36, assault, second degree, on a police officer Amanda Nicole Gailes, 38, driving with a suspended license Savannah Corinne Baswell, 38, bond revocation; unlawful possession or receipt of a controlled substance; possession of drug paraphernalia, first offense Domincik Young, 45, domestic violence, third degree Ezzard Hudson, 62, harassment; assault, third degree; theft of property, fourth degree (less than 0) Latanga Tawaunder Cummings, 55, domestic...

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There is no denying it. For a century after the end of the Civil War, Alabama has had a well-documented and ugly history of denying legal Alabamians the right to vote. It's unfortunate, but the state is still paying the price for it. The injustice is that Democrats committed those sins of the past, and 60 years later, Democrats are the net beneficiary. Despite being fervently opposed by Southern Democrats, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by both chambers of Congress by wide margins. The law's passage was spurred by the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" march in Selma, a...

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