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Features

Sweet Water selects top 5 students

Each year Sweet Water High Schools selects top-ranking students for its 2024 top five students list. On March 14, Kory Jones Boyett announced the students, ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 6:00 pm

News

Marengo County Holds Hiring Event

West AlabamaWorks! hosted a hiring event for job seekers in Marengo and the surrounding counties Thursday, March 14 from 2-6 p.m. at the Theo Ratliff ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 9:48 pm

Demopolis Middle School

Demopolis students learning about, helping fund healthy hearts

Since 1996, Demopolis Middle School (DMS) has hosted Hoops for Heart, an annual event partnering with the American Heart Association to teach students the importance ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Monday, March 18, 2024 11:41 pm

News

Top spellers recognized at US Jones

US Jones held its spelling bee recently, recognizing one winner and a runner-up from each grade level. Dr. Aliquippa Allen, founder and executive director of ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Friday, March 15, 2024 9:01 pm

News

Marengo schools kick off civic education programs

Demopolis, Linden and Marengo County schools kicked off their civic education programs with a visit from Libby Liberty on Feb. 20. Through an initiative of ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 8:00 am

Features

Demopolis graduate soars high in makeup artistry

By Andrea Burroughs Some people in Demopolis might remember Malika James, and some might not. While James is originally from Ohio, she graduated from Demopolis ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Monday, March 4, 2024 8:00 am

Demopolis High School

Tigers finish season as regional runners-up

By Baylen Parker Special to The Demopolis Times Demopolis boys’ basketball ended the season with an Alabama High School Athletic Assocation (AHSAA) Class 5A Regional ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Monday, March 4, 2024 8:00 am

News

Marengo County Sample Ballot

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by Lanell Downs Smith, Sunday, March 3, 2024 8:26 am

Faith and Family

The Golden Bridge

By Michael J. Brooks Former FBI agent Robin Dreeke labeled it a “negative tell for the language of trust” when one speaks in absolutes like ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Saturday, March 2, 2024 8:04 am

Newsletter

Obituary – Thomas Alexander McKnight, Sr.

Thomas Alexander McKnight, Sr. passed away on Feb. 13 at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia. Born in Dayton on Nov. 15, 1942, he was preceded ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Friday, March 1, 2024 4:27 pm

Columns

Citizens Encouraged To Vote ‘Yes’ On Amendment 1

By Sonny Brasfield  Executive Director, Association of County Commissions of Alabama Proposed constitutional amendments are almost always confusing – and almost always very important. Such ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Thursday, February 29, 2024 2:33 pm

Community

Community Calendar

Winter Jazz Melody Two Rivers Arts Council presents Winter Jazz Melody featuring the Market STreet Jazz Band March 2 at the Demopolis Civic Center. Doors ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 8:04 pm

News

Alabama House passes gaming bills

The Alabama House of Representatives passed two bills Thursday aimed at regulating gaming in Alabama. The House passed House Bill (HB) 151, a proposed constitutional ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Thursday, February 15, 2024 8:12 pm

Community

Ivey awards $188M ‘middle-mile’ broadband funding

Governor Kay Ivey visited her hometown of Camden Monday, to announce the award of more than $188 Million to fund broadband expansion for rural communities ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Friday, February 9, 2024 10:00 am

Columns

Potato Candy – An old-fashioned favorite

While technically not a cookie, this recipe holds a special place in my childhood holiday memories. My mother made it for me and her mother ... Read more

by Lanell Downs Smith, Friday, December 29, 2023 3:01 pm

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