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Schools block social networks on school computers
They are the malt shops of the 21st century, places teens gather and talk about the things they do, their friends, their lives. These new gathering places are a lot different from malt shops. Instead of existing on a small town square, the new gathering places are found on the Internet. More...

Watchful eyes  Keep the computer in a family room so parents can monitor what happens online. More...

Opening Day of the Blakely-Early County Recreation Department baseball and softball season gets underway Saturday with opening day activities at Howell Park on Liberty Street. More...

022206-03 NOTICE PROBATE COURT OF EARLY COUNTY Re: PETITION OF Clifford Earl Anderson, Jr. TO PROBATE IN SOLEMN FORM THE WILL OF Ruth L. Davis, DECEASED, UPON WHICH AN ORDER FOR SERVICE WAS GRANTED BY THIS COURT ON March 1, 2006 TO: Jo-Ann Tyson Glover, Ricky Love, Eddie Love and William Hiram Phi More...
The Columbia Historical will be taking visitors back in time this weekend when they present "Walk In History: Columbia Cemetery" March 25 and 26. More...
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 DFACS Board meeting, 10 a.m. CHAMBER of Commerce, noon More...
Higher exemption level will reduce Medicaid estate seizures
I am pleased to report that the House of Representatives agreed to an amendment that would provide a $100,000 exemption for Medicaid patients whose property would be subject to the Department of Community Health%27s estate recovery program. More...
Sing praise to the creator
Psalm 145:1-13 It is easy for believers to "absorb" the attitude of the environment in which we live. The "ho hum" attitude toward God - and all spiritual things - can become contagious. May we never be "afflicted" with the mediocre in any area of our life. More...
Mollie Lindsey Jackson, 82, of Blakely, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. More...
Key changes in local FSA programs
The Farm Service Agency announced key changes authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The Act calls for changes to special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton and the Direct and Counter cyclical Payment Program. President Bush signed the Act on Feb. 8, 2006. More...
George Harrison Gee IV of Blakely and Laurie Elizabeth Anglin of Lutz, Fla., are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Belle to William Carlton Chandler, son of Jane Knighton Chandler of Blakely and Lon Chandler King of Corpus Christi, Texas. More...
Faculty Mrs. McNeal%27s Anatomy class just finished studying the brain. This included the dissection of a sheep brain. This week they will begin studying the special senses. Her biology classes are studying genetics and the nervous system. More...