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With $700,000 in grant funds, the city of Comer recently installed the downtown storm water control system, which included curbing, guttering and sidewalks. Considering the deluge of rain last week, the changes couldn’t have come at a better time. Comer City Clerk Steve Sorrells said he measured 5.5 inches of rain in six days with the highest ... [Full Story »] 

More than $3,000 worth of equipment was stolen from chicken houses on Hwy. 191 recently. Deputy Dennis Harbison met with the owner, who stated that a number of items were stolen from two chicken houses, including heaters, an air compressor, miter saw, chain saw, electric feed motors and wire, after two padlocks were broken. In another incident, ... [Full Story »] 

I wasn’t there to cover the commissioners’ meeting with the sheriff on the 2010 budget. Instead, I carried a reporter’s pad into St. Mary’s Hospital Sept. 2. I guess it brought me some comfort to jot down the notable events. There’s sort of a helpless feeling for spectators in a hospital, but you can at least document what’s going ... [Full Story »] 

Madison County High School is utilizing the latest technology to get campus information out to the public. The school now has its own page on the popular social networking site, Facebook. “We have one now for the high school, so that we can get information out to our kids,” Madison County High School principal Chad Stone told the school ... [Full Story »] 

I decided to watch Jay Leno’s first prime time show on NBC recently to see if it was worth watching. Overall, I was disappointed. The introduction of the show held some promise. His musical director Kevin Eubanks came up with a somewhat more stylish theme that is less frantic than what they used on Tonight. Jay opened the show with his usual ... [Full Story »]