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Classifieds

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Sports

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Community Calendar

JUNE 19 The Clarke County Alumni Chapter of Alabama State University cordially invites all and your congregation to join in a Juneteenth celebration on Friday, June 19, at 4 p.m., at Jackson City Hall, 400 Commerce Street, Jackson. This year’s theme is: “Remembering the Past, Building the Future.” JUNE 20 CCHS Class of 1971 will hold its 55th class reunion June 20 at the Senior Center in Grove Hill. Brunch will be from 10 a.m. to noon and a banquet at 6:30 p.m., with a cost of per person due by May 1. The Clarke County Historical Museum in... Article Link [https://www.clarkecountydemocrat.com/articles/community-calendar-752/]

What hurricanes taught me about home

With our special hurricane section coming out this week, I found myself thinking back on the hurricanes I remember from my childhood. Some memories fade with time. Others stay tucked away in your heart. They may be small details — a hallway full of pallets, the smell of food cooking outside or the sound of grown-ups talking in serious voices — but somehow those are the memories that come back every hurricane season. One of my earliest memories is Hurricane Camille. I was about 5 years old when Camille struck in 1969. My brother was only a few weeks old.... Article Link [https://www.clarkecountydemocrat.com/articles/what-hurricanes-taught-me-about-home/]

Alabama nears end of historic Ivey governorship

Alabama is on the verge of having a new governor. For the first time in nearly a decade, the occupant of the governor's office at the State Capitol will not be Kay Ivey. Ivey's path to the state's highest office was unlikely. In the early 1980s, she failed to win elected office in then-Democrat-controlled Alabama, losing a race for state auditor. After spending two decades in various state government and political roles, she won election as state treasurer in 2002 as a Republican — eight years before the GOP completed its takeover of state government. Her name was often mentioned... Article Link [https://www.clarkecountydemocrat.com/articles/alabama-nears-end-of-historic-ivey-governorship/]