Opinion

Synthetic drugs finally banned

The Alabama Legislature recently passed a bill banning a wide range of synthetic drugs. Read more

Help a team reach its destination

Nearly every day, dozens of local sports teams fill our headlines — as they should. The young men and women at our schools and in ... Read more

Legislative session in home stretch

The Alabama State Legislature is in the final stretch of the 2012 session. With only a few legislative days remaining, we certainly have our work ... Read more

Alabamians deserve options

If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always gotten. Alabama’s students know far too well how true that ... Read more

Safeguard against sexual predators

The number of sex offenders in Shelby County has risen slightly from last year to break the 200 mark. Read more | 1 comment

Letters to the Editor

Extended summer won’t help education

I am very pro-business. I realize the importance of and support the case to spend money in Alabama and shop in my county. Doing business ... Read more

Strangers feel cared for, welcomed

We were so pleased with our recent emergency car repair facilitated through Victory GMC. The promptness, friendliness, helpfulness, kindness and courtesy of all the personnel ... Read more

Seniors should have been honored

One can only hope that the family, friends, community leaders and sponsors of the Thompson High School baseball team will never again stand for the ... Read more | 1 comment

Thanking community for prayers, help

On Nov. 6, 2011, our son, Telly Head, was in a car accident, and we would like to thank the angels God sent to his ... Read more

Exchange student shares thanks

My name is Katrine Ryttergaard and I’m a World Heritage exchange student here in Helena. Read more

More Articles

  1. Becoming a Shelby County leader
  2. Exchange student shares thanks
  3. Officers need public’s help
  4. Autism epidemic needs attention
  5. Longs make a national impact
  6. Questions about suspended licenses | 1 comment
  7. Good Samaritans help man in wreck
  8. We are a nation of laws
  9. Veterans Court will benefit vets, county
  10. Art to hang on your office wall
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