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From hobby to business, Baker’s Woodworking creates range of products

BY KADIE VICKTHE LAFAYETTE SUN LAFAYETTE — Baker’s Woodworking Company provides customers with handmade wooden rocking chairs, cutting boards, stove covers and more.“I do custom woodworking and I do restorations,” said Baker’s Woodworking Company Owner John Baker....
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Federal raid targets local restaurants in sweeping investigation

Several Mexican food establishments involved BY SAM VISEFOR THE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Federal agents, supported by state and local officers, executed multiple search warrants in East Alabama on Tuesday morning as part of a fraud and drug investigation that led to...
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Police investigate recent string of unrelated deaths

BY ANITA STIEFEL, MANAGING EDITOR AUBURN/OPELIKA — Local police had a busy week, with murders and manhunts following incidents in both Auburn and Opelika. WOMAN SUSPECTED OF STABBING DEATHOpelika Police spent the weekend searching for 35-year-old Tempest Vanshay Reese...
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Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is this weekend

BY ANITA STIEFELMANAGING EDITOR CHAMBERS COUNTY — It’s time to save money on essentials during Alabama’s 20th annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 18, and runs through midnight on Sunday, July 20.During this three-day...
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