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Inside the Statehouse

The 2022 World Games Will Showcase Alabama By Steve Flowers Allow me to deviate from politics to discuss an important event for our state. The World Games 2022 will place Birmingham and the entire state of Alabama squarely in the global spotlight. Believe it or not,...

Averitt Expres Employees Donate More Than $1 Million to St. Judes

CONTRIBUTED BYAVERITT EXPRESS Setting a company record for its largest-ever contribution, truck drivers and other employees of Averitt Express raised $1,050,001 in 2021 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. The amount is $50,000 more than Averitt’s previous...

ARTHUR C. WARD JR.

Mr. Arthur C. Ward, Jr. 88, of Cortland, passed away Jan. 12, 2022, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, in Syracuse, New York. Arthur was born July 22, 1933, in Salem, Alabama. Arthur was a veteran of the United States Army and a former employee of Cooper Tools...

Lee County EMA Offering Free COVID Test This Week

By Wil Crews The Observer The Lee County Emergency Management Agency in partnership with Alabama Department of Public Health and East Alabama Health is offering free coronavirus tests to Lee County and its surrounding communities through a temporary testing site that...