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Wilcox County Unofficial Election Results

Governor – Kay Ivey 473 votes Malika Sanders Fortier (D) – 1,576 United States Senator – Will Boyd  1,870 votes State Senator, District No. 23 – Hank Sanders 1,522 votes District Attorney, 4th Judicial Circuit – Michael Jackson 1,557 votes Wilcox County Sheriff  Roosevelt Agee, Jr 470 votes Larry J. Colston 1,613 votes Victor Tracy…

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Vices & Virtues – About those flags in the old Baggett Building…

  Mankind has exercised the freedom to speak its own point of view long before it was defined as a “right”. Against such things there should be no hindrance nor threat, but an understanding that equal and unalienable responses from people like me should follow—who also have the freedom to express opinions. Chances are, if…

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Parenting Week October is Alabama’s Statewide Parent Visitation Month

Parenting Week October is Alabama’s Statewide Parent Visitation Month, and you are cordially invited to join teachers, administrators, and other parents at Wilcox County Public Schools for “Homes and School Partnerships: Breaking Barriers to Learning” events. This statewide celebration is planned especially for you and will give you an opportunity to see what your child…

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Pine Belt Telephone Company to Invest $13 Million to Build Fiber Optic Network to Parts of Central and North Marengo County

Arlington, AL – October 26,2020 – Pine Belt Telephone Company of Arlington, Alabama recently received word that it has been awarded a $13 million 50/50 loan/grant by the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utility Service. The funds will be used to construct a fiber to the premises network in parts of Central and North Marengo…

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Attorney General Steve Marshall Announces Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Wilcox County Murder Conviction

(MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of Sylvester Elliot, 29, for murder. Elliot was convicted in Wilcox County Circuit Court on January 27, 2020, for the murder of Clifford Bonner. The evidence at trial showed that on September 3, 2017, a social event was held by…

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Altercation with girlfriend ends with fatal shooting

The Wilcox Sheriff’s Department has made an arrest in connection to a shooting that happened in Pine Hill over the weekend. According to Sheriff Evans, 32-year-old Tineisha Pearson, a B/F from Camden shot and killed her boyfriend Detrick Grimes, B/M 37. The shooting occured this past Saturday, October 17 at 10 A.M. “somewhere off County…

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