News

BREAKING NEWS: Tee ball practice cancelled
Tee ball practices scheduled for Wednesday, March 10 at the Fort Payne Sports Complex are cancelled due to rain.

DeKalb’s jobless rate jumps 2 percent
DeKalb County’s unemployment rate jumped more than 2 percent to start 2010.

Republican candidates emerge
The DeKalb County Republican Party recently opened qualifying to the tune of no surprises.

New graduation rate challenging to schools
A new method being used to calculate Alabama's graduation rate shows only 65 percent of students finished high school on time in 2009.

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Jewel of a find
Molly Black looks at items Monday at DeKalb Regional Medical Center’s jewelry sale to raise money for DeKalb Relay for Life. A gold buy will be Wednesday and Thursday at the hospital with proceeds also going to Relay for Life.

We All Have Issue With State Budgets
Hopefully, a little break will be just what the Alabama House of Representatives needs to fulfill its requirement of establishing budgets for our schools.

DeKalb Perfect For ‘Year of Small Towns’
Several years ago, the Alabama Tourism Department decided to take an interesting approach to promoting our state.

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Sports

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Crabtree saves Fort Payne
Austin Carpenter’s three-run homer and Kyle Crabtree’s diving stop were the key plays as Fort Payne edged Plainview 5-4.

SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Swanson leads Ider
Lynda Ring finished 2-for-4 with two doubles, one run and two RBIs and led Ider past host Sylvania 6-3 in high school softball Tuesday.

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DeKalb Living

Meeting of the Mustangs
Amber Rain Mathewson, of Whispering Rain Farms, will talk to students at Northeast Alabama Community College on Tuesday about mustangs.

Donate books to help DeKalb Library
The DeKalb County Library is looking for a few good books – to sell.

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The Front Page

Columns

Not a disparaging word for one DeKalb girl
By Jared Felkins

The Rock offers up some birthday inspiration
By Jared Felkins

Me and the devil blues
By Mark Harrison

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