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News

Town votes to fire police chief
Ider Police Chief Neal Sparks has been placed on administrative leave, but still has a job.

Roads bill lives again in Senate
Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, will renew efforts this week to pass a $1 billion road construction bill in the Alabama Senate.

County denied road money
According to County Engineer Ben Luther, FEMA has denied assistance to DeKalb County to fix roads damaged in late January’s winter weather freeze.

Historians buy Cricket Theatre
The trustees of the Collinsville Historical Association voted this week to buy the Cricket Theatre in downtown Collinsville.

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Photo by Dusty Plunkett

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.


Editorials

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

Quality of Candidates Important Locally
On the national, and sometimes the state, level, we constantly hear complaints about the quality of people reaching for public offices in elections.

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Sports

SOCCER ROUNDUP: Fort Payne boys prevail
Fort Payne’s boys stayed perfect in sectional play despite turning in a performance that didn’t please coach Glenn Hughes.

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Homers lift Sylvania
Sylvania used a first-inning power display to take charge of its game against North Jackson on Monday.

High School Football Scoreboard

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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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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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