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NHS Chiefs fall to Jay Royals
By LEXXI BAGGETT News Sports Writer With each week’s defeat, it is getting harder and harder to come up with reasons why the Northview Chiefs are ending up short of winning. What do you say when only a few years ago, the Chiefs reigned as the Florida State 1A Champions? What has and is happening to a program that prided itself on skills and domination, so much so that other…
Tax reform will grow our economy
By Congressman Bradley Byrne Last week, the House took a big step toward long overdue tax reform when we passed our budget for Fiscal Year 2018. The budget is important because it opens up the process by which we can bypass a Democrat filibuster and pass tax reform with 51 votes in the Senate. If you read last week’s column, you know that the unified Republican tax plan will benefit…
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers  Jefferson County is transitioning from a Republican to a Democratic county. In the process, they are having an interesting array of intriguing political happenings. You may recall that a few months back I wrote about the indictment of the newly elected Jefferson County District Attorney, Charles Todd Henderson, on perjury charges. To say a lot has happened since then would be an understatement. Dr. Robert Bentley has…
Blessed to have our mayor
To the editor: On Friday afternoon, I called Mayor Jim Staff and asked if someone from the city could come pick up a huge pile of limbs and shrubs we’d had cut on Tuesday. I knew the pile of limbs and leaves would likely clog street drains. During rain storms, Laurel Street often floods near Presley. Mayor Staff had a truck at our home within ten minutes of my call…