As I sit here with a walker at my side, I have gained a newfound affinity for those that must endure ailments and pain. You see I’ve been very healthy all my life, and never have had surgery. I didn’t understand the pain and suffering many, particularly the elderly face each day.My suffering is negligible. Read More…
Owner Pamela Holloway displays her exercise equipment in action. Treadmills for cardio health. A full array of workout stations inside the gym. Local businesses have a rich history in the city of LaFayette, perhaps the most remarkable of which is the last decade that Blessed Body and Fitness Gym has been serving the community with Read More…
LaFayette is honoring law enforcement officers that provided LaFayette with safety and protection on the April’s Portraits of Honor display. On Wednesday, April 7, the new portraits displayed in downtown LaFayette on the top windows of the once known McClendon building, honor seven men who are no longer with us but conveyed the strength, courage Read More…
By Katie McElvy Chambers hosted Coosa Valley in a spring break double header on Thursday. The first game was a fielding battle with neither team being able to cross home plate until the bottom of the fourth. With bases loaded. AJ Barnes doubled on a line drive to center field sending in two runs. Coosa Read More…
For many last week was spring vacation, a time to take a trip or just enjoy family. For me it was a whirlwind of activity I will never forget.I underwent surgery on Wednesday, as the result of falling off my bike and breaking my hip. That was quite a scene. There I was laying in Read More…
Ms. Shirley Ann Hicks Hughes, 73, of Huntsville (formerly of Camp Hill) died Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 1, 2023, at Centerview Baptist Church, 4460 CR-89 Camp Hill at 12:00 p.m. (CST) with Rev. Don Darius Butler, officiating. Interment will be in Ozias Baptist Read More…
Here is the culprit. The storm destroyed the main water line to LaFayette as shown in this photo by Pamela Holloway. By John BriceCorrespondent In the aftermath of fierce thunderstorms that plagued East Alabama on Monday, March 27th 2023 there was severe flooding across Chambers County and it was especially destructive in the vicinity of Read More…
By Katie McElvyLady Rebel SoftballThe Lady Rebels started their week off with a win against the Calvary Christian Knights.Calvary scored first, but Chambers quickly tied it up on a McKenzie Gilliland RBI. The LadyRebels had a big inning in the top of the fifth scoring three runs, as Carly Forbus, Gilliland,Sophie Price, and Brynlee Alford Read More…
Mrs. Catherine Louise Ward Allen, 93, of Five Points died Saturday, March 18, 2023, at West Georgia Hospice, LaGrange, GA. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Five Points at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Rev. Tommy Carwell, officiating. Interment will be in Skyview Memorial Gardens, Roanoke. The remains Read More…
Editor’s Note: Because I’ve been laid up in a hospitalthe last couple of days (broke my hip) I pulled this oldy but goody columnfrom the vault. BY MIKE WILCOXPUBLISHER Saturday will be April Fools’ Day. It is also thebirthday of a good friend, actually her 80th. I can only imagine what it was like growing Read More…