For 12 seasons, Lanny Ray Deal’s voice rang out over the airwaves and brought Eufaula football into the cars and homes of countless listeners.

Mom might have said not to discuss politics at the dinner table, but opinions ran high during lunchtime Wednesday at a favorite Broad Street dining place about the proposed government “bailout” and how the poor economy affects day-to-day life in the Bluff City.

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WASHINGTON-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may point to Russia when pushing her foreign policy experience, but public records and interviews show the Republican vice presidential nominee has more face time with her neighbors in Canada. 

Niemann-Pick is a rare genetic disease usually affecting children. A person diagnosed with this disease lacks the enzyme that breaks down cholesterol. As cholesterol collects in areas of his body such as the spleen and brain, Lee King has slowly lost control of his muscles. 

Incumbent Jerome Trawick was recently declared winner of the Baker Hill town council election for post 2 that took place in August, but controversy still surrounds his re-election to this position.

The Eufaula City Council approved a $12.7 million budget this week at a special-called meeting.

Medical Center Barbour will host a luncheon in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 12 p.m. at the Eufaula Country Club entitled “New Weapons in the War Against Breast Cancer.”

Eufaula and Lakeside both play home games this weekend. Check out who Andy Brown and Patrick Johnston think will win. One of the prognosticators is also picking a Vanderbilt win against Auburn. See who’s going with the Commodores.

Though the Bill Heard Chevrolet dealership in Columbus closed Wednesday, automobile dealerships in the Bluff City assure they are in no danger of closure.

Nancy Robertson is through playing tag. She won’t sell them either. During a telephone interview Tuesday, the Barbour County probate judge said that she would no longer help tag-tellers in Eufaula and Clayton sell tags for Barbour County vehicles.

The Eufaula Water Works and Sewer Board voted unanimously Tuesday to increase water rates by 12 percent. 

St. James’ Episcopal Church will celebrate its annual St. Francis Day Blessing of Pets and Animals on Sunday, Oct. 5 at 5 p.m. 
Everyone is invited to bring their properly caged or leashed pets of any size or kind to the Courtyard of the Church of the Blessing. 

An Inlet Road resident reported criminal mischief after waking up on Saturday to find that someone had rolled a tree in front of the victim’s house with toilet paper on Friday night and damaged an Alabama football flag stand and bracket ($10) that was supporting the flag attached to the tree.

Eufaula resident Sam Hamrick won’t say no to free money – especially when it belongs to him.

Barbour County commissioners have approved the county’s 2009 budget.

The Hometown Connection bus tour rolled into Eufaula Monday morning.

The food was good and the spirits were high at Saturday’s local prayer breakfast for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Alabama Congressional District 2 candidate Bobby Bright met Thursday with Mayor Jay Jaxon to discuss Eufaula’s economy.

U.S. Rep. Terry Everett, R-Rehobeth, and several other Alabama Republicans voted for the Financial Bailout bill, but the measure was defeated earlier Monday.

WASHINGTON – All but one of Alabama’s seven congressmen voted Monday for the economic bailout package. 

It’s fall. That means there’s bound to be a lot going on around the corner and throughout Eufaula.

Do you know how you have favorites from all different restaurants. 

Friends of Fendall Hall will have their annual dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 6:30 p.m.

Wallace Community College is accepting applications for admission into the college’s spring nursing programs, which include associate degree and practical nursing and the LPN to RN mobility program. 

Georgetown-Quitman County commissioners discussed a proposed budget Tuesday that in its current form is described as “bare bones.”

The Boy Scouts’ Troop 11 of Eufaula will hold a rummage sale on Saturday to help fund activities throughout the year for the troop members.
The event will be at the old Golden Corral parking lot beginning at 7 a.m. 

As lawmakers hammer out a $700 billion deal aimed at reviving the nation’s financial system, many Americans feel more than a little bewildered by it all

The EHS Mighty Tiger Band traveled to Huntingdon College in Montgomery Saturday, Sept. 20 for the “Huntingdon First” Marching Band Invitational Band Competition. 

Bobby Bright and Jay Love told voters Thursday why they should represent Alabama’s District Two in Washington.