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Educators, Parents Attend Open House
The Chambers County School District’s final Open House event of 2019 was held Tuesday morning at the Chambers County Career Technical Center in LaFayette. Established in 1977, CCCTC currently serves more than 600 students daily from Chambers County Schools, Lanett City Schools, and Chambers Academy. The Open House was attended by a large group of […]
National Technical Honor Society Inducts 24
The Chambers County National Technical Honor Society held its Induction Ceremony on December 3, 2019. There were twenty four new members inducted from Chambers Academy, LaFayette High, Lanett High, and Valley High schools. The club officers were also installed in their position. No related posts.
Farm City Winners Announced
By David Owen- Chambers Academy Headmaster For more than 70 years the annual Farm City Week has been observed across America during the week leading up to Thanksgiving. The Chambers County Farm City Committee planned several local events to underscore the interdependence of those who live on farms with those people who live in metropolitan […]
Sports
Bulldogs Whip Opelika, Handley, Now 6-0
By Pamela Holloway The LaFayette Bulldogs were in action on Thursday and Saturday of last week. The Bulldogs traveled U.S. Highway 431 South on Thursday for a Battle of the Bulldogs against Opelika High School and on Saturday traveled the same highway North to Roanoke to battle with the Handley High School Tigers. Thursday night […]
Rebels Tip Off Season With Win Over Eastwood
By Ashley Oliver The CA varsity boys basketball team defeated Eastwood 44-33 in the basketball season opener last week. Payton Allen led the Rebels in points with 21 while Gunner Johnson led in rebounds with 6. Other scorers were Raphe Daniel with 8 points, Josh Holiday with 6, Caydon Smoot with 5 points and Braxton […]
Panthers Edge Mars, Crowned State Champs
The Lanett Panthers are the Alabama Class 1A 2019 State Champions. This is Lanett High School’s second football championship in three years. The Panthers won the championship on Thursday in The Super 7 Championship game hosted at Jordan Hare Stadium in Auburn Alabama with a victory over #1 ranked Mars Hill Bible 40-31. Lanett standout […]
School
CA Takes Field Trip To Valley Carousel
CA’s Kindergarten thru third grade classes enjoyed a field trip on Monday, December 2nd to the City of Valley’s Carousel to begin the Christmas season. In all, 46 students attended the outing along with their teachers and numerous parental chaperones. The children at Chambers Academy were fortunate to be the first school outing of the […]
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Church Happenings
Mt Pisgah Baptist Church A Western Style Christmas Celebration on Dec 14th at 6cst with lots of fun activities for everyone. Attire is Western tickets are $15.00 Ages 7 to 17 tickets are $5.00 White Chapel CME Church with Rev Daniel Todd Pastor will have its Family and friends day / homecoming on Nov 24th […]
Columns
Humor; Lint Head Language
It occurred to me that some of the crude language in use today in the South is really LINT HEAD LANGUAGE rather than COTTON PATCH. The town that I grew up in, LaFayette, was a mill community as well as the entire area of east Alabama. A high percentage of the population worked in the […]
Opinion
Back To School
Hard to believe it’s that time of year again. “Back when I was a kid” we didn’t go back until the Tuesday after Labor Day, and that was after a 24-hour dose of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Wayne Newton, Tony Orlando, and the aforementioned Jerry Lewis. Man, those were […]