The Meriwether County Commission approved six budget amendments at their meeting October 12. The amended items were: airport grant, $400,281; clerk technical fund, $7,724; GACP grant, $23,000; Manchester animal fines, $1,315.77; tournament fees,$3,666; and the Ware Foundation grant, $37,500.
A Pine Mountain man is in critical but stable condition at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika following an apparent road rage shooting incident last week that left another man dead.
Well, since we now know who said what (check last week’s column if you don’t know what I’m talking about), it’s time to get back to the real business here - sharing incredible trivia. Also, be on the lookout for some classic Halloween costume ideas. I might actually go to a party this year. Imagine that, me getting out and partying. On second thought, don’t imagine it. The picture is too unsettling. Here’s what we should be doing ... sharing the trivia. Enjoy, friends!
It’s Halloween season, and the decorations are going up. Every year, it seems, folks who like to decorate their homes and yards come up with more and better ideas for a good, old-fashioned haunting. The city of Manchester was getting into the spirit of the season as well, with several scarecrows put up around town. They’re not there now. Because one person was offended by them.
The Meriwether County Board of Education is preparing for their next audit. Work is underway on the Board’s fiscal year 2026 financial statements as officials prepare for the next state audit.
After more than nine years, a closed railroad bridge has reopened.
Okay, that’s enough celebrating for now. We’ve got my birthday out of the way, and we have the column’s birthday out of the way. Halloween is coming up, but I’m still too exhausted from the previous celebrations to deal with it just yet. So let’s get into this week’s trivia - and it’s going to be a somewhat different kind of trivia. This week, we’re looking at famous quotes attributed to famous people who actually didn’t say them. Get ready to have your mind dazzled, folks.
When I was a kid growing up in Chicago, one of the joys I had was taking a nickel or a dime down to the corner store and buying some candy or gum. My dentist loved me. Back then (the mid 1960s, if you’re keeping score), a nickel went a long way - and a dime went twice as far.
Hamilton Police Chief Eric Weiss submitted his resignation to the City Council last Tuesday.
It’s time for the midterm elections! Early voting begins 8 am Tuesday, Oct. 13 and concludes 5 pm Friday, Oct. 30.
