From left: David Sanders, Clarkdale VFD; Bryant Reynolds, Long Creek VFD; Ivan Davis, Long Creek VFD; Floyd Hurt, Alamucha VFD; and Allan Dover, assistant fire coordinator and training officer for Lauderdale County, deploy a dump tank during a recent training course made possible through a partnership with MCC’s workforce division.

• Honing Skills

   
      The men and women who make up Lauderdale County's volunteer fire departments all have one thing in common – the desire to protect and serve their community.
       Of course these volunteers don't get paid for their service, and although some are retired, there are many, like Bo Land from the Martin community, who work full-time and have a family.
       That means volunteer fire department members must train nights and weekends.

  February 9, 2010 1 Photo

• MPD probing weekend incidents
• Deadly accident claims two lives
• Partnership formed to promote fire safety
• Happy Birthday Meridian

• MCC Eagles open with victory

  February 9, 2010

• Knight-marish Ending
• MCC women roll past Delgado
• MHS overcomes slow start
• Men at work

• Hot Ticket

  February 2, 2010

• Chamber Music Series Concert Thursday
• Hillard and Hood perform Thursday
• Béla Fleck & The Flecktones: Jingle All the Way
• Hot Ticket

• A Terrorist’s Bill of Rights?

  The jurisdiction struggle over where the trial of Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day airline bomber, should be held reveals the underlying fallacy of the Obama Administration’s efforts to try terrorists in civilian courts.

  February 7, 2010

• Uh oh, an idea was committed
• It’s been a long time coming!
• Calm down — don’t get paranoid
• More guts than sense. …