Christmas Charities of Jackson County is taking applications for 2024.
If you pass by our office on Veterans Drive during the month of September, you’ll see four large teal bows hanging from the columns on the front of our building. Most will travel by and probably never take notice, but for some of us, their meaning carries a message deeper than the words on this page can convey.
During last Tuesday’s Scottsboro municipal election, 2,678 voters voted. That is only 22.49 percent of Scottsboro’s 11,905 registered voters.
During last week’s Scottsboro City Council work session, the Jackson County Children’s Advocacy Center requested funding in the amount of $300,000 from the opioid settlement funds received by the City of Scottsboro. It was noted that of the $8.5 million distributed, $730,000 was given to the Alabama Boys and Girls Club.
The much anticipated public hearing was held last week regarding the rezoning of 50 acres in the Stonebridge Subdivision. Developers have proposed rezoning the property from R-1 to R-3. However, there has been much opposition to the rezoning by residents of Stonebridge. The hearing was packed with residents of Stonebridge and other citizens of Scottsboro.