Editorial: Schools on trial — In Anniston, improving education remains the ultimate goal Any cocoon of stability that may have surrounded Anniston Middle School is now shattered. Last month, after decades of debate, the Anniston Board of Education voted to close the school on Alabama 21 and move its students to other campuses as part of a system-wide reorganization and cost-cutting measure.
Editorial: In Alabama, best path is to scrap this wishful policy Tommy Bice, the state’s superintendent of education, had the unenviable task Tuesday of carrying out a poorly conceived policy that, its authors assure us, is designed to raise the quality of Alabama public schools.
Speak Out: The state of foreign missions Today, one assumes that much of our commerce and industry have gone overseas — primarily to China. We further assume that China is a nation of non-traditional religious values, living virtually in the Stone Age with hostile attitudes toward Christianity.
The Calhoun County Amateur Radio Association will hold its annual Field Day event from 1 p.m. Saturday until 1 p.m. Sunday at the Mike Tucker Park in Anniston near Weaver at the entrance to Chief Ladiga Trail.