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From the Thursday, September 4, 2008 edition
Education Foundation director revives drug testing
BY MIKE QUALLS
Managing Editor
A proposed random drug testing policy for the Monroe County Public School System that was defeated by a 3-2 vote of the school board could be brought back up for the board’s consideration in the spring of 2009.
Susie James, director of the Monroe County Education Foundation, told members of the Monroeville Kiwanis Club Tuesday that the foundation’s board is planning to ask the school board to reconsider the policy in the spring. MORE
 
Vols roll to 47-0 win
BY MIKE QUALLS
Managing Editor
Monroe Academy opened its season in a big way last Friday night at home, pounding Sumter Academy 47-0 to get the first win of the 2008 season.
Sophomore quarterback Dustin Ellison, MORE
 
Ruffin
Kennedy
Ruffin, Kennedy in runoff Oct. 7
BY MIKE QUALLS
Managing Editor
Ten uncounted absentee and provisional ballots did not change the outcome of the mayor’s race in Monroeville and runoff elections have been scheduled Oct. 7 in Monroeville and Frisco City.
In Monroeville, District 4 Councilman Rodie Ruffin will face District 1 Councilman Mike Kennedy in the mayor’s runoff. Ruffin led the race with 716 votes. Kennedy followed with 614 and James Holley was a close third with 598 votes – just 16 behind Kennedy. District 5 Councilman John Rice was fourth with 168 votes. MORE
 
National Guard on standby
BY MIKE QUALLS
Managing Editor
National Guard units across the state, including the 778th Maintenance Unit in Monroeville, have been placed on hurricane alert, according to Gary Hart, the 778th’s Ranking Non Commissioned Officer (NCO).
Hart said the 778th was in Anniston last Friday on its annual two-week training when it received orders to return to Monroeville and prepare for possible hurricane relief duty in Louisiana.
He said the decision was made earlier this week not to deploy the unit to Louisiana, but about half the unit’s 32 soldiers, will remain at the Armory in Monroeville. He said the unit will spend the remainder of this week making sure the equipment and vehicles are ready to be deployed if needed after Hurricane Hannah or tropical storms Ike and Josephine make landfall. MORE
 
‘Growing operation’ closed
BY JOSH DEWBERRY
Journal Staff Writer
A search warrant executed at a mobile home in Jones Trailer Park netted two drug arrests Tuesday afternoon and shut down what officials said was a “growing drug operation.”
Alfred Carter, commander of the 35th Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force, said agents, along with Monroeville Police and Monroe County sheriff’s deputies, served the warrant at 4:15 p.m. at Lot 1 in the trailer park, the residence of Tyrone Richardson. MORE