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By Marla Jones Sports Editor marla@southerntorch.com OXFORD – The Plainview Lady Bears (43-8-1) defeated Prattville Chrisitian to win their first ever Alabama High School Athletic Association (ASHAA) Class 3A State Softball Championship.
On Friday, Prattville the title. In the first game, Championship. Christian (35-10) defeated the Lady Bears defeated Plainview had several the Lady Bears, 3-2 Prattville, 13-4. Burning key players to help seal sending Plainview to the midnight oil, Plainview the win. Jada Hampton the losers bracket of started the final game hit a three-run homer SOCIAL MEDIA: @FARMERSTEL ON US W LLO FO | M CO EL. ST ER the double-elimination in the first inning. Halle 866.638.2144 | FARMof the series, at 10:26 tournament. p.m. The Plainview Lady Brown had a triple, and After defeating Bears shut out Prattville Eliane Puckett finished Houston Academy in Christian, 13-0 and ended 3-for-4 with three RBIs the elimination bracket the game at 12:06 a.m., and scored three runs. finals, The Lady Bears in the fifth inning due to On the mound, had to defeat Prattville the 10-run mercy rule to Plainview pitcher and Christian twice to claim win the Class 3A State Tournament MVP, Tessa
Word only allowed four hits. She struck out four and walked none. At bat, she had two hits and a RBI. Plainview was well represented in the Class 3A All-State Tournament Team. Those members included: Elaine Puckett, Mia Tidmore, Halle Brown, and Tessa Word, (MVP).
GOV. IVEY STAYING BUSY CODERED: ALABAMA UNVEILS NEW EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM GOVERNOR IVEY SIGNS MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL
By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Governor Kay Ivey recently signed the Medical Marijuana Bill which will allow Alabama citizens to use marijuana for several medical conditions. Conditions that will qualify a patient to receive a medical marjuania card from a doctor include: Autism, cancer-related weight loss, chronic pain, Crohn’s Disease, depression, epilepsy, HIV or AIDS related nausea or weight loss, panic
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MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) has launched a new high-speed notification system known as CodeRED, designed to notify residents of missing person alerts throughout the state. ALEA unveiled the new system on Tuesday, May 25, to highlight National Missing Children’s Day. “Our Alabama Fusion Center (AFC) will use the new state-of-the-art system to issue alerts in the event of a missing person and it will have the capability to quickly deliver essential information to citizens throughout the state or in a targeted area, depending on the situation,” Gov. Kay Ivey said. “I encourage all Alabamians to consider enrolling in the new alert system, which will allow everyone to be vigilant and stay informed once a missing person alert is issued.” ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor said, “We are continuously looking for ways to improve our overall
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ALABAMA TO BAN VACCINE PASSPORTS
By Marla Jones Managing Editor marla@southerntorch.com MONTGOMERY, Ala-- On the last day of the Alabama legislature session, a bill was passed to ban “vaccine passports.” The legislation defines a “vaccine passport” as any document issued by a state or local government to verify that a person has received a vaccination. The bill goes on to state that a state or local government cannot require a person to receive an
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