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Hartselle Enquirer

A cornerstone of democracy

This is National Newspaper Week!

Once a year newspaper publishers, editors and reporters have the opportunity to toot their horns about the important role they play in the communities they serve.

Reading the Hartselle Enquirer is not the same as reading any other type of literature.

It is not about what happened 15 years ago, what is happening in another county or what pops up in the writer’s imagination?

It is all about Hartselle and south Morgan County. It is about you, our readers and advertisers.

The Hartselle Enquirer is about your child’s first day in school, a Friday night football game, the opening of a new business, a drug bust or a proposed property tax increase.

Those are the things that a relevant community newspaper is all about no matter if you read it online or sit down with a cup of coffee and enjoy the traditional printed edition the way it was meant to be.

That’s not to say that print media has a corner on the advertising and readership markets today. Many newspapers are facing bumps in the road because of increased competition from electronic media.

The Hartselle Enquirer is not an exception. Consequently, strides are being made to meet competition and ensure the continuation of a print edition for many years to come.

The website www.hartselleenquirer.com gives immediate coverage to breaking news and provides easy and quick access to other categories of information that is of interest to the reader.

The Morgan Countian, a free publication is printed weekly and circulated widely in municipalities and communities surrounding Hartselle.

In addition, Hartselle Living, an upscale magazine featuring content of local interest has been in publication for more than two years. Plans are in the making to upgrade its frequency to once a month and mail it as a bonus to all subscribers of the Hartselle Enquirer.

However, in our quest to be more modern, we can’t lose sight of the fact that the most important characteristic and historically important aspect of our product are you — the reader.

Enough said! It’s time for me to abandon my Mac temporarily and rush off to cover a meeting of the Morgan County Commis-sion.

Clif Knight is a staff writer for the Hartselle Enquirer

At a Glance

PowerGrid Services in Hartselle evacuated for bomb threat

Morgan County

20 under 40: Trey Chowning

Falkville

20 under 40: TJ Holmes

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20 under 40: Spencer Bell

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20 under 40: Shelby Keenum

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20 under 40: Rachel Howard

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20 under 40: Mary Virgina Halbrooks

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20 under 40: Maggie McKelvey

Decatur

20 under 40: Maegan Jones

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20 under 40: Lindsey Tapscott

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‘He lets us have sex’: More details emerge on Hartselle man accused of child exploitation 

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Hartselle church creates Easter-themed escape rooms 

Danville

Family tradition: State livestock show legacy spans generations

Editor's picks

Baseball for Beau: More than $8k raised for scholarship named after Hartselle child  

Falkville

20 under 40: Lela Weeks

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20 under 40: Kalleigh Thomas

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20 under 40: Jaime Hatcher

Hartselle

Veteran Hartselle firefighter charged with possessing child porn

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Cerrowire expansion named finalist in Business Alabama Awards  

At a Glance

Work begins on repairing two bridges over I-65 in Morgan County in coming weeks

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Tickets for Morgan County Sports Hall of Fame banquet available

Falkville

Morgan County volunteers celebrated at annual fire department banquet 

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Man jailed for stealing car from jail after earlier release 

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Police: Hartselle man encouraged children to have sex inside his apartment

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