Alabama vice chancellor will lead UW system
Tonja Johnson, a senior vice chancellor in the University of Alabama System, will become the next president of the Universities of Wisconsin.
Nov 2, 2026Open source
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Samson, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Geneva. Associated ZIP codes: 36477.
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Assistant believes in helping students
Central Alabama Community College’s Jamie Thornton was recently awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Support Staff.
Oct 18, 2026Open source
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Samson is in Geneva County, Alabama.
Region: South Alabama
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Activist charged with setting fire to embattled Mississippi police department
An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Nov 4, 2026Open source
Alabama oyster season opens amid decline in oyster numbers
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
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Samson grew from a single 160-acre tract. Three local landowners pooled their property and divided it into residential and town lots for sale, and before taking its present name the community was known as McKinkleyville and Morristown. By 1904 and 1905 it had enough trade to support two retail stores. Samson was incorporated in 1906, and the new government's first act was to hire someone to pull the stumps out of Main Street. A fire on April 6, 1909, destroyed much of downtown.
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During the Great Depression the T. S. Faulk and Company store bought a large shipment of snuff that sat at the town's depot for a long time, earning Samson the nickname "Snuff City, U.S.A." Community groups later planted beds of red roses along every road into town, hoping the slogan "City of a Million Roses" would replace it, but as the roses disappeared the old nickname came back. Samson now celebrates it with a New Year's drop of a Rooster snuff can. On March 10, 2009, a gunman began a rampage in nearby Kinston and continued through downtown Samson and on to Geneva, killing ten people in the deadliest mass shooting in Alabama's history. Soldiers from nearby Fort Rucker were afterward sent to patrol the streets, which drew controversy. Sources Encyclopedia of Alabama: Samson Wikipedia: Samson, Alabama
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31.1049180, -86.0674160
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6:01 PM America/Chicago
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