No longer king
Steve Sterling is dressed in cotton, surrounded by workers baling cotton, and is practically breathing cotton as white puffs float around the gin like snow.
Sterling, general manager for Cotton Producers Co-op in Tuscumbia, finally had enough work to give his workers a half-day's shift recently.
What used to be the height of the cotton ginning season - when gins remained open 24 hours and cranked out tons of processed cotton for market - has become a wait-and-see game for local cotton gins hopeful for just a solid day's work.
Inside the steel-sided warehouse, machines march field-
Local Business
AP Business
Economy News
Technology News
Finance News
Events Calendar More Events Submit Event
Photos
-
West Ala at UNA fb 09
-
Why We Love Youth League Football
-
Cooking for Justice
-
Why We Love College Football
-
McBride Elementary Book Fair
-
Why We Love High School Football
-
NWSCC vs Jackson State Mens Basketball
-
UNA Student/Faculty Flag Football
-
UNA @ University of Arkansas Monticello fb 09
-
United Cerebral Palsy Half Marathon
-
UNA-Delta State Soccer
-
North Alabama Day of Percussion
-
Farm Day at Rogersville School
-
Shoals Woman Magazine's 2009 Woman of the Year
-
Donald Davis, Story Teller
- Anti-Taliban Mayor Killed in Pakistan Blast
- 911 Tape Released in California Gang Rape
- Raw Video: Candlelight Vigil at Fort Hood
- Richmond Community Rallies After Gang Rape
- Lions get top seed in Super Regional II
- Stewart leads Rogers to state Junior College basketball
- Rose holds off Newton for Stren victory
- Penalty trend continues to hurt Lions
- No. 1 Lions fall to West Alabama
- Debating the landfill

