State Rep. Debbie Wood (R-Valley) announced her upcoming retirement from the Alabama House of Representatives at a recent meeting of the Chambers County Commission. Wood, who was first elected to the House in 2018, chose the site of her earliest public service — where she broke barriers as the first woman to chair the Commission — to deliver her emotional announcement. April Ross of BeeTV shared a video on Facebook of Wood’s comments to the Commission. “This is where everything began for me. So, I’m coming back today to retire,” she told the Commission, her voice breaking at times. “This is wh...

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