Callan JMB, ASU to sign partnership Thursday at Judson
Release projects $430 million in annual revenue “at maturity” Callan JMB Inc. and Alabama State University will hold an official announcement and signing ceremony for their newly announced partnership at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel at the former Judson College campus, according to an event announcement circulated on social media this week. The “Meet... Read More
TSH is printing at home again
The newspaper you are holding this week was printed in the Black Belt. Watchman Media Group, publisher of the Greensboro Watchman, the Times-Standard-Herald, and the Western Star, has acquired a digital production press and is once again printing its newspapers in house, a return to a tradition that stretches back to the earliest days of... Read More
Hogue breaks 398-398 tie for Bennett; Turner says he will contest
Perry County Democratic Executive Committee Chairman Carlton Hogue has cast a tie-breaking vote declaring Donald Bennett Sr. the Democratic nominee for Perry County Commission District 1, after a court-ordered recount of the May 19 primary ended in a 398-398 tie. Albert Turner Jr., who has held the seat since 2000, says he will contest the... Read More
Classifieds Week of July 16, 2026
Classified Ad Rates MINIMUM RATE (In Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per word. Payable in advance of publication. MINIMUM RATE (Outside Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per... Read More
Legal Notices Week of July 16, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMANOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTYCOUNTY OF HALEUNDER §7-9A-604(2) OF THE CODE OF ALABAMA Default having been made under the terms of a loan secured by a security agreement and that certain mortgage executed by McNatt Farms, an Alabama general partnership, on the 19th day of May,... Read More
Mary Louise Church-Lewis
Mary Louise Church-Lewis, age 68, died June 23, 2026. A viewing was held Sunday, July 5, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral Service, 302 Pickens Street in Marion. A celebration of life was held Monday, July 6, at 10 a.m. at Healing Springs Baptist Church, 3371 Highway 5 in Marion. Burial followed... Read More
Johnny Wayne McCullough
Johnny Wayne McCullough, age 72, of Brookwood, entered the presence of his Lord and Savior on June 30, 2026. Johnny was born July 3, 1953, and was raised in Heiberger, where he developed the values of faith, love, and family that would define his life. He was a gifted carpenter who took great love in... Read More
‘Drop & Go’ community drive-through baby shower and donation drive July 10
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), is inviting the community to come together in support of local families for a Drop & Go Drive-Thru Baby Shower and Donation Drive. This event is being held in an effort to ensure that expecting parents and newborns in Hale County... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
Television has long been an escape, not just for me, but for many of us. This is where I could reference David Foster Wallace, the cycle of irony, and ‘algorithmic loneliness’—yet this is a recipe column, not a college paper. Still, I have been reexamining my relationship to such passive entertainment. Cooking has always been... Read More
Perry County Senior Resource Day set for July 14
A Perry County Senior Resource Day will be held Tuesday, July 14, in Marion, offering older residents access to community, health, and safety resources. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lincoln Auditorium, 207 Lincoln Street. The event is presented by Project GRACE Central in partnership with the Alabama Department... Read More