2026 Southern Academy Cougars varsity volleyball
The 2026 Southern Academy Cougars varsity volleyball roster: 1 Martha Kyser, Fr.; 2/19L Kaylee Burt, Sr.; 4 Alana Mitchell, Jr.; 5 Macie Sluder, So.; 20 Louise Holmes, Fr.; 21 Carlie Odom, Jr.; 23/8L Mary Elizabeth Kyser, Sr.; 24 Caroline Christmas, Jr.; 27 Mallory Newton, Sr.; 29 Ellie Odom, So.; 30 Marietta Holmes, Jr.; 32 Bailey... Read More
2026 Southern Academy Cougars varsity football roster
The 2026 Southern Academy Cougars varsity football roster: 1 BoBraeden Agee, Sr., REC/DB; 3 RJ Seale, Jr., TE/OLB; 5 Patrick Thomas, Jr., RB/OLB; 6 JB Bishop, Sr., REC/DB; 7 Bill Lee, Jr., REC/DB; 8 Wyatt Martin, Jr., RB/DB; 12 Jaxon Green, Sop., RB/DB; 13 Drew Rogers, Jr., QB/DB; 14 William Pettis, Jr., RB/ILB; 20 Hunter... Read More
Southern volleyball opens region play Thursday against Bessemer
Southern Academy’s volleyball team, the defending AISA Class AA state champion, opens region play at home Thursday, Sept. 3, against Bessemer Academy, the first of six region matches the Cougars will play in the next four weeks. All of Southern’s region schedule falls in that one stretch. The Cougars play Bessemer Academy, Restoration Academy and... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
According to my parentheticals, this columnist is still in a state of mourning. Yes, Carolyn Virginia Nelson, a personal icon of Black Belt cuisine, is no longer with us. I have been cooking my way through it. I never got to sit at her table, so for personal stories you’ll have to ask the folks... Read More
Two arrested on charges involving video, Facebook posts
Two people were arrested Aug. 28 on charges stemming from complaints involving the same woman, according to Perry County District Court records. Felix Randolph Tabb, 34, of Uniontown is charged with voyeurism in the second degree, a Class A misdemeanor. A sworn complaint alleges that on or about Aug. 24, Tabb filmed the woman engaging... Read More
Breakthrough grad named county’s first Alabama Power Community Scholar
Riley Mitcham, a May graduate of Breakthrough Charter School, has been named Perry County’s recipient in the inaugural year of the Alabama Power Foundation’s Community Scholars Program. Mitcham will receive a one-time $2,500 scholarship and will attend the University of South Alabama this fall to pursue a degree in marine sciences. “The Community Scholarship Program... Read More
Marion pushes meeting to Sept. 8; variance hearing, budget session set
The Marion City Council meeting that had been scheduled to resume Wednesday, Aug. 26, has been postponed, and council business will now resume Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Marion City Hall, 123 E. Jefferson Street. The council’s regular first-Monday meeting date, Sept. 7, falls on the Labor Day holiday,... Read More
Judge dismisses Turner’s suit against Hogue, says no one could show who was certified
A Montgomery County circuit judge on Tuesday threw out Perry County Commissioner Albert Turner’s lawsuit against Probate Judge Carlton Hogue, ruling that Turner’s side could not say whom Hogue had certified as the Democratic nominee for the District 1 commission seat and that the legal deadline for certifying nominees had expired the day Turner sued.... Read More
Classifieds Week of Sep 3, 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 Sep 3, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT THE PERRY COUNTY COMMISSIONAN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Title of Job Opening: Probate Clerk Under the supervision of the Perry County Probate Judge Duties/Responsibilities:Greet customers and assist them with their needs. Intake and index instruments (ie., deeds, mortgages); process marriage licenses, renew driver licenses, record UCC-1 Financing Statements; sell privilege licenses (boats, fishing... Read More