Black Warrior Riverkeeper sues Warrior Met Coal for alleged pollution
Black Warrior Riverkeeper has sued Warrior Met Coal in federal court for discharging polluted wastewater from Mine No. 7 at locations that have not been permitted. The unpermitted discharges from Mine No. 7’s Slurry Impoundment No. 14 flow into an unnamed tributary that eventually feeds into Texas Creek, a tributary of Davis Creek, which flows... Read More
Harriet Cobbs Smith
Harriet Cobbs Smith, 90 formerly of Greensboro, AL went to her eternal home on September 14, 2022. She was born on July 23, 1932 in Tuscaloosa, AL to Annie Bullard and Nicholas Hamner Cobbs. She was an art teacher for the Tuscaloosa City School system. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her... Read More
Southern Academy’s SGA Officers for the 2022-23 school
Southern Academy’s SGA Officers for the 2022-23 school year are: Laura Kyser, Hannah Whaley, Madeline Sealy, Haylee Rowley, Bryant Taylor, Campbell Webb and Hardy McMillan. The officers attended the Alabama Independent Schools Association State SGA Convention on Wednesday, Sept. 14. In a few weeks the SGA will begin fundraising for a charitable project benefitting Pilots... Read More
Rachel Massengale
Rachel T. Massengale, 103 of Greensboro, AL went to her eternal home on September 18, 2022. She was born on October 3, 1918 in Hale County, AL to Mary Snipes and Joseph Townsend. She worked as a seamstress at Vanity Fair. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, J.T. Massengale; her daughter,... Read More
Commission ties up on balancing budget, tables vote pending more information
Perry County Commission moved one step closer towards closing the books on the 2021-2022 fiscal year at its first meeting of the month, held Tuesday night, Sept. 13. Commission Chairman Albert Turner said the county was “in better shape than we have been in years.” Turner asked commissioners to vote to amend the budget to... Read More
Marion Police officer resigns in wake of questions about wreck
Report: off-duty officer’s MPD cruiser was backed into while parked at a Waffle House in Birmingham On Tuesday night, Marion City Council’s agenda for its regular meeting included an item entitled “police incident report.” “I know we’ve had some discussion about the vehicles being parked,” said Mayor Dexter Hinton, by way of introducing the topic... Read More
Absentee voting for November general election starts this week
The absentee voting period for the November 8th General Election began Wednesday, Sept. 14. Important absentee voting deadlines are listed below: November 1, 2022: The last day that absentee ballot applications can be returned by mail. November 3, 2022: The last day that absentee ballot applications can be returned by hand. November 7, 2022: The... Read More
Judson Ray Griffin, Jr.
Judson Ray Griffin, Jr. 82 of Marion, AL went to his eternal home on September 6, 2022. He was born on July 13, 1940 in Demopolis, AL to Maxibell Davis and Judson Ray Griffin, Sr. He was a veteran and the former owner of Griffin Wood Company. He was preceded in death by his parents.... Read More
Donald Porter
Donald Porter, husband of Diane Toby Porter, together for 49 years, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Dominion Senior Living in Clemson, SC. Donald was born on April 16,1939 in New Orleans, LA, son of the late Donald Roy and Olga Lyons Porter. He grew up in Gallion, AL, and is a 1960 graduate... Read More
U’town water contractor appears before council, raises questions about city demands
On Tuesday, September 6th, Gulf Coast Underground made their appearance before the Uniontown City Council. They had been on the agenda several times prior to this meeting but had not appeared yet, leading to growing frustration from Uniontown officials. Last Tuesday, the moment of truth came and it appeared as though we would finally get... Read More