Kids and Kin classes for relative caregivers set at Marion library through Dec.
The Family Guidance Center of Alabama’s Kids and Kin program has scheduled free classes for grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives raising children at the Marion-Perry County Public Library, 202 Washington St., through the end of the year. The schedule: A Guide to Safe Sleep for Infants, Tuesday, Oct. 13; Peer Pressure, From Toddlers... Read More
Lue Bertha Craig
Lue Bertha Craig, 76, died Saturday, September 26. She was born May 5, 1950. Viewing will be held Friday, October 2, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral Service, 302 Pickens Street, Marion. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, October 3, at 2:30 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral Service. Interment will... Read More
City of Marion takes resumes for municipaljudge, water and sewer manager
The City of Marion is accepting resumes for a municipal judge and a manager for its water and sewer departments, the city announced Thursday, Sept. 24, three days after the City Council voted to post the judge’s position and to outline its expectations for a department manager while it finishes the coming year’s budget. The... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
The other day, someone texted me with a rather serious subject: sugar in cornbread. That’s right—clutch your pearls, fan yourself with your lace handkerchiefs, pull out the fainting couch. I’m about to touch a nerve with some of my more penitent southern cooks when I say: I see no problem with sugar in cornbread. Now,... Read More
Drought Monitor puts nearly all of Perry County in severe drought
The U.S. Drought Monitor’s map of Alabama for Sept. 22, released Sept. 24. Orange is severe drought, tan moderate drought and yellow abnormally dry.(above) Nearly all of Perry County is in severe drought, the second of the U.S. Drought Monitor’s four drought categories, according to the monitor’s map dated Sept. 22 and released Thursday, Sept.... Read More
Perry County voters decide Nov. 3 on a property tax freeze for homeowners 65 and older
Perry County voters will decide on Nov. 3 whether homeowners 65 and older may freeze the assessed value of their homes for property tax purposes, under a local constitutional amendment the Legislature sent to the county’s ballot this spring. Gov. Kay Ivey’s proclamation ordering the election, which the county’s legal journal must publish for four... Read More
Ingram State opens workforce training building at Perry County PREP Center
Officials raise the ribbon at the new J.F. Ingram State Technical College workforce training facility at the Perry County PREP Center on Sept. 23.(above) J.F. Ingram State Technical College and the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles opened a new workforce training facility at the Perry County PREP Center on U.S. Highway 80 near Uniontown... Read More
Classifieds Week of Oct 1, 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 Oct 1, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTESTATE OF JOHN H. WALKER, DECEASEDIN THE PROBATE COURT OF PERRY COUNTY, ALABAMACASE NO. 26-0030 Letters of Administration were granted to Lisa Osborne, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John H. Walker, decease, on the ___ day of ___________, 2026. All persons having claims against the Estate must present them... Read More
MMI notifying former students that bank account data was exposed in February breach
Marion Military Institute is notifying people whose names, bank account numbers and routing numbers were in its files that an unknown person had access to its network for four days in February, according to a notification letter one Marion family received this week. The letter, sent on the school’s behalf by Cyberscout, an identity protection... Read More