Ivey awards grants to drug task forces to fight fentanyl
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $1.88 million to continue the fight against illegal drugs and drug-related crime in Alabama. Gov. Ivey awarded $235,775 each to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the state’s seven regional drug task forces. Combined, the groups are known as the Alabama Drug Enforcement Task Force. The groups will use the... Read More
Laura Walker
Laura Walker, 81, passed away on April 11, 2023. A viewing will be held on Friday, April 21, 2023, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Melvin Miller Funeral Chapel. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at 1:00 PM, also at the Melvin Miller Funeral Chapel located at... Read More
Art opening today in Selma features G’boro’s Bethany and Eve Engel
Dr. Bethany Windham Engle and Eve W. Engle of Greensboro will have a joint mother and daughter art opening today, Thursday, April 20, at the 5&Dime in Selma. The opening will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and will feature a reception. Local musician and artist Jason Irvin will entertain. Dr. Bethany Engle’s paintings, drawings,... Read More
Visit downtown Greensboro on Saturday for Main Street Community Festival
Downtown Greensboro will come alive this Saturday, April 22, as the town’s first Main Street Community Festival. The event is being sponsored by Hale County Hospital and organized by this year’s Project Horseshoe Farm Hospital Fellows. Greensboro is celebrating its bicentennial this year, and the festival kicks off the celebration of the town’s 200th birthday.... Read More
Uniontown mourns as prom night wreck in Tuscaloosa kills local high schooler
The Uniontown community, along with students and faculty at Robert C. Hatch school, is mourning the loss of a young man over the weekend. Samuel Brown, 18, was a student athlete at Hatch at the time of his death. Another teenager, 17- year-old Madison Sims, a Paul W. Bryant High School student, was also killed... Read More
Children’s Policy Council donation will help library provide e-book access to all
Judge Robert Bryant presented the Marion-Perry County Library with a check in the amount of $1,500 on behalf of the Perry County Children’s Policy Council Literacy Campaign. This money will be used toward the library’s ebook subscription. This free service is available to all library patrons. The library’s ebook provider is Camellia Net, which has... Read More
Brown water strikes again, mayor says only three people reported it
Marion residents took to social media last week to discuss problems with the city’s water. Marion’s water system has been plagued with outages and other issues over the past several years as the city’s aging infrastructure experiences problems. Marion resident Tracy Reynolds posted a video on Thursday of the water from her tap as she... Read More
Earnest Williams, Perry County folk artist, dies
Earnest Williams of rural Perry County passed away on April 6. He was an accomplished folk artist who first gained recognition in the early 2000s. Working from Marion, Williams was joined by a number of his family members, as well as fellow artist, the late Don Coley, in creating, for a time, a thriving folk... Read More
Legal Notices Week of April 20, 2023
Legal Notice ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS HALE COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY GREENSBORO, ALABAMA GENERATOR INSTALLATION FOR WELL NO. 1 & NO. 2 Sealed bids for the Generator at Well No. 1 and No. 2 CMGM220148 will be received by the Hale County Water Authority at their office located at 19873 Hwy. 69 N, Greensboro, AL 36744, until... Read More
Classifieds Week of April 13, 2023
Classified Ad Rates — MINIMUM RATE (In Hale County) — $6.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, 52¢ per word. Payable in advance of publication. — MINIMUM RATE (Outside Hale County) — $9.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, 65¢ per word. Payable... Read More