USDA launches screwworm page for hunters ahead of deer season
With hunting season approaching, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched a New World screwworm web page written for hunters, wildlife professionals and others who spend time in the field, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries said this week. New World screwworm is a parasitic fly whose larvae burrow into the flesh of living... Read More
‘Phantom’ returns to the Opera House Sunday
The Greensboro Opera House will present “Thrice-Told Tales: The Phantom of the Greensboro Opera House,” a farcical history of the Opera House and other local stories, on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door, and students are admitted free. The locally written, produced and performed play is the third and... Read More
Child Find can help Perry County children with disabilities, schools say
Parents who have concerns about a child’s development, learning, speech and language, hearing, vision or other areas can get help through Child Find, and early identification can make a difference, Perry County Schools said this week. Child Find is a statewide effort by the Alabama State Department of Education and the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation... Read More
Black Belt Paddle Festival seeks area artists
Sacred Space, Inc. is inviting artists from Hale County and across the Black Belt to take part in the Black Belt Paddle Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 26, at Jennings Ferry Campground on the Black Warrior River. Organizers are looking for artists working in painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, folk art and nature-based art... Read More
Southern Academy breaks ground on $2.4million classroom building and storm shelter
Southern Academy broke ground Friday, Sept. 4, on a $2.4 million academic building that will add four classrooms and two bathrooms to its Greensboro campus and double as a storm shelter. The 5,500-square-foot building, designed by Ward Scott Morris Architecture, will connect to the Elementary Wing and occupy the southwest corner of the campus at... Read More
Revenue commissioner asks taxpayers to update addresses, phone numbers
The Perry County Revenue Commissioner’s Office is updating addresses and telephone numbers for everyone who pays tag, title and property taxes in the county, and Revenue Commissioner Rita Kynard-Smith is asking residents to call in their current information. Current contact information ensures that every customer is properly informed of pressing matters and that unforeseen issues... Read More
Classifieds Week of Sep 10, 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
Marion woman charged after four children found in hot car at Selma Walmart
A Marion woman is charged with endangering the welfare of a child after Selma police say they found four young children left unattended in a hot vehicle in the Selma Walmart parking lot Thursday, Sept. 3. D’Anna Nicole Harris, 26, was arrested after officers on routine patrol spotted the children in a parked car as... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
Pizza has always been there for me—it doesn’t let you down. There’s a reason almost every depiction of teenagers in any given TV show or movie brings it around to pizza in one way or another. You’d think I was made of pizza when I was a teenager. In fact, I distinctly remember many a... Read More
Zion Chapel Methodist awarded $54,937 preservation grant
Zion Chapel Methodist Church in Marion has been awarded a $54,937.50 historic preservation grant through the Alabama Historical Commission’s Historic Sites Grant Program, funded by the state Legislature. Sen. Robert Stewart announced the award, noting that the church, known locally as Zion Church, holds an important place in the history of the Voting Rights Movement.... Read More