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
Beef and Forage Field Day set Oct. 16 at Black Belt research center
Livestock and forage producers are invited to the annual Beef and Forage Field Day on Friday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Black Belt Research and Extension Center, 60 County Road 944, Marion Junction. The field day gives producers a chance to get out in the field, see demonstrations firsthand and... Read More
Shepherd appeals ADEM’s dismissal of her Arrowhead hearing request
Portia Shepherd of Uniontown has appealed to Montgomery County Circuit Court after the Alabama Department of Environmental Management dismissed her request for a public hearing on the expansion of the Arrowhead Landfill in Uniontown. She said she filed the appeal last week. “ADEM dismissed my request for a hearing and called it a ‘legal nullity,'”... Read More