Greensboro merchants will stay open late for Christmas shopping event tonight
Greensboro’s downtown merchants will stay open late Thursday, Dec. 18, for “Wine, Wassail, and Wonders,” an after-hours shopping night on Main Street. The event runs from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and is sponsored by the Greensboro Alabama Area Business and Tourism Association (GABTA). Organizers are inviting shoppers to “sip, stroll and finish your list”... Read More
Brown University shooting victim had Greensboro ties
Family and friends in Greensboro are mourning Ella Cook, a Brown University student killed in a campus shooting on Saturday, noting that she had deep family roots here. Cook is the granddaughter of Deane Poelnitz Cook, whose father was longtime Greensboro attorney, the late Richard Poelnitz. In a post from Cathedral Church of the Advent... Read More
Classifieds Week of Dec 18, 2025
Classified Ad Rates — MINIMUM RATE (In Hale or Perry County) —$20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less.All words in excess of 20, 75¢ 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, 95¢ per word.Payable in advance... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Dec 18, 2025
LEGAL NOTICE PUBLICATION DATES:December 4, 2025; December 11, 2025; December 18, 2025 NEWSPAPER: The Times-Standard-Herald NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Donna S. Cooley and Christopher Hudson, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Mortgagee, as nominee... Read More
Ora Lee (Tutt) Dunkin
Ora Lee (Tutt) Dunkin, 76, of Marion, Alabama, passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2025. She was born on August 8, 1949. Ora was a resident of Marion and transitioned from labor to reward on November 27, 2025. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at Ashley’s... Read More
Robert Glenn Nichols
Robert Glenn Nichols, 78, a resident of Prattville, Alabama, passed away and went home to be with the Lord on Friday, December 5, 2025. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Father Irwin officiating. The family will receive friends at the church... Read More
Perry County Historical and Preservation Society’s annual tour is this Saturday
The Perry County Historical and Preservation Society will open doors and front gates across Marion next weekend for its annual Christmas Tour, a day-long showcase of historic homes, churches, and farmsteads decorated for the holidays. The tour will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tour headquarters is the... Read More
The call is coming from inside the (halfway) house
Cops say inmate at re-entry facility, impersonating an officer, makes call to arrange his own release A Selma man has been charged with second-degree escape and impersonating a peace officer after authorities say he tried to break away from a state-run detention program in Perry County and then telephoned a woman while pretending to be an employee there. According... Read More
Perry CPC sponsors Christmas for children with autism
Christmas on the Spectrum: A Sensory-Friendly Holiday Celebration For many families, the Christmas season is filled with bright lights, bustling crowds, loud music, and festive excitement. But for neurodivergent children—especially those with autism—these very elements can make the holidays difficult to enjoy. Sensory overload, bright flashing lights, long lines, unpredictable noises, crowded rooms, and fast-paced... Read More
State ag cost-share applications open now-Dec. 31
The Alabama Agriculture and Conservation Development Commission Program offers General Cost Incentive Program (Cost Share) practices for Erosion, Water Quality Improvement, and Reforestation. The program is administered locally by the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District Board. The sign-up period began on October 1, 2025, and will close on December 31, 2025. Applications are... Read More