Greenvill High School’s JROTC program
MMI hosted more than 30 families, as well as students from Greenvill High School’s JROTC program, for its Admissions Preview Day event on March 31. The event featured a Chinook helicopter from Ft. Rucker. The chopper’s crew gave students a tour of the aircraft. The Chinook was only one highlight of the informative session, underscoring... Read More
Registration now open for R.C. Hatch volleyball camp in May
Robert C. Hatch’s volleyball program has announced their Youth Volleyball Camp for grades 4-8, set to begin on Saturday, May 6, from 9AM to 12PM. The registration fee for attendance is $25 per camper made payable through the GOFAN platform. All participants will receive a t-shirt, snack bag, and certificate of participation. More information can... Read More
Women in Agriculture event is today in Marion Junction
The Perry County Extension Office will be holding a presentation in collaboration with the Dallas County Extension Office, on April 6, from 9:30AM to 1:30PM at the Black Belt Research & Extension Center in Marion Junction. The program is headlined “Women in Agriculture” and will feature workshops highlighting the successes of women in the agricultural... Read More
STEM field trip
On Monday, April 3, students at Breakthrough Charter School participated in an on-site STEM field trip, courtesy of a BetaBox brought to the school by the University of West Alabama in Livingston. A part of UWA’s recent collaboration with the North Carolina-based BetaBox program, a BetaBox is a mobile lab that can be shown and... Read More
Uniontown will have summer basketball league, register by May 13
The Uniontown Park and Recreation Board announced the beginning of the basketball season for their Summer League Basketball Team. On Monday, April 3, volunteer coaches had their first practice session at Robert C. Hatch Elementary’s gymnasium. Both boys and girls, aged 10-12, practiced together in preparation for the summer season. Practice sessions were also held... Read More
No quorum means no meeting for Marion Council on Monday
Marion City Council was set to meet this Monday night, April 3, for the first of its two regularly-scheduled monthly meetings in April. The scheduled meeting would have been the first after a particularly contentious one in March, at which the mayor, council, and clerk debated the purchase of two HVAC units for the Old... Read More
What Was Cooking In Suttle This Weekend?
The Suttle Community Club celebrated a successful gumbo sale over the past weekend. On Saturday, April 1, starting at 8 AM, the members began their sale, with cauldrons of gumbo stewing away early in the morning. By 12 noon, members were sold out, marking the end of another successful annual fundraiser.
Legal Notices Week of April 6, 2023
Legal Notice THE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF PERRY NOTICE OF DAY SET FOR HEARING TO OPEN ESTATE To: Eddie WilliamsFaye DavisFlorence WilliamsRebecca WilliamsWillie WilliamsTamika WilliamsAnd all other Heirs at law of Rosa Lee Williams You will please take notice that Shaylaria M. Jones petitioned the Probate Court of Perry County, Alabama to admit the... Read More
Classifieds Week of April 06, 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
Ruth Edna Norfleet Bryant
Ruth Edna Norfleet Bryant passed away on March 17, 2023, at the age of 93. She was born on October 17, 1929, to Arnett Norfleet, Sr. and Lelia Dixon-Norfleet in Perry County, Alabama. She was the third child of seven siblings. After her mother’s early death, her father remarried Sallie Brooks who became a loving... Read More
