Perry County High School Alumni Association elects Diane Harrison president
The group’s annual reunion and fish fry will be April 30 At a meeting in early March, the Perry County High School... Read More
Legal Notices – Week of March 31, 2022
Legal Notice IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HALE COUNTY ALABAMA In Re: EVELYN JEFFRIES CHAMBERS, DECEASED SUMMARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF... Read More
Hundreds of Alabama communities apply for grants from state’s $220 million in water/sewer grants
Legislature set aside an additional $5 million for Black Belt projects Nearly 400 public water and sewer systems across the state of... Read More
Marion police charge business owner with illegal use of card, attempting to elude
Marion Police Department has filed charges of illegal possession of a credit/debit card and attempting to elude against the owner of a... Read More
NWS confirms two EF-2 tornadoes ripped across Perry County Wednesday night
The National Weather Service is conducting preliminary assessments of storm damage across Alabama following Wednesday night’s severe weather, when a line of... Read More
Flood waters overcome school bus in East Perry, driver gets rescued by boat
Ed. Note: All photos and video by Betty Ann Abernathy Sanders, who is quoted in the following story. Though last Tuesday night’s... Read More
Downed trees block highways in Perry, power outages in Hale, and damage to the Faunsdale Bar and Grill in Marengo as storms batter the Black Belt
Severe thunderstorms battered the Black Belt for the second time in as many weeks on Wednesday night, spinning up as many as... Read More
NWS urges caution in Black Belt ahead of approaching storm system
Hale and Perry Counties could see severe weather, including straight line winds in the 55-60 mile per hour range, as a powerful... Read More
Sit-out by council, spurred by frustration with City Hall, may have doomed March 21 meeting
Tensions between members of Marion’s City Council and the Hinton mayoral administration may be what’s behind a series of strange developments at... Read More
Rep. Terri Sewell will hold town hall today in Greensboro
U.S. Representative Terri Sewell, whose Seventh Congressional District includes all of the western Black Belt, will have a town hall meeting in... Read More