Video shows raw sewage overflowing on Magnolia Street; pump station not running, resident says
A Marion resident posted video this week of what he described as raw sewage overflowing from a city sewer pump station on Magnolia Street and running downhill into a creek, writing that the city has been called about it multiple times. Forrest Hale posted the video in a community Facebook group. It shows liquid pouring... Read More
Perry schools, clinics named in state rural health sector grants
Students in Perry County schools are in line for school-based mental health services under two of the 138 grants Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday, Aug. 24, in the first round of the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program. Cahaba Medical Care Foundation, the Centreville-based community health center that operates a clinic on Washington Street in Marion,... Read More
Uniontown Health Center to get $1 million federal renovation
Funding will go toward imaging, equipment upgrades, IT, parking, and more improvements Rural Health Medical Program Inc. has received a $1,015,000 federal investment to renovate its Uniontown Health Center, the organization announced last week. The money came through the fiscal 2026 federal appropriations process, RHMPI said. The project, which RHMPI is calling a rural health... Read More
Suspect surrenders nine months after North Perry stabbing death
A woman charged with murder in the November stabbing death of a Marion man is in custody after turning herself in to state investigators Aug. 19, nine months after a warrant was issued in the case, according to Perry County court records and the Perry County Sheriff’s Office. Anastassja Mia Cooper, 33, is charged with... Read More
Huntsville man arrested on 2025 Marion criminal mischief charge
A Huntsville man is charged with felony criminal mischief after authorities say he drove a vehicle into a privacy fence at a Marion residence last September, tearing the fence apart and knocking its gate off the hinges. Takeldrick Deonta Heard, 31, of Huntsville, was arrested Aug. 21 on a charge of criminal mischief, first degree,... Read More
Karen Sue LaGrone
Karen Sue LaGrone, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and cherished member of her family, died Aug. 20 at the age of 65. She was born Jan. 15, 1961. Survivors include her loving husband, Kenneth LaGrone; her children, Vinnie Harris (Crystal), Brandon Harris (Christi), Sommer Dunkin (Robert), Lynn Mitchell (Melton) and Wendy Williams (Jonte); her... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
It would be a redundancy for me to say summertime and s’mores go together like, well, ramma lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong. That’s a reference from Grease, if you think my hands just fell across the keyboard for that one. Earlier in July, my best friend Kendall was talking me through her contributions... Read More
Jason Irvin headed to Highland Games world championships
Jason Irvin will represent the United States next month at the 2026 Masters World Championships in the Highland Games, held Sept. 4 through 7 in Driewegen, Netherlands, and as of this week he has a plane ticket and a place to stay. Irvin, who competes in the Masters lightweight division, is ranked fifth in the... Read More
Callan Power, formed for Marion transformer plant, will buy oil leases and take Reger name
Callan Power LLC, the subsidiary Callan JMB announced Aug. 6 to bring transformer manufacturing to the Atlas Complex in Marion, has agreed to buy oil and gas leases in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, will be run by the founder of Northern Oil and Gas, and will be renamed Reger Energy LLC... Read More
Teen charged after threat closes Perry schools
A 14-year-old has been charged with making a terrorist threat after an anonymous threat closed the Perry County school system Monday, Aug. 24, the Perry County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. School officials said the threat came in Sunday morning, Aug. 23, and announced that day that schools would be closed Monday out of an abundance... Read More