Uniontown council votes down proposal to halt digging in city
There was obvious tension at the Uniontown City Council on Monday, August 15th, when representatives for Gulf Coast Underground once again failed to appear before the City Council. For the past few months, the company has been digging up Uniontown streets and roads as part of a larger project to help the Uniontown sewage and... Read More
State says unemployment at ‘record lows,’ Perry posts rate of 8.3% in July
Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate remained unchanged from June’s rate of 2.6%, well below July 2021’s rate of 3.4%. July’s rate represents 59,419 unemployed persons, a new record low, compared to 60,307 in June and 77,076 in July 2021.Perry County had the second-highest unemployment of all... Read More
William ‘Wimp’ Chavers
William “Wimp” Chavers died August 13 at the age of 54. He was born January 26, 1968 to proud parents Bertha (Pickens) and Willie Chavers. He graduated from Greensboro Public School, East Campus in 1998. He worked for the Hale County Board of Education and Community Service Programs of West Alabama. He is preceded in... Read More
Carol ‘Regina’ Lewis
Carol “Regina” Lewis died Sunday, August 14 at the age of 59. She was born October 29, 1962 in Hale County to the late Willie “Feb” Lewis, Sr. and Dorothy Mae Lewis. At an early age, she made a profession of faith in Christ and later joined Mt. Horeb Baptist Church. She was a proud... Read More
Sheneta E. Miles-Reaves
Sheneta E. Miles-Reaves died Wednesday, August 10 at the age of 57.She was born Nov. 22, 1964 to Dorothy F. Miles and the late Willie C. Miles in Greensboro.She graduated from Greensboro High School in 1983. She was employed with and later retired through disability from Phifer Wire Products, Inc. In her career, she made... Read More
Course for beef cattle producers set for October in Greensboro
The Alabama Cooperative Extension Service will sponsor an educational course for beef cattle farmers and aspiring beef cattle farmers in Greensboro in October. Classes will be held October 4, 6, 11, and 13 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Alabama Fish Farming Center in Greensboro. The course is geared toward new and limited-experience... Read More
Annetta Fields Key
Annetta Fields Key of Birmingham died Saturday, August 20 at the age of 83. A native of Uniontown, she was born June 3, 1939.Visitation will be held Saturday, August 27, at 10:00 a.m. Greater New Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham. A funeral service will follow at 11:00 a.m., also at Greater New Bethel Baptist Church.Phillip... Read More
Quentavia Dunkin
Quentavia S. Dunkin died Saturday, August 20 at the age of 24. She was born March 20, 1998.Visitation will be held Friday, August 26 from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral Service in Marion. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, Aug. 27 at 1:00 p.m. at Melvin Miller Funeral... Read More
James Alvin Breland
James Alvin Breland, 69, of Marion, went to his eternal home on August 20. He was born on September 18, 1952 in Marion, AL to Clifford and Evelyn Stewart Breland. He was a veteran and an Alabama State Trooper.He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Faye McCarver, his brother, Randy Breland and... Read More
Emma Sewell
Emma Sewell of Marion died August 16, 2022 at the age of 88. She was born March 2, 1934. Service details had not yet been announced as of press time by Melvin Miller Funeral Service of Marion, who are handling the arrangements.