Sales tax holiday this weekend can help parents save on back-to-school shopping
Alabama families can save money on back-toschool supplies during the state’s 20th annual Back-to- School Sales Tax Holiday, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 18 and runs through midnight on Sunday, July 20. During this tax holiday, shoppers can purchase certain school supplies, books, computers, and clothing free of Alabama’s 4% state sales... Read More
Classifieds Week of July 17, 2025
Classified Ad Rates MINIMUM RATE (In Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion for 20 words or fewer. Each additional word: 75¢. Payment is required in advance of publication. MINIMUM RATE (Outside Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion for 20 words or fewer. Each additional word: 95¢. Payment is required in advance... Read More
Legal Notices Week of July 17, 2025
Legal NoticePUBLICATION DATES: July 10, 2025, July 17, 2025, July 24, 2025NEWSPAPER: Greensboro Watchman MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lizzie Plenty Hudson and Curtis Lee Hudson, husband and wife, originally in favor of Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., on June 18, 2004,... Read More
Homecoming will be July 13 at Bethlehem Methodist Church in Heiberger
Bethlehem Methodist Church in Heiberger will hold its annual Homecoming service on Sunday, July 13, 2025. The worship service will begin at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Tim Craddock delivering the message. Following the service, a potluck lunch will be served in the church fellowship hall. Those who are unable to attend but would like to... Read More
Sawyerville man charged with murder after July 4 stabbing
A Sawyerville man is facing murder charges after a fatal stabbing on July 4 near the post office in Sawyerville. Charles “C.J.” Wilson Jr., 33, is accused of fatally stabbing Don Cornelius Fields during what court records describe as a violent altercation that started on Topaz Road. According to the criminal complaint filed in Hale... Read More
Planned natural gas pipeline expansion will affect Black Belt
Southern Natural Gas Company and Elba Express Company have announced plans for a large-scale pipeline expansion across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The project, referred to in federal filings as the South System Expansion 4 Project, was submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on June 30 and is now pending under Docket... Read More
Fifth annual Black Belt Birding Festival will be held here Aug. 1-3
The fifth annual BLACK BELT BIRDING FESTIVAL will take place on August 1, 2, & 3, 2025. Highlighting the birds, history, and heritage of Alabama’s Black Belt region, the festival brings together the joy of birding with the benefits of ecotourism to a region of profoundly important ecology and civil rights history. “We are super... Read More
Alabama-Tombigbee RC&D helps Lilly Grove Baptist with reclamation project
The first phase of restoration work at Lilly (also spelled Lillie) Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has been completed, thanks to grant funding from the Alabama Tombigbee RC&D Council in Camden. The project focused on clearing years of overgrowth, including thick vines and invasive kudzu, which had overtaken much of the cemetery. Regular herbicide treatments and... Read More
Classifieds Week of July 10, 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¢... Read More
Legal Notices Week of July 10, 2025
LEGAL NOTICE PUBLICATION DATES: June 26, 2025, July 3, 2025, July 10, 2025 NEWSPAPER: The Greensboro WatchmanNOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Alice L. Lavigne, a single woman, to United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United... Read More