Saint Mary Primitive Baptist Church on County Road 177, St. Mary’s Road, in Uniontown will hold its church anniversary observance Sunday, Oct. 11, at noon. The theme is “God Welcomes Us Back Home,” from Romans 15:7: “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.” The Rev. Dr. Mack... Read More

Anglers who fish the lower Cahaba River watershed are invited to a community workshop Thursday, Sept. 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Dallas County Extension Office, 429 Lauderdale St., Selma, part of an EPA-funded aquatic litter project led by Auburn University. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is working with anglers and local communities... Read More

Berean Baptist Church, 804 Washington Street in Marion, will celebrate the ninth pastoral anniversary of Pastor Wilie J. Shears on Sunday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m. Pastor Terry Bell of New Antioch Baptist Church in Brent will serve as guest pastor, with Dr. Bryan Green of Ecclesia Leadership College in Houston, Texas, as pulpit conductor... Read More

Marion Military Institute will hold a College Preview Day for high school students and their families on Friday, Sept. 18, beginning at 8 a.m. on the campus at 1101 Washington Street in Marion. A second preview day is set for Saturday, Nov. 7. The morning opens with registration and a chance to meet the Corps... Read More

A Demopolis man is charged with first-degree robbery after a man was seriously injured in what police say was the theft of a cell phone at knifepoint early Sept. 6 in a case investigated by the Uniontown Police Department. Devant’e Cortrell Banks, 32, of Demopolis, was arrested Sept. 10, according to Perry County District Court... Read More

My cooking (and my eating) schedule has been so off-balance lately, it’s starting to become a foreign experience being in a grocery store. Lately, we’ve been phoning it in with what’s in the freezer or in the pantry, but that can only get you so far. Trying to be more conscientious of our ever-changing schedule... Read More

Francis Marion School will hold its homecoming the week of September 28 through October 2, ending with a coronation, a parade and the Rams’ homecoming football game against the Broncos on Friday, October 2, according to schedules the school posted on its Facebook page. Each day of Spirit Week, the week leading up to Homecoming,... Read More

State troopers investigated six fatal traffic crashes during the four-day Labor Day enforcement period, Sept. 4 through 7, the same number as in 2025, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Sept. 8. None of the fatal crashes was in Perry County or the surrounding counties; they occurred in Baldwin, Cleburne, Colbert, Shelby and Lauderdale counties.... Read More