Classifieds Week of Sep 10, 2026
Classified Ad Rates MINIMUM RATE (In Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 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, $1.25 per... Read More
Marion woman charged after four children found in hot car at Selma Walmart
A Marion woman is charged with endangering the welfare of a child after Selma police say they found four young children left unattended in a hot vehicle in the Selma Walmart parking lot Thursday, Sept. 3. D’Anna Nicole Harris, 26, was arrested after officers on routine patrol spotted the children in a parked car as... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
Pizza has always been there for me—it doesn’t let you down. There’s a reason almost every depiction of teenagers in any given TV show or movie brings it around to pizza in one way or another. You’d think I was made of pizza when I was a teenager. In fact, I distinctly remember many a... Read More
Zion Chapel Methodist awarded $54,937 preservation grant
Zion Chapel Methodist Church in Marion has been awarded a $54,937.50 historic preservation grant through the Alabama Historical Commission’s Historic Sites Grant Program, funded by the state Legislature. Sen. Robert Stewart announced the award, noting that the church, known locally as Zion Church, holds an important place in the history of the Voting Rights Movement.... Read More
Council meeting postponed after death of Mayor’s father, Bennie Hinton, age 73
The Marion City Council has postponed its Tuesday, Sept. 8, meeting after the death Saturday, Sept. 5, of Bennie C. Hinton Sr., 73, the father of Mayor Dexter Hinton, the city announced Sunday. The council’s next regular meeting is Monday, Sept. 21. Funeral services will be Saturday, Sept. 12, at 1 p.m. at Berean Baptist... Read More
MMI dedicates fire training burn tower, pumper engine for First Responder Program
Fire science and criminal justice degrees added this fall; plans unveiled for a model fire house Marion Military Institute cut the ribbon Wednesday, Sept. 2, on two major additions to its First Responder Program: a fire training burn tower funded through an Alabama Community College System workforce development grant and a fire training pumper engine... Read More
Judge finds probable cause in Holifield killing; bond decision to come later
The woman charged with murder in the November stabbing death of a Marion man will stay in jail for now, after a nearly two-hour hearing Wednesday, Sept. 2, at which a Perry County district judge found probable cause for the charge and put off a decision on whether she can be released. Anastassja “Anya” Cooper... Read More
Bennett’s name, not Turner’s, on Perry County’s Nov. 3 ballot
Donald J. Bennett Sr. is the only name listed for Perry County Commission District 1 on the sample ballot for the Nov. 3 general election, with a write-in line beneath it and no listing for Commissioner Albert Turner. The sample ballot, which the probate judge’s office prepares from the nominees certified to it, began circulating... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Sep 10, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT THE PERRY COUNTY COMMISSIONAN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Title of Job Opening: Probate Clerk Under the supervision of the Perry County Probate Judge Duties/Responsibilities:Greet customers and assist them with their needs. Intake and index instruments (ie., deeds, mortgages); process marriage licenses, renew driver licenses, record UCC-1 Financing Statements; sell privilege licenses (boats,... Read More
2026 Southern Academy Cougars varsity volleyball
The 2026 Southern Academy Cougars varsity volleyball roster: 1 Martha Kyser, Fr.; 2/19L Kaylee Burt, Sr.; 4 Alana Mitchell, Jr.; 5 Macie Sluder, So.; 20 Louise Holmes, Fr.; 21 Carlie Odom, Jr.; 23/8L Mary Elizabeth Kyser, Sr.; 24 Caroline Christmas, Jr.; 27 Mallory Newton, Sr.; 29 Ellie Odom, So.; 30 Marietta Holmes, Jr.; 32 Bailey... Read More