Get ready! The Golden Gophers are comin’. Coach Jeremy Vines of LaFayette, Ala., has played football all of his life, starting as a four-year-old, then John P. Powell Middle School to LaFayette High School. He has come full circle. Today, Coach Vines is the new head football coach at Hueytown High School. He was hired... Read More

Bessemer City Councilwoman Carla Jackson, District 6 is a “Super Girl for the Dynamic District 6.” This is the theme of her reelection campaign. “Leadership that Works!” is Councilwoman Jackson’s campaign slogan. The Bessemer Municipal Election will take place on Tuesday, August 25. The polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.... Read More

The operator of Arrowhead Landfill was in significant non-compliance with its wastewater pretreatment permit during fiscal year 2025, according to a public notice from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) published in this week’s edition. Perry County Associates, LLC, which operates the landfill at 622 Tayloe Road near Uniontown, discharged wastewater exceeding its permit... Read More

Uniontown police have arrested two suspects in a Saturday, July 18 shooting near R.C. Hatch High School that struck two occupied vehicles following a community basketball tournament. Police Chief Michael Kiser said Sherman Deshuwn Cain, 26, of Uniontown, and a 16-year-old juvenile are each charged with two counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied... Read More

During her monthly departmental report at the Marion City Council meeting Monday, July 20, City Clerk Laura Williams Hinton announced the city’s intent to terminate service to non-paying municipal water customers. “People who haven’t paid their water bills are going to get cut off,” Hinton said, adding that an announcement would be made on the... Read More