The Hale County Sheriff’s Dept. has released the following report of the department’s recent activity: Arrests: 03-18-2026 Leon Lamar Tunstell III, 31, Tuscaloosa, was arrested for probation violation. Jamarcus Smith, 32, Tuscaloosa, was arrested for failure to appear. 03-19-2026 Jalen Deon Williams, 26, Greensboro, was arrested for three counts of reckless endangerment. 03-20-2026 James Cook,... Read More

The Hale County Water Authority is considering applying for a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) loan from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to fund water system improvements. A public hearing on the proposed application will be held Wednesday, April 8, at 5:15 p.m. at the Water Authority’s offices at 19873 Alabama Highway 69... Read More

A Greensboro man faces three counts of reckless endangerment after he allegedly fired multiple shots from a semi-automatic pistol into a crowded parking lot outside Club 14 in Sawyerville in the early morning hours of March 15. Jalen Deon Williams, 26, of 1109 Ward Street, Greensboro, was arrested March 19 and is being held in... Read More

A 265-acre wildfire near the Hale County and Tuscaloosa County line has been fully contained after burning through national forest land near Duncanville over the weekend, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The South Sandy wildfire broke out at the South Sandy Shooting Range, approximately four miles southwest of Duncanville, and was first reported over... Read More

Tammy Hannah-Anderson, of Moundville, Alabama, was recently elected to membership in The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society—at Auburn University at Montgomery. Hannah-Anderson is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff, and alumni who are initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.

Greensboro City Council members, during their March 24 meeting, set a public meeting date to consider a petition to restrict heavy truck traffic on west Main Street. The petition was brought before the Council by Stephen Barnette Jr., a resident of west Main Street. “We’ve got dump trucks, gravel trucks, log trucks, every kind of... Read More

Agency posts executive director, clerk positions as open for applications The Greensboro Housing Authority is operating under interim management and seeking to fill both its executive director and occupancy clerk positions as federal officials investigate concerns about the agency’s operations, according to a letter sent to residents and statements made by Mayor Ralph Howard at... Read More