The Alabama Beacon

The Hueytown Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the Witches Ride of Hueytown at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, an hour before its annual It’s Fall Y’all Fest at Hueytown City Park. The ride begins in the Food Giant parking lot across from the library and follows Hueytown Road to the park, with the witches...

West Jefferson County Historical Society plans Christmas Heritage Tour December 6

19 Oct 2026

At a recent meeting of the West Jefferson County Historical Society held at the historic Owen House, the organization set the date Sunday, December 6, for the Christmas Heritage Tour of Pioneer Homes. The Christmas tour will quickly get you in the Christmas Spirit. The Owen House, owned and operated by the Historical Society, is...

Grace Christian Church Blanket Drive Oct. 18

19 Oct 2026

The members of Grace Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are good Samaritans. The Helena-based church is a small church with a big heart and is passionate about helping those in need. The church is sponsoring a blanket drive at its Sunday, Oct. 18, worship service at 10 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Nisha Warbington is the...

Voice of the ‘Ville With a Bit of the ‘Boro

David and Libby Williams just returned from a 10 day trip to New England visiting 4 states, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, enjoying the beautiful fall foliage. Moundville is beginning to prepare for Halloween! Autumn and Halloween decorations are going up. Halloween being on Saturday, Market Street will be a busy place! Hale...

Pleasant Grove MBC sets Family and Friends Day for Oct. 18

Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 4209 Highway 14, Greensboro, will hold Family and Friends Day at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. The day is also Pink Sunday for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the church’s flyer asks those who come to wear pink. The Rev. Dr. C. Jermaine Turner of Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church...

Clear Landing sets free heirs’ property workshop in Greensboro for Nov. 7

Clear Landing, Inc. will hold a free Hale County Land & Legacy Workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Greensboro Recreational Center, 515 Green St. The workshop is for landowners, heirs to family land and anyone who wants to protect property for future generations. It will have presentations, one-on-one consultations...

Greensboro Middle names its 2026-27 SGA officers

Greensboro Middle School announced its 2026-27 Student Government Association cabinet recently. The officers are Nadia Johnson, president; Andreanna Jones, vice president; Hailey Quinney, secretary; Ryann Johnson, assistant secretary; Kevin Hurns, treasurer; Tyleeia Hogan, reporter; and Lelana Long, sergeant-at-arms. The members at large are Kassidy Anderson, Zy’Ayzia Armstrong, Marcelle Briggins, Kameron Boykins, Masoln Cottrell, Makaihla Dudley,...

‘Porches and Parlors’ holiday tour of homes returns Dec. 13

The Greensboro Alabama Preservation and Tourism Alliance will hold its Porches and Parlors Holiday Tour of Homes from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13. Tickets are $20 and will be sold at Magnolia Grove and The Partridge Berry, according to the alliance’s calendar at visitgreensboroal.com. The alliance’s holiday calendar also lists A Celebration of...

GPD reports firearm discharged into occupied dwelling, two leaving-the-scene reports