ALEA counts six traffic deaths over Labor Day weekend, none on the water
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
Perry County students log 400-plus hours of STEM work through Kai XR partnership
Two Perry County students show off the 3D worlds they built on the Kai XR platform(above) Students in grades 3 through 8 at Francis Marion School and Robert C. Hatch High School have taken part in more than 400 hours of STEM skill-building this year through a partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of... Read More
Turner turns to write-in campaign as absentee voting opens with Bennett on the D1 ballot
Incumbent Commissioner Albert Turner Jr. said Friday, Sept. 11, that he will run a writein campaign for Perry County Commission District 1 rather than keep fighting over a Nov. 3 ballot that carries Donald J. Bennett Sr.’s name and not his, WAKA reported. By the next morning, absentee voting on that ballot had opened at... Read More
Herman Carlisle
Herman Lee Carlisle, 55, died Tuesday, September 1, in Gallion. He was born November 11, 1970, to Freddie Carlisle Sr. and Shirley Carlisle in Hale County. He confessed Christ at an early age and joined First Baptist Church in Newbern. He leaves to cherish his memories two children, a daughter, Sierra Richardson (Kejuan) McGhee, and... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
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
George Eliot Weeks
George Eliot Weeks, 87, of Moundville, passed away Sept. 1 at DCH Regional Medical Center. He was born July 10, 1939, in Jamestown, New York, to John Eliot Bocchino and Grace Baker Bocchino. He was later adopted by his beloved stepfather after his mother, Grace Baker Weeks, returned home to Alabama and married Thomas Powers... Read More
Elaine Edwards
Janice “Elaine” Holladay Edwards, lovingly known as “MeeMaw,” was called home to Heaven on September 6, where she was joyfully reunited with her beloved husband, Hugh. Elaine was born on October 12, 1943, to Ozell and Houston Holliday. At 19 years old, she married the love of her life, Hugh, and together they were blessed... Read More
Marion man sues for defamation over Facebook post naming him in break-in
A Marion man has sued a Perry County woman for libel over a Facebook post he says falsely identified him as the person who broke into a Marion home last year. Chris Murphy filed the suit Friday, Sept. 11, in Perry County Circuit Court against Loretta Etheredge, who the complaint says was a member, administrator... Read More
Turner turns to write-in campaign as absentee voting opens with Bennett on the D1 ballot
Incumbent Commissioner Albert Turner Jr. said Friday, Sept. 11, that he will run a write-in campaign for Perry County Commission District 1 rather than keep fighting over a Nov. 3 ballot that carries Donald J. Bennett Sr.’s name and not his, WAKA reported. By the next morning, absentee voting on that ballot had opened at... Read More
Grand jury indicts four PREP Center escapees, accused getaway driver
A Perry County grand jury has indicted the four inmates who escaped the Perry County Correctional PREP Center in Uniontown on May 30, along with the Selma woman accused of picking them up outside the facility and hiding them at her apartment, according to Perry County Circuit Court records. The indictments were returned Aug. 25... Read More