Hueytown purchases new fire engine
The City of Hueytown has just purchased a third fire engine, and it is paid for. What is also important is that the first two fire engines are also paid for in full. Hueytown Mayor Steve Ware is a good steward of the city’s finances. Joining the fleet three weeks ago is a Pierce Arrow... Read More
Black Family Restaurants McDonald’s supports American Legion Post #1228
Darryl Barry, Cliff Fleming, Eric Frye, Joe Stroud, Jamie Black, Thom Perez, James Prince, Kelvin Washington and Patty Douglas (above) The D. W. Segars Memorial American Legion Post 1228 in Hueytown is committed to helping veterans, their families and communities. They were completely surprised recently when notified that a local business wanted to help them.... Read More
CLIMB applications open for Perry County high school students
Perry County high school students interested in experiential learning, service and career exploration have until Friday, Aug. 28, to apply for the fall session of Community Leaders in Medicine and Beyond, or CLIMB. The free Project Horseshoe Farm program meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Aug. 28 and are available through Project Horseshoe Farm Perry... Read More
Video shows raw sewage overflowing on Magnolia Street; pump station not running, resident says
A Marion resident posted video this week of what he described as raw sewage overflowing from a city sewer pump station on Magnolia Street and running downhill into a creek, writing that the city has been called about it multiple times. Forrest Hale posted the video in a community Facebook group. It shows liquid pouring... Read More
Perry schools, clinics named in state rural health sector grants
Students in Perry County schools are in line for school-based mental health services under two of the 138 grants Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday, Aug. 24, in the first round of the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program. Cahaba Medical Care Foundation, the Centreville-based community health center that operates a clinic on Washington Street in Marion,... Read More
Uniontown Health Center to get $1 million federal renovation
Funding will go toward imaging, equipment upgrades, IT, parking, and more improvements Rural Health Medical Program Inc. has received a $1,015,000 federal investment to renovate its Uniontown Health Center, the organization announced last week. The money came through the fiscal 2026 federal appropriations process, RHMPI said. The project, which RHMPI is calling a rural health... Read More
Suspect surrenders nine months after North Perry stabbing death
Anastassja “Anya” Cooper, left, in a photo released by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency during the search for her. Right, Jeffery Holifield.(above) A woman charged with murder in the November stabbing death of a Marion man is in custody after turning herself in to state investigators Aug. 19, nine months after a warrant was issued... Read More
Huntsville man arrested on 2025 Marion criminal mischief charge
A Huntsville man is charged with felony criminal mischief after authorities say he drove a vehicle into a privacy fence at a Marion residence last September, tearing the fence apart and knocking its gate off the hinges. Takeldrick Deonta Heard, 31, of Huntsville, was arrested Aug. 21 on a charge of criminal mischief, first degree,... Read More
Karen Sue LaGrone
Karen Sue LaGrone, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and cherished member of her family, died Aug. 20 at the age of 65. She was born Jan. 15, 1961. Survivors include her loving husband, Kenneth LaGrone; her children, Vinnie Harris (Crystal), Brandon Harris (Christi), Sommer Dunkin (Robert), Lynn Mitchell (Melton) and Wendy Williams (Jonte); her... Read More
Callan Power, formed for Marion transformer plant, will buy oil leases and take Reger name
Callan Power LLC, the subsidiary Callan JMB announced Aug. 6 to bring transformer manufacturing to the Atlas Complex in Marion, has agreed to buy oil and gas leases in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, will be run by the founder of Northern Oil and Gas, and will be renamed Reger Energy LLC... Read More