Lincolnite Club Seeks Black Belt Students for Scholarship Program
The Lincolnite Club, Inc. is now accepting applications for its 2026 scholarship awards, offering financial assistance to Black Belt students who show both academic promise and a record of service to their schools and communities. The club’s National Scholarship Committee is seeking high school seniors with a grade point average of 2.50 or higher who... Read More
Douglas Dean Gray
Douglas Dean Gray, age 94, of Greensboro passed away at Hale County Hospital on February 11, 2026. He was born June 26, 1931. Services were held graveside at Oakwood Cemetery on Sunday, February 15 at 1:00 pm with the Reverend Arthur Thomas officiating and Rockco Funeral Homes directing. Dean is preceded in death by his... Read More
Devore Named to Directors List at UA Early College
A total of 595 students enrolled in UA Early College during Fall Semester 2025 at The University of Alabama were named to the director’s list with an academic record of 3.6 or higher. The director’s list recognizes students enrolled in classes through the UA Early College program. UA Early College allows high school students to... Read More
Bradford Named to Dean’s List at Lawson State CC
Madison Bradford of Moundville, AL was named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2025 Semester at Lawson State Community College. Madison was among 209 students named to the Fall 2025 Dean’s List. Dean’s List Scholars attained a grade point average of 3.5, consisting of a minimum course load of not fewer than twelve (12)... Read More
Janice Lawson
Janice Latrice Jenkins Lawson was born June 19, 1966, in Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan, to Katherine Carr Jenkins and James Clark. She passed away on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. She later moved to Greensboro, Alabama, in 2015 to be closer to her children. She resigned in Moundville, Alabama, in 2025. Janice accepted Christ at an... Read More
Annual state severe weather sales tax holiday is Feb. 20-22
Alabama’s annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20, and runs through midnight Sunday, Feb. 22. During the three-day holiday, shoppers can purchase qualifying emergency preparedness supplies without paying the state’s 4 percent sales tax. Eligible items priced below $94 include: Batteries Flashlights Lanterns Weather radios Cell phone chargers... Read More
Public input session on G’boro-Marion-Selma rail trail is March 11
A second public input session on a proposed rail-trail connecting Greensboro, Marion, and Selma will be held Wednesday, March 11, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Harris Technology Hub, 401 Washington Street in Marion. The session is part of the Greensboro-Marion-Selma Regional Rail-Trail Feasibility Study. The project team will present proposed trail alignment, Phase... Read More
New area code will mean ten-digit dialing for 334 area on Feb. 23
A new 483 area code will go into service on Sunday, Feb. 23, as an overlay to Alabama’s existing 334 area code region, according to the Alabama Public Service Commission. State regulators say the additional code is needed because phone numbers in the 334 area are on track to run out by the third quarter... Read More
Carolyn Bailey Payne
Carolyn Bailey Payne was born on February 28, 1936, and died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 89. A longtime Hale County resident and veteran educator, Mrs. Payne served for many years as principal of Skyland Elementary School in Tuscaloosa and later as headmaster of Southern Academy in Greensboro. A Celebration of Life... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
We’re early enough in the history of this column that it seems fitting to go ahead and rip off one of many bandaids that need to be addressed. For all my personal distaste for disclaimers, I feel it necessary to start off with a very important one to keep in mind going forward: I’m not... Read More