Deaconess Sarah Yvonne Horton
Deaconess Sarah Yvonne Horton died June 25, 2026. Funeral services were held Saturday, July 4, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Sawyerville. Sarah Waller Horton was born on April 29, 1962, in Sawyerville, to the late L.T. and Earnestine Waller. At an early age, she accepted Christ as her personal... Read More
Mary Alice Moore
Funeral services for Mary Alice Moore were held Sunday, July 5, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at Pine Grove Baptist Church, 267 County Road 47, Greensboro, with Pastor James Frank officiating. Mary Alice Moore was born on July 17, 1952, in Faunsdale to the late Andrew and Channie Haywood. Mary Alice confessed Christ and joined the... Read More
Dale Frederick Bates, Sr.
Dale Frederick Bates Sr. was born September 17, 1965, and died June 22, 2026. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 5, 2026, at noon at St. Mary Church in Greensboro, with Pastor Joe L. Hamilton Jr. officiating. Dale was the son of Marie Bryant and the late John Thomas Gray of Newbern. He served faithfully... Read More
‘Drop & Go’ community drive-through baby shower and donation drive July 10
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), is inviting the community to come together in support of local families for a Drop & Go Drive-Thru Baby Shower and Donation Drive. This event is being held in an effort to ensure that expecting parents and newborns in Hale County... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
Television has long been an escape, not just for me, but for many of us. This is where I could reference David Foster Wallace, the cycle of irony, and ‘algorithmic loneliness’—yet this is a recipe column, not a college paper. Still, I have been reexamining my relationship to such passive entertainment. Cooking has always been... Read More
Perry County Senior Resource Day set for July 14
A Perry County Senior Resource Day will be held Tuesday, July 14, in Marion, offering older residents access to community, health, and safety resources. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lincoln Auditorium, 207 Lincoln Street. The event is presented by Project GRACE Central in partnership with the Alabama Department... Read More
Marion water report: No health violations, but missed bacteria testing and mineral levels linked to discolored water
The City of Marion has released its 2026 Consumer Confidence Report, the federally required annual summary of drinking water testing, and the results show no violations of health-based standards during 2025. But the report also discloses that the city failed to complete required bacteria monitoring in January, and it documents manganese levels more than seven... Read More
Marion man charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor
A Marion man has been arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child in connection with an incident this spring involving a teenage student, according to the Moundville Police Department. Da’Shawn LaTrell Cole, 21, of Marion, was arrested June 25. Police said the charge stems from an April incident in which Cole... Read More
Times-Standard-Herald wins three national awards, takes first in Freedom of Information
The Times-Standard-Herald has won three National Newspaper Association awards, including first place for Freedom of Information reporting in a category the contest judges called extremely competitive. The Times-Standard-Herald was the only Alabama newspaper to win an award in this year’s national editorial contest, taking all three of the state’s honors in the competition. The awards... Read More
Recount in District 1 race set for Thursday after week of wrangling over bond
The recount that Albert Turner Jr. has pursued since the day he lost the Perry County Commission District 1 Democratic primary by a single vote is scheduled for Thursday, July 9, at 11 a.m., after a week in which the posting of Turner’s $8,500 security bond became its own running dispute. Donald J. Bennett was... Read More