Cooking in the Black Belt

Y’all, it’s hot out there. We’re at that point in late summer where even the wild things are wilting under all this heat. I certainly notice it anytime I go out to cut the grass—which has become a part of my Wednesday morning ritual. I’m either running out the door in the morning or the...
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Two arrested after altercation at Thomas Trailer Park

Two people were arrested August 6 after a fight the previous afternoon at Thomas Trailer Park on County Road 28. Ja’Meria Denise Strong, 20, of Greensboro, was arrested for domestic violence, third degree (assault). Tonydreon Lavosier Ross, 19, of Newbern, was arrested for disorderly conduct. Both charges are misdemeanors. According to complaints filed in Hale...
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ALBBAA names Black Belt Birding Festival as first ‘Black Belt Signature Event’

Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association Executive Director Pam Swanner presents the $5,000 grant check to Alabama Audubon to support the Alabama Black Belt Birding Festival’s continued growth and future programming. Pictured, from left, are Swanner, State Rep. Curtis Travis, Alabama Audubon executive director Dr. R. Scot Duncan, State Sen. Gerald Allen and Tim Higgins, coordinator...
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Legal Notices Week of Aug 14, 2026-Western Star

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLICATION ON ADOPTION (UNKNOWN OR UNDISCLOSED PARENT) IN THE MATTER OF: ADOPTION OF: K.T.S., MINOR IN THE PROBATE COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL. CASE NO. 26BES00370 NOTICE TO THE UNKNOWN OR UNDISCLOSED PARENTS OF: K.T.S. WHOSE ADDRESS IS ALSO UNKNOWN OR UNDISCLOSED You will take notice that a Petition for the Adoption of...
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Legal Notices Week of Aug 13, 2026-TSH

LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids, subject to the conditions contained herein, will be received by the Perry County Water Authority until 2:00 P.M., local time, Thursday, August 20, 2026, and then publicly opened and read aloud at the office at 108 W. Monroe Street, Marion, AL 36756 for furnishing all labor and materials...
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Legal Notices Week of Aug 13, 2026 – GW

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLICATION NOTICE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE NAME CHANGE OF SERENITIE NICHOLE CULLUM, a minor. Case No.: 26-054 Notice is hereby given that a Petition has been filed in the Probate Court of Hale County, Alabama, by Cecelia Washburn, the natural mother of the minor...
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