Cooking in the Black Belt
The other day, someone texted me with a rather serious subject: sugar in cornbread. That’s right—clutch your pearls, fan yourself with your lace handkerchiefs, pull out the fainting couch. I’m about to touch a nerve with some of my more penitent southern cooks when I say: I see no problem with sugar in cornbread. Now,... Read More
Registration open through Friday, Oct. 2 to join Extension’s diabetes program
The Health Extension for Diabetes program has begun in Hale County, and people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes can still join the remaining seven of its eight sessions by registering with the Hale County Extension Office by Friday, Oct. 2, the office said. Tera Glenn, the Extension agent for health and wellness, opened... Read More
Hale County’s Laura Kyser receives Farmers Federation memorial scholarship
Laura Kyser, second from left, receives the John C. Jay Jr. Memorial Scholarship Sept. 21 at Lazenby Farms in Auburn. From left are Federation President Jimmy Parnell, Kyser, Hale County Farmers Federation board member Townsend Kyser, Federation District 8 Director Stewart Koon and Federation Southwest Area Vice President Hope Cassebaum. Laura Kyser, a Hale County native... Read More
Woods Promise marks sixth year of Planting Seeds in the Black Belt
Scholars in Woods Promise Inc.’s Planting Seeds in the Black Belt program at the Hale County College and Career Academy.(above) Woods Promise Inc. held its sixth Planting Seeds in the Black Belt program this year at the Hale County College and Career Academy, with the largest group of scholars in the program’s six years, the... Read More
Drought Monitor puts nearly all of Perry County in severe drought
The U.S. Drought Monitor’s map of Alabama for Sept. 22, released Sept. 24. Orange is severe drought, tan moderate drought and yellow abnormally dry.(above) Nearly all of Perry County is in severe drought, the second of the U.S. Drought Monitor’s four drought categories, according to the monitor’s map dated Sept. 22 and released Thursday, Sept.... Read More
Perry County voters decide Nov. 3 on a property tax freeze for homeowners 65 and older
Perry County voters will decide on Nov. 3 whether homeowners 65 and older may freeze the assessed value of their homes for property tax purposes, under a local constitutional amendment the Legislature sent to the county’s ballot this spring. Gov. Kay Ivey’s proclamation ordering the election, which the county’s legal journal must publish for four... Read More
Ingram State opens workforce training building at Perry County PREP Center
Officials raise the ribbon at the new J.F. Ingram State Technical College workforce training facility at the Perry County PREP Center on Sept. 23.(above) J.F. Ingram State Technical College and the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles opened a new workforce training facility at the Perry County PREP Center on U.S. Highway 80 near Uniontown... Read More
GHS sets homecoming week Oct. 5 to 9; GES adds themed spirit days
Greensboro High School’s homecoming week, “Reunited and It Feels So Good,” runs Monday, Oct. 5, through Friday, Oct. 9, and the school’s flyer invites the Greensboro community to all of it. The pep rally is at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, and the bonfire at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, opens with the coronation at... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Oct 2, 2026-Western Star
Legal Notice In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Central Alabama Asphalt & Construction Co., LLC has completed the contract for the construction of Bessemer City Board of Education — Bessemer High School Bus Route Paving for the State of Alabama and the Bessemer City Board of Education,... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Oct 2, 2026-TCP
Legal Notice Notice of Public UCC Article 9 Foreclosure — Public Sale of Substantially All Assets and Personal Property of Einstein Labs, LLC, a Delaware Corporation Please take notice that on October 5, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. (EST), a public sale (the “Public Sale”) shall be conducted of the personal property of Einstein Labs, LLC (the “Debtor”), as... Read More