A Jefferson County circuit judge dismissed Darral Bethel’s suit challenging Mayor Kenneth Gulley’s residency on Sept. 16, six days before the mayoral runoff, ruling that Bethel’s complaint did not allege facts that could show Gulley had moved his legal residence out of Bessemer. Judge David Hobdy of the court’s Bessemer Division granted Gulley’s motion to... Read More

Bessemer voters went to the polls Tuesday, Sept. 22, to settle the mayor’s race and four other contests left undecided by the Aug. 25 municipal election. Final results were not available when the Star went to press Tuesday night. Full results will appear in next week’s edition. The runoff for mayor pairs incumbent Kenneth Gulley,... Read More

Marion Military Institute is notifying people whose names, bank account numbers and routing numbers were in its files that an unknown person had access to its network for four days in February, according to a notification letter one Marion family received this week. The letter, sent on the school’s behalf by Cyberscout, an identity protection... Read More

Livestock and forage producers are invited to the annual Beef and Forage Field Day on Friday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Black Belt Research and Extension Center, 60 County Road 944, Marion Junction. The field day gives producers a chance to get out in the field, see demonstrations firsthand and... Read More

Portia Shepherd of Uniontown has appealed to Montgomery County Circuit Court after the Alabama Department of Environmental Management dismissed her request for a public hearing on the expansion of the Arrowhead Landfill in Uniontown. She said she filed the appeal last week. “ADEM dismissed my request for a hearing and called it a ‘legal nullity,'”... Read More

A West Blocton man was cited Sept. 6 for hunting small game by aid of bait in Perry County, according to a citation filed Sept. 10 in Perry County District Court. Ryan Neil Linch, 37, of West Blocton, was cited about 7:20 a.m. near County Road 45 and County Road 6 by a state conservation... Read More

The Historic Magnolia Grove Foundation will close its temporary exhibit “Feathers in Fashion” with a reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the museum and a talk at 6 by its curator, Ian Crawford, a Greensboro resident on the faculty of the University of Alabama’s Department of Clothing, Textiles and Interior Design. The exhibit,... Read More

Francis Marion School will crown its 2026 Royal Homecoming Court at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in the Woodie J. Jackson Sports Arena. The homecoming parade follows at 4 p.m., and court members will be presented on the field in their coronation attire during the pre-game show. Coronation practice and newspaper pictures are set for... Read More