Annie Imogene Williams McCrory
Annie Imogene Williams McCrory, age 95, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2026. Services will be held Monday, July 13, at Bible Methodist Church in Greensboro. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m., with the service to follow at 2 p.m. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Magnolia South Funeral Home. She was born February... Read More
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
Mars Hill MBC Homecoming will be July 12
Mars Hill Missionary Baptist Church will hold its annual homecoming and 158th church anniversary on Sunday, July 12, during the 11 a.m. morning worship service. Guests for the occasion will be Pastor Quentin Urban Jones and the Faith Believing Church of God family of Huntingtown, Md. Former members and friends are invited to come home... Read More
First Baptist of Akron sets homecoming July 19
First Baptist Church of Akron will hold its annual Homecoming and Twelve Tribes Program on Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at the church, 7160 First Avenue North. The celebration brings together two of the church’s traditions, Homecoming and the Twelve Tribes Program, for an afternoon of worship and fellowship. The program will honor the... Read More
Public forum on data centers set for July 30 in Gallion
A public forum on data centers and their impact on Hale and Marengo counties will be held Thursday, July 30, in Gallion. The forum, titled “What the Community Should Know About Data Centers,” runs from 3 to 6 p.m. at Wallace Community College, 186 Field of Dreams Drive. It is open to the public and... Read More
Wedgworth wins in world championship rodeo event
Louis Wedgworth, a 14-year-old cowboy from Livingston and the son of a Hale County native, has added another world title to his rodeo résumé, winning the 2026 Goat Tying World Championship at the National Little Britches Rodeo Association Finals in Oklahoma City. The finals concluded Saturday, July 4. The championship marks Wedgworth’s third world title.... Read More