Project Horseshoe Farm Fellows: CLIMB students spend a day at UAB
Students in the CLIMB program traded their classroom at Hale County Hospital for a college campus earlier this month, spending a day at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The group spent part of the day in an advanced microbiology lab, where students talked with a professor and took part in hands-on activities. They also... Read More
Walter E. Brown
Walter E. Brown died July 19. A viewing was held Friday, July 24, at Melvin Miller Funeral Service in Marion. A celebration of life was held Saturday, July 25, at the funeral home, with interment following at the Brown family cemetery in Newbern.
Free prostate cancer screening will be Aug. 1 at Hale County Health Department
On Saturday, August 1, 2026, the Urology Health Foundation will hold a free prostate cancer screening for men 40 years of age and older from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Hale County Health Department, 670 Hall Street in Greensboro, Alabama. No appointments are needed. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer... Read More
Ethel Carter Brasfield
Ethel Carter Brasfield, 68, of Akron, died Saturday, July 11. She was born Nov. 16, 1957, to the late Ben and Mary Harris. She joined church at an early age. She was a member of New Pentecostal Holiness Church and joined Shekinah Glory Holiness Church of Akron. She was preceded in death by six brothers... Read More
Paula Jeanne Plummer
Paula Jeanne Plummer, 58, of Tuscaloosa died July 19 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services were held Friday, July 24, at Greensboro Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m., with Bobby Dubose and Keith Pugh officiating and Magnolia Chapel South directing. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Plummer was born May 27, 1968, in Demopolis. She graduated from... Read More
Georgia man arrested on 2025 drug warrant
A Brunswick, Ga., man was arrested Monday, July 20, on a warrant stemming from a March 2025 drug case in Greensboro. Tamarcus Cornelius Smith, 22, is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, both Class D felonies, according to court records. According to the complaint, sworn in May 2025, Smith unlawfully possessed... Read More
St. Matthew homecoming is Aug. 9
St. Matthew A.M.E. Church will hold its homecoming service Sunday, Aug. 9. Rev. Jesse White of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa will deliver the message. Program participants include Jesse Cleveland, a former member of the church; Bishop Steven Moore of New Life Missionary Baptist Church; and Rev. Willie Teacher. Rev. Stephany Davis Colenberg is... Read More
Library to name summer reading winners Friday
The Friends of Hale County Library will hold a party Friday, July 31, at 2 p.m. at the library, 1103 Main Street, to celebrate readers who took part in the Read America 250: Unearth a Story summer reading program. Winners of the program’s cash prize drawings will be announced at the party. The deadline to... Read More
Three back-to-school events set across Hale County in coming days
Three back-to-school events are set across Hale County over the next two weeks, offering families free school supplies along with food, health screenings and activities. The largest is the Bobby Singleton Back to School Supply Give Away, Health Fair and Fun Day, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
For a month now, the congregation of St. Wilfrid’s has been making preparations for retired Bishop of Alabama Kee Sloan’s visit. It’s a big enough deal to have the Bishop come to your church, active or otherwise. Yet I knew from the moment my fellow parishioner, Ann, told me Bishop Sloan was coming that I... Read More