Lakeview Country Club held its club championship July 25-26
Pictured from left are W. Townsend Kyser, III, who won the handicap championship; Trevor Wallace, who successfully defended his club championship title; and Kenny Clements, who won the senior championship.
More charges filed against man accused in Greensboro motel attack
A Montgomery man charged last month with rape and assault after an attack at a Greensboro motel now faces six additional charges, including sodomy in the first degree, a Class A felony. The new complaints against Colby Raybon Peebles, 33, were sworn July 29 and filed Monday in Hale County District Court as five separate... Read More
Annual District 7 Congressional job fair will be held in Selma today, August 6
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell will host her 15th annual Congressional Job Fair on Thursday, Aug. 6, in Selma, bringing employers from across the state together with job seekers from Alabama’s 7th Congressional District. The event runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Wallace Community College Selma, 3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway. Admission is free, and... Read More
Library honors young readers at America 250 party
Participants in the Hale County Library’s America 250: Unearth a Story summer reading program celebrate at the July 31 party at the library. The Hale County Library concluded its America 250: Unearth a Story summer reading program on Friday, July 31, with a party recognizing the efforts of its young readers, sponsored and hosted by... Read More
Classifieds Week of Aug 06, 2026
MINIMUM RATE (In Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per word. Payable in advance of publication. MINIMUM RATE (Outside Hale or Perry County) — $20.00 per insertion, 20 words or less. All words in excess of 20, $1.25 per word. Payable in... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Aug 06, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE CIRCUIT COURT OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMACase No. CV-2026-900004.00 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC,Plaintiff, vs. WILLIE SANDER HOPE, JR; MARCY HOPE; and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;Defendants. NOTICE TO SERVE BY PUBLICATION TO:MARCY HOPE YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a lawsuit has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of... Read More
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