The Greensboro Opera House will present “Thrice-Told Tales: The Phantom of the Greensboro Opera House,” a farcical history of the Opera House and other local stories, on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door, and students are admitted free. The locally written, produced and performed play is the third and... Read More

The Alabama Department of Transportation will open bids Sept. 25 on a federally funded safety project covering 9.149 miles of Hale County Road 29, according to a notice to contractors issued by the department. The project, Federal Aid Project HRRR-3326(250), calls for safety widening, edgeline striping and scoring on County Road 29 from its intersection... Read More

Sacred Space, Inc. is inviting artists from Hale County and across the Black Belt to take part in the Black Belt Paddle Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 26, at Jennings Ferry Campground on the Black Warrior River. Organizers are looking for artists working in painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, folk art and nature-based art... Read More

The Equal Justice Initiative is taking applications for its Anti-Hunger Program, which provides Alabama households facing food insecurity with a prepaid card loaded with $415 a month for up to six consecutive months to buy groceries and other essentials such as diapers, according to a notice shared by Project GRACE Central Alabama. Sign-ups opened Tuesday,... Read More

The following arrest and incident reports were provided by the Greensboro Police Department. Arrests September 4, 2026 Lakendrick Rontay Thomas, 42, of Greensboro, was arrested for public intoxication. Reports September 4, 2026 Public intoxication was reported on Tuscaloosa Street. September 5, 2026 Theft of property, fourth degree, was reported on County Road 28.

Arrests September 5, 2026 Daymon Burton, 26, of Catherine, was arrested for failure to appear. September 6, 2026 La’Darrel Whitt, 28, of Tuscaloosa, was arrested for driving under the influence. Savastian Tubbs, 24, of Sawyerville, was arrested for possession of marijuana, second degree. Reports August 31, 2026 Harassment was reported on Alabama Highway 25 near... Read More

Pizza has always been there for me—it doesn’t let you down. There’s a reason almost every depiction of teenagers in any given TV show or movie brings it around to pizza in one way or another. You’d think I was made of pizza when I was a teenager. In fact, I distinctly remember many a... Read More

Project Horseshoe Farm’s 2026-27 class of Greensboro Community Health Fellows has arrived. The 14 recent college graduates come from 12 states, from Hawaii to Connecticut, with one from just up the road in Tuscaloosa, and they will spend the year in Greensboro working with the nonprofit’s Health Partners, its after-school and summer youth programs and... Read More