Greensboro High School will hold its Title I parent meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the school library. The school invites parents to learn more about its Title I program and how the school and families can work together to support student success.

The Black Belt Community Foundation’s Throw & Go contest is open, with the winner receiving two tickets to the Magic City Classic football game between Alabama A&M and Alabama State in Birmingham, plus a two-night stay at a Birmingham hotel. Entries are $5 each, with bonus entries for donations of $20 or more. Proceeds support... Read More

Before I get too far along in this week’s recipe, I want to give a sort of editor’s note to last week’s tirade. A thought that had been gestating in my mind for a while was put to the test once and for all: polenta in cornbread. I found myself referencing historian Shelby Foote’s cornbread... Read More

First Methodist Church of Greensboro will hold its annual Fall Bazaar on Friday, Nov. 20. Doors open at 7 a.m. with sausage biscuits, juice and coffee. The bazaar will have a quilt raffle, a catfish lunch, baked goods, frozen casseroles, soups, chili and more, according to the church’s flyer.

Hale County will receive a $350,000 state grant to widen and resurface 4.6 miles of County Road 29 from Alabama Highway 25 to Alabama Highway 69, according to the list of road grants Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday, Sept. 30. The county’s local match is $216,422.41, for a project total of $566,422.41, the list shows.... Read More

A Hale County grand jury has indicted an Akron man on eight sex offense charges involving a child, including first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy, according to Hale County Circuit Court records. Austin Brooks Barnette, 30, of Akron is charged with two counts of rape in the first degree and two counts of sodomy in the... Read More

The Town of Newbern will hold a Community Cleanup Day beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Anyone who wants to take part is invited to meet at Newbern Town Hall at 7:30 a.m., according to an announcement from council member Patricia Jackson. Everyone is encouraged to come out and help keep the Newbern community... Read More

A Hale County grand jury has indicted a Sawyerville man on a murder charge in the June 6 shooting death of 24-year-old LaBrian O’Neal Jones Jr., according to Hale County Circuit Court records. Kardarrell Darnell Winn, 23, of Sawyerville is charged with murder, a Class A felony. The indictment charges that Winn intentionally caused Jones’s... Read More

Grand jury also indicts Gadsden woman charged in June A Greensboro woman has been indicted on a charge of permitting or facilitating the escape of an inmate who walked out of the Hale County Jail in May, according to Hale County Circuit Court records. Patreice Genae Gooden, 39, of Greensboro is charged with permitting or... Read More

The Shelton State Community College Singers and Jazz Combo will perform at the Greensboro Opera House at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, with a reception to follow. Admission is free. The Shelton Singers, an auditioned mixed choir of students from many academic areas, has been performing for more than 40 years, with concerts across the... Read More