Rollanda Cothran was presented a gift of thanks from Greensboro Garden Club President LaMar Merrill for her service as District IV director and Alabama State Recording Secretary at the State Garden Club Convention in Orange Beach on Apr 10-12.
The historic Marion Female Seminary is sporting a fresh coat of paint, courtesy of a grant from the Alabama-Tombigbee Resource Conservation and Development Council. The Perry County Historical and Preservation Society and the Perry County High School Alumni Association, which maintain the 176-year-old landmark, thanked Ala-Tom RC&D for the funding that made the exterior repairs possible. The Marion Female Seminary, built in 1850, is one of Perry County’s most significant historic structures and continues to serve as a community gathering... Read More
On Fire For Jesus will present “Jesus and Jeans,” a gospel event scheduled for Saturday, April 18, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at G’villo, 15769 County Road 21, Moundville. Supper will be provided. Featured performers and speakers include: Legacy Gospel and Donna Weaver Evangelist Devon Hutchison Thomas Averette The Faith Chapel Youth group Those planning to attend are asked to contact Melissa Averette at 334-507-5147 or melissaaverette2024@gmail.com with the number attending.
Everyone knows the story. People who have never watched a single baseball game know the story. Babe Ruth lumbers to the plate in Game 3 of the 1932 New York Yankees-Chicago Cubs World Series. He exchanges a few words with the pitcher and then points to the sky over the wooden outfield fence (it would be another five years before the now famous brick wall with its climbing ivy replaced that old wooden fence). He called his shot. He told... Read More
Carli Lewis of Uniontown, Alabama, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at the University of West Alabama. Lewis is among approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Eligibility is highly restrictive: only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5... Read More
Steven Marion Meredith, 61, of Birmingham and Greensboro, passed away on March 31, 2026, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greensboro on April 11 at 2:00, with a visitation to follow. He was preceded in death by his parents, Franklin and Marianne Meredith; his paternal grandparents, Franklin and Alice Meredith; and his maternal grandparents, James and Margaret Mann. He is survived by his sons, Grady Boyd Dumas Meredith and Franklin Weed... Read More