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Cooking in the Black BeltOctober 25, 2026
At some point, growing up around here, everyone’s heard about how much mama’s little baby loves shortenin’ bread. When I was whisking around the kitchen Sunday morning, my mind started wondering where on earth a song like that came from. Folk music has a way of just popping up as far as recorded history goes, but the origins usually remain quite ambiguous. Some sources claim the song was just a folk song that refers to either shortbread or bread made...
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Council pays $106,433 on 2025 drainage and street projectOctober 25, 2026
Also buys $8,500 in office furniture, and the city asks owners to keep dogs off the streets The Greensboro City Council voted at its Tuesday, Oct. 13, meeting to pay Cornerstone Civil Contractors LLC $106,433.34 for a 2025 drainage and street improvement project. Councilmember Pearl Shepherd made the motion to make the payment. Councilmember Bobbie Curtis seconded the motion, and it was unanimously approved. Citing a need for updated furniture for the mayor’s office and City Clerk Shereka Walker, Curtis...
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Southern volleyball brings home two state titlesOctober 25, 2026
Varsity rallies past Lowndes in five sets for back-to-back Class AA championships; JV wins the AA junior varsity tournament Southern Academy rallied from two sets to one down to beat Lowndes Academy 3-2 for the Alabama Independent School Association Class AA volleyball state championship Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Cramton Bowl Multiplex in Montgomery. Lowndes won the first set 25-17. Southern took the second 25-21 and Lowndes the third 25-16 before the Lady Cougars won the fourth 25-20 and the...
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Sewell and mayor meet Akron residents; building owner denies giving notice to vacateOctober 24, 2026
Akron box holders get their mail at a mobile unit until Oct. 31, then at M’ville post office U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell and Akron Mayor Chris Rollins met with Akron residents about the town’s post office Tuesday, Oct. 20, and the owner of the post office building, reached by phone during the meeting, said the owners never gave the Postal Service notice to vacate. The Postal Service announced Monday, Oct. 19, that operations at the Akron office will be “permanently...
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Classifieds Week of Oct 22, 2026October 24, 2026
Classified Ad Rates 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 advance of publication. Card of Thanks, Birthday Greetings, Memoriams, and Poems — standard size (2 column-inches by 2 inches or 1 column-inch...
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