Jeff Peoples, chairman, president, and CEO of Alabama Power, came to the MMI campus last Wednesday and gave a speech to the cadets in the Anthony J. Rane Center for Leadership. Peoples, a 40+ year employee of Southern Company, emphasized the importance of hard work during his speech to cadets in the chapel. Peoples toured the campus and observed the pass-in-review by the Corps of Cadets. He was impressed by the discipline and structure of the environment. The son of a blacksmith, Peoples was the first member of his family to attend college. He credits his parents for an upbringing that prepared him to lead in his chosen field. Also present for Peoples’ speech was MMI alumnus Jimmy Rane, class of 1964. A friend of Peoples, Rane is the founder, president, and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving.
A singing with Zion’s Way Quartet will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 5 pm at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, 186 County Road 34, Akron, Alabama. Refreshments will be served following the singing. For more information please call Pastor Rick Crawford, 205-764-2217.
Mt. Carmel Church, located on Hwy. 14 east of Greensboro, will be having Homecoming on Sunday, May 18, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Bro. Roger Harper will be bringing the message. A covered dish lunch will be served at noon followed by an afternoon of music featuring Legacy Gospel.
Pastor Arthur Thomas of Antioch Baptist Church invites everyone to join the church family for Homecoming services, to be held at the church, located on Co. Rd. 3 north of Greensboro. Services will be held Sunday, May 18 at 10:30 a.m. Special music will be provided by Zions Way Quartet. Lunch will be provided following the service in the fellowship hall. “Come join us in worship, singing and fellowship!” said church members.
A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 10:58 p.m. Saturday, May 3, has claimed the life of a Moundville man. Willie T. Wills, 44, was fatally injured when the 2024 Dodge Hornet he was driving struck the 2019 GMC Acadia driven by Jason G. Corley, 41, of Brent. Wills was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Corley was injured and transported to DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa... Read More