Laura Kyser was awarded the Tagged For Greatness Scholarship at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation (ACF) Scholarship Banquet held Friday, May 2, in Montgomery, AL. Laura is the daughter of Townsend and Kelly Kyser of Greensboro. Kyser will graduate from Southern Academy and plans to attend Auburn University to pursue a degree in Nursing. The honoree was one of 160 students awarded $152,750 in scholarships by the ACF, which serves to engage in educational and scientific activities to improve the beef cattle industry in Alabama and educate youth on the importance of beef cattle in Alabama. The ACF provides the opportunity to make tax deductible donations for the educational work of the foundation and is largely funded by the sale of the “Cowboy Tag” vanity license plate. Throughout the year, the ACF supports numerous organizations and events which help to educate and train future generations of the livestock industry. The ACF has awarded scholarship money each year to Alabama youth with more than $1.5 million being awarded to date. Kyser is pictured above with Alabama Cattlemen’s Association President Keith Glover of Greensboro.
Arrests August 24, 2026 Joe Louis Kennedy, 58, of Thomaston, was arrested on three charges of failure to appear. August 25, 2026 Marcus Pasteur, 37, of Eutaw, was arrested on three charges of failure to appear. August 26, 2026 Donche Marquavious Vinson, 31, of Greensboro, was arrested for failure to appear and harassing communications. August 27, 2026 Keith Leonard Taylor, 46, of Aliceville, was arrested for theft of property, third degree. August 28, 2026 Quartais Deandrew Rodgers, 30, of Livingston,... 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 to display their work, share their creative practices and help highlight the artistic heritage of the region. The festival is a celebration of the region’s... Read More
The Greensboro Garden Club will begin decorating the town for fall on Oct. 1 and is asking for help with mums, pumpkins and money to make it happen. Residents can buy a mum from a Southern Academy junior and tell the seller it is for the Garden Club, which will pick it up on delivery day. Mums and pumpkins can also be dropped off at Barnette Furniture, 1401 Main Street. Cash donations, which the club will spend locally at Clary’s... Read More
A Sawyerville woman was arrested Aug. 21 on a felony domestic violence charge, according to Hale County District Court records. Nastassia Jemaisa Conner, 29, is charged with domestic violence in the second degree, a Class B felony. A sworn complaint filed in the case alleges Conner committed assault in the second degree in the early morning hours of Aug. 21, with the victim identified in the complaint as her boyfriend. The complaint was sworn by a Greensboro police officer, and... Read More
A Fairfield man was arrested Aug. 31 on felony charges of electronic solicitation of a child and transmitting obscene material to a child, according to Hale County District Court records. Rogericas Decarlo Morgan, 38, is charged with two Class B felonies. A sworn complaint alleges that on or about June 16, Morgan used an electronic device to solicit a girl for sexual purposes and transmitted obscene material to her, described in the complaint as a sexually explicit video of himself.... Read More
