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September 6, 2026

Willie Phillip Bryant

Willie Phillip Bryant

Cooking in the Black Belt

Hale County leads the state in Extension’s 250-Pound Challenge

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Willie Phillip BryantSeptember 6, 2026
Deacon Willie Phillip Bryant, affectionately known as “Horse” and “DJ Terminator,” was born on March 11, 1966, to Willie Lee and Willie Pearl Bryant. He confessed his love for Christ at an early age and joined First Baptist in Sawyerville, where he served under the leadership of several pastors. Later he moved his membership to First Baptist Church, Akron, where he continued to faithfully worship God. He served as assistant superintendent, lead teacher of the adult Sunday school class and...
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Cooking in the Black BeltSeptember 6, 2026
According to my parentheticals, this columnist is still in a state of mourning. Yes, Carolyn Virginia Nelson, a personal icon of Black Belt cuisine, is no longer with us. I have been cooking my way through it. I never got to sit at her table, so for personal stories you’ll have to ask the folks who did. It’s possible our paths crossed more than once in the small world of Marengo County, but it’s hard to say. When I found...
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Hale County leads the state in Extension’s 250-Pound ChallengeSeptember 6, 2026
Hale County has moved into first place in Alabama Extension’s Grow More, Give More 250-Pound Challenge, with 15,191 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables donated as of Monday, Aug. 31, according to the statewide leaderboard Extension posted this week. Butler County was second with 14,175 pounds, followed by Marshall County with 8,909, Coosa County with 6,559 and Mobile County with 6,463. Fifty counties had reported donations, and 32 had met or exceeded the 250-pound goal, Extension said. The challenge, which...
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Council sends mayor’s pay proposals to workshopSeptember 5, 2026
Howard, Lewis clash over raises for city employees The Greensboro City Council voted August 25 to send two of Mayor Ralph Howard’s pay proposals to a workshop, over the mayor’s objection, after a heated exchange between Howard and Councilmember KaTerriaeial Lewis. Howard moved to reduce the hours of the City Council assistant clerk position to 20 hours a week at a pay rate of $25 per hour. “Y’all are going to have to hire somebody,” said longtime clerk Lorrie Cook....
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Phantom returns to the Greensboro Opera House September 13 at 6 p.m.September 5, 2026
Farcical history closes the storytelling season Sept. 13, as building marks a first since 1903 The Phantom is coming back. The Greensboro Opera House will present “Thrice-Told Tales: The Phantom of the Greensboro Opera House,” a farcical history of the Opera House and other local stories, on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m. Admission is $10, and students are admitted free. The locally written, produced and performed play is the third and final event of the Opera House’s 2026 drama...
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