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- Walthalia sues Greensboro over Airport Loop Rd. closureA Newbern-based limited partnership is asking a Hale County circuit judge to void the City of Greensboro’s closure of a section of Airport Loop Road, arguing the city vacated a public road that does not lie inside its municipal limits. Walthalia, Ltd., I, whose general partner is Robert C. Walthall, filed the appeal August 6 against the city, the Greensboro City Council and Mayor Ralph A. Howard. The partnership owns land along Airport Loop Road and says the road is... Read More
- Frederick Ezell
Frederick Ulysses Ezell, 71, a longtime resident of Sawyerville, passed away Tuesday, July 28, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. Born December 26, 1954, to the late Ulysses and Sarah Ezell, both prominent educators in the Hale County School System, Fred was affectionately known as Junior. He professed hope in Christ at an early age and was baptized by the late Rev. W.E. Patton, becoming a member of Springfield Missionary Baptist Church. Fred was a proud member of the... Read More - Ronny Crawford
Crawford and Dora Dell (Hales) Crawford, Ronny’s life was defined by family, faith, service, enduring friendships and a deep sense of community. Ronny grew up in Greensboro and graduated from Greensboro High School in 1965. He met Dottie while attending Snead Junior College, and the two married on December 29, 1967 at Church of the Nativity in Huntsville. He later graduated from Livingston University in 1969. Ronny and Dottie raised their family in Greensboro, where they built a life deeply... Read More - Cooking in the Black BeltY’all, it’s hot out there. We’re at that point in late summer where even the wild things are wilting under all this heat. I certainly notice it anytime I go out to cut the grass—which has become a part of my Wednesday morning ritual. I’m either running out the door in the morning or the afternoon, but if I’m working outside at high noon, you best believe it’s an emergency. Nonetheless, when it’s as hot as it is there’s very... Read More
- Two arrested after altercation at Thomas Trailer ParkTwo people were arrested August 6 after a fight the previous afternoon at Thomas Trailer Park on County Road 28. Ja’Meria Denise Strong, 20, of Greensboro, was arrested for domestic violence, third degree (assault). Tonydreon Lavosier Ross, 19, of Newbern, was arrested for disorderly conduct. Both charges are misdemeanors. According to complaints filed in Hale County District Court, Strong and Ross, described in the documents as girlfriend and boyfriend, got into a physical altercation at the trailer park around 1... Read More