Brett Cole was awarded the Tagged for Junior College Scholarship at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation (ACF) Scholarship Banquet held Friday, May 2, in Montgomery, AL. Brett is the son of Ralph and Jessica Cole of Greensboro. Cole will graduate from Southern Academy and plans to attend The University of Kentucky to pursue a degree in Business Management. 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. Cole is pictured with Alabama Cattlemen’s Association President Keith Glover of Greensboro.
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
