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The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles purchased a vacant, private prison in Perry County for use as a rehabilitation facility for parole violators. Cam...

Town of Faunsdale receives $300k grant to fund downtown improvements

The Town of Faunsdale in Marengo County has been awarded a first-ever $300,000 Community Development Block Grant by Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department...

VFW donates to St. Wilfrid’s rice and beans ministry

VFW Post 5104 Commander Ken Daniel presents Reverend Dan Thornton, Rector of St. Wilfrid’s Episcopal Church with a check for The Beans and Rice ministry....

Hale Co. Hospital faces down staffing shortage, COVID surge

The Hale County Hospital is not only tackling a surge in COVID cases, but a lack of nursing staff. This has extended Emergency Room wait...

Delta Regional Authority will fund projects in Marion

Delta Regional Authority will invest $3,448,973 to boost economic development and foster improvements throughout Alabama communities. The investment will eventually be matched by $9.6 million...

‘D.C. Moon,’ space rocker and Black Belt native, dies at age 62

D.C. Moon, Tuscaloosa musician and “space rock” performance artist, passed away at the age of 62, a month before his 63rd birthday. Suffering a heart attack...

Portia Shepherd, Black Belt native, announces for State Sen. District 23