Shirley Beard Cook

Shirley Diane Beard Cook, age 72 of Moundville, passed away July 19, 2022 at Grandview Medical Center. She was born March 6, 1950. Services were held Tuesday, July 26, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial followed at the church cemetery with Magnolia Chapel South directing. She is preceded in death by her parents; Hershel Beard...
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ServSafe classes planned for August in Marion

The Alabama Cooperative Extension Systems will sponsored Perry County ServSafe Manager Certification training, August 30 & 31 at the Perry County Health Department, 1748 S Washington Street in Marion AL from 10 am – 4:30 pm with a 30 minute lunch break each day. The cost is $140 per person which includes instruction, certification exam...
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Ivey says unemployment statewide is at record low

Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted June unemployment rate is 2.6%, down from May’s rate of 2.7%, and below June 2021’s rate of 3.5%. This rate marks a new series low for the third consecutive month. June’s rate represents 60,338 unemployed persons, a new record low, compared to 61,585 in May...
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Alabama takes delivery of monkeypox vaccine

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) received the initial allocation of more than 200 doses of vaccine for monkeypox virus infection on July 21, with additional doses expected to be delivered soon. To help prevent illness from the virus, ADPH will offer vaccine and monitor for early signs of illness in eligible persons. Due...
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Hale Sheriff’s Dept. reports multiple arrests, incidents in recent weeks here

Hale County Sheriff’s Department released the following report of the department’s activity over the previous two weeks. Arrests:07-11-2022 Quenton Derrell Johnson- 35-Greensboro-was arrested for failure to appear. 07-12-2022Tyra S. Denson-27-Gallion- was arrested for failure to appear.Quenton Richardson-20-Gallion-was arrested for failure to appear. 07-13-2022Charles Dustin Sims-41-Greensboro-was arrested for failure to appear. 07-14-2022Leonard Jerome Holiday-42-Greensboro-was arrested for...
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Robert Poellnitz

Robert Withers Poellnitz Sr., a native of Greensboro, has died at the age of 97. Mr. Poellnitz was raised in the antebellum Harvey- Poellnitz home on west Main Street in Greensboro. Robert Poellnitz was the last living World War II member of the Black Warrior River Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Tuscaloosa,...
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Bluesman Earl ‘Guitar’ Williams will headline Black Belt Birding Festival expo Friday night

The second annual Black Belt Birding Festival will be held this weekend in Greensboro. Highlighting the birds, history, and culture of Alabama’s Black Belt region, the Black Belt Birding Festival is a popular offering from the storied conservation nonprofit’s Black Belt Birding Initiative, a program aimed at bringing the economic benefits of ecotourism to this...
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Legal Notices Week of June 9, 2022

Legal Notice MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE. Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Coye O. Lucky Jr. and Reita H. Lucky, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Maverick Funding Corp., on March...
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