Elizabeth Kay Tidmore Jones

Elizabeth Kay Tidmore Jones, beloved mother, sister, and grandmother, died Tuesday, April 12 at the age of 63.She was born June 10, 1968 to Dorothy Stevens and Thomas Ervin Tidmore, who preceded her in death.Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Krystal (Derontae) Smith and Karoline Renea (Devin) Foman, both of Tuscaloosa; a son, John Paul Jones...
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The Voice of the ‘Ville by Rita Lewis

Addie Kipp had her son Allen, and his wife, Naomi and grandson, Jonah, down for Easter.Angela and Mike O’Quinn and boys, Jeremy and Matt, Lita Roulaine, Amanda McCrory, her son, Stetson, Nancy Koski and Tommy Konami, Diana Hughes, and Brady McClelland for lunch.Congratulations to our new HCHS: CHEERLEADERS:Hale Co. High Varsity Cheerleaders ’22-’23: Allaisja Mitchell,...
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Homecoming services at New Prospect are this Sunday

New Prospect BibleChurch’s annual homecoming service will be heldSunday, April 24. The worship service will be held at11:00 a.m., followed by acovered dish dinner. Thechurch is located west ofAkron on Highway 60.Everyone is invited to comeand join in the fellowshipand memories. For more information, contact BillyDrake at 334-624-3533.

Revival is April 21-24 at Greensboro Bible Methodist

A revival service(Deeper Life Ministry) willbe held at Greensboro BibleMethodist Church, locatedat 2006, South St. (corner ofSouth & Seay St.) onThursday, April 21stthrough Sunday, April 24th.Service times are 7:00 PMThursday – Saturday, and onSunday at10:45 AM & 5:00PM. The Rev. MikeAvery from Cincinnati willbe the special evangelistand teacher. There will be aspecial singing nightly.Everyone is...
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Hale students will be honored at West Alabama Regional Signing Day in Tuscaloosa next week

Approximately 50+ localhigh school seniors havedecided their career pathafter graduation. The number of seniors is expected toincrease in the coming daysas seniors make their decisions to enter an apprenticeship, or full-timeemployment. Seniors willbe honored at the West Alabama Regional SigningDay Honoring Career Technical Education on Thursday, April 26th, 2022, at theTuscaloosa Career andTechnology Academy. Thisis...
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Southern announces commencement exercises for May 12

Mr. Michael Smith, administrator, would like torecognize the academicaward recipients and thecandidates for graduationfor Southern Academy’sClass of 2022.Valedictorian of theClass of 2022 is Lida Tunstall Lewis. Lida is thedaughter of Eliza and TrippLewis and granddaughter ofWinnie and NicholasCobbs. While in highschool, she played basketball, cheerleading, golf, tennis, and soccer. She hasserved as SGA presidentand FCA...
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HCSD reports arrests for assaults, possession, failure to appear

Hale County Sheriff’sDepartment has released thefollowing incident and arrest reports from recentweeks:Arrests:4-7-22Senica Francis Harris,37, of Montgomery was arrested for failure to appear.4-10-22Jalesia S. Dunner, 33, ofTuscaloosa was arrested forthird-degree burglary andthird-degree domestic violence/assault.4-11-22Darrion Boyd, 28, ofSelma was arrested for failure to appear.James D. Martin, 38, ofTuscaloosa, was arrested forprobation violation.4-14-22Percy Lawson, 33, ofSawyerville, was arrestedfor...
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