Black Belt Paddle Festival seeks area artists
Sacred Space, Inc. is inviting artists from Hale County and across the Black Belt to take part in the Black Belt Paddle Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 26, at Jennings Ferry Campground on the Black Warrior River. Organizers are looking for artists working in painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, folk art and nature-based art... Read More
Southern Academy breaks ground on $2.4 million classroom building and storm shelter
Southern Academy broke ground Friday, Sept. 4, on a $2.4 million academic building that will add four classrooms and two bathrooms to its Greensboro campus and double as a storm shelter. The 5,500-square-foot building, designed by Ward Scott Morris Architecture, will connect to the Elementary Wing and occupy the southwest corner of the campus at... Read More
EJI taking applications for $415-a-month grocery assistance
The Equal Justice Initiative is taking applications for its Anti-Hunger Program, which provides Alabama households facing food insecurity with a prepaid card loaded with $415 a month for up to six consecutive months to buy groceries and other essentials such as diapers, according to a notice shared by Project GRACE Central Alabama. Sign-ups opened Tuesday,... Read More
GPD reports arrest for public intoxication
The following arrest and incident reports were provided by the Greensboro Police Department. Arrests September 4, 2026 Lakendrick Rontay Thomas, 42, of Greensboro, was arrested for public intoxication. Reports September 4, 2026 Public intoxication was reported on Tuscaloosa Street. September 5, 2026 Theft of property, fourth degree, was reported on County Road 28.
HCSD reports arrests for FTA, DUI, marijuana possession
Arrests September 5, 2026 Daymon Burton, 26, of Catherine, was arrested for failure to appear. September 6, 2026 La’Darrel Whitt, 28, of Tuscaloosa, was arrested for driving under the influence. Savastian Tubbs, 24, of Sawyerville, was arrested for possession of marijuana, second degree. Reports August 31, 2026 Harassment was reported on Alabama Highway 25 near... Read More
Classifieds Week of Sep 10, 2026
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... Read More
Cooking in the Black Belt
Pizza has always been there for me—it doesn’t let you down. There’s a reason almost every depiction of teenagers in any given TV show or movie brings it around to pizza in one way or another. You’d think I was made of pizza when I was a teenager. In fact, I distinctly remember many a... Read More
Meet Project Horseshoe Farm’s 2026-27 Greensboro Fellows
Project Horseshoe Farm’s 2026-27 class of Greensboro Community Health Fellows has arrived. The 14 recent college graduates come from 12 states, from Hawaii to Connecticut, with one from just up the road in Tuscaloosa, and they will spend the year in Greensboro working with the nonprofit’s Health Partners, its after-school and summer youth programs and... Read More
Legal Notices Week of Sep 10, 2026
LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE. Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Robert Taylor and Bertha Taylor, husband and wife, originally in favor of Jim Walter Homes, Inc, on January 27, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Hale... Read More
HCHS Alumni Band Day set for Sept. 18; registration due Sept. 9
Hale County High School will celebrate 51 years of band with its annual Alumni Band Day on Friday, Sept. 18, bringing together alumni band members, former band directors and friends of the HCHS Band. The afternoon begins at 3 p.m. in the HCHS cafeteria with a light meal and reception, band updates from Miss Hicks... Read More