Second graders from Union Springs Elementary School filled their cafeteria on Friday, May 10, after finishing ten weeks in the Super Citizen Program, they gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and honor local heroes from the stage.
Another inmate has died at the Bullock Correctional Facility. According to ADOC, on Sunday, May 12, Wesley Matthew Abernathy, 31, was discovered in medical distress in his cell.
In April, Tarver family members came near and far to gather together at the home of Tim and Loretta Shields and remember those who have passed on. The Shields’ hosted close to sixty family members with a pot luck meal.
On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Commissioner Don Larkins happened to notice that one of the windows on the courthouse was loose and about to fall out. He immediately contacted Tony Glaze and had the window replaced and fixed the same day. (Photo by Barbara McLaurine)
Tourism in Alabama’s 23-county Black Belt region generated an annual economic impact of $3.8 billion in 2023 and accounted for about 45,500 jobs, according to a new report commissioned by the Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association (ALBBAA).
Just a mere nine days after the last inmate death of Christopher Rian McGhee on April 24, two more inmates have been found unresponsive and declared deceased by the attending physician.