Obituaries
Velma H. Martin Funeral service for Velma H. Martin, 65, of Rockford, will be Friday, June 9, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with Bro. Jimmy Brown officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Weogufka. Mrs. Martin died Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at her residence. She was preceded in…
Read MorePracticing sun safety while enjoying outdoors
Ask Accordia: School is out, and the grandkids and I love getting outdoors to enjoy the fresh air and play in the garden. I do not want to risk anyone getting sunburned or skin cancer. What steps should I take to protect everyone while in the sun? We all head outside in summer…
Read MoreProvidence VBS starts Sunday
We had a great turnout for bingo at Richville Volunteer Fire Department. Everyone had fun even if they didn’t win! The next bingo night will be July 8 at 6:30 p.m. So, mark your calendars! Providence Baptist Church had a wonderful homecoming. Former pastor, Mark Seals, sang before he brought the message. He did…
Read MoreAG Marshall announces arrest of Jefferson County man on multiple counts of child pornography
Special to the News On Wednesday Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest of a Jefferson County man on multiple counts of possession of child pornography. Russell John Sweeney, 48, of Hoover, was arrested last week by special agents of the Attorney General’s Office with assistance from the Hoover Police Department and the…
Read MoreClassifieds & Legals
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Read MoreEVFD needs volunteers in various capacities
Seems that summer heat is here, and I am glad I got my garden pretty much in because with the heat I can only work out there for a short time before I must cool off and rehydrate. But this also means lots of veggies to go along with the CSA I have with…
Read MoreLocal restaurant under new management
Buzzards don’t eat out very much; not in restaurants, anyway. But, did you know that Twenty-Two & Crew has been taken over by Glenn and Tom, who used to run the Rockford Deli? Mmmmm good. You can count on friendly service and good food. Wish them luck in their new endeavor. Now, I know…
Read MoreYounger, older people need to read more
Hatchett Springs Worship Center in Goodwater held an appreciation service for its musicians. Pictured from left are Dantavis Griffin, Bradgel Moon, and Robert Bradford. Union Square’s Neighborhood Watch meeting was short and sweet. We had three guests to attend and welcomed them with joy, candidate Jamey Johnson and Union Square’s new neighbors, Mr.…
Read MoreJSU Marching Southerners prepare for D-Day anniversary 2024
Drum major Daniel O’Donnell led the Marching Southerners in front of the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii in December 2016 in a performance honoring the seventy-fifth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Photo submitted Special to the News It has been 79 years since 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops landed on the…
Read MoreThe American crisis
If you haven’t picked up on it yet, my background is in history. As a historian, I was inspired by the words of the ancient Greek rhetorician, known as Lucian of Samosata, who lived from about c.125 to 185. Lucian wrote that: “The good historian … must be fearless, uncorrupted, free, the friend of truth…
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