Students at newly reopened Career Tech Center learning trades, giving back
Students in Ms. Mack’s family consumer science class made a 6-foot pink ribbon in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Students are also members of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) national organization which promotes personal growth and leadership development. FCCLA is challenging staff, students and community members to donate at least one dollar to help with…
Read MoreCelebrating perseverance
Have you ever taken a moment to celebrate the power of perseverance? It is easy for us to find complaints and criticism about the many difficulties we have faced in life. The bad hands that our childhood or upbringing brought us, illness and disease that have taken their toll, long-term consequences from bad decisions.…
Read MoreChurch briefs
October 23 Hot diggity dog, Kellyton Baptist Church has a new preacher! We would love for you to come meet him and his family! We will be serving hot dogs and chips, and we will have our annual Trunk or Treat! Location: Kellyton Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Date: Sunday, October 23. Time: 4-6 p.m. …
Read MoreAlabama Public Policy Foundation highlights constitution measures on November 8 ballot
Special to the News The Alabama Public Policy Foundation, or APPF, is educating voters about the opportunity to update Alabama’s constitution while upholding existing state law by approving the Constitution of Alabama of 2022 and Statewide Amendment 10 on the November 8 ballot. The current Alabama Constitution of 1901 has long been a subject of discussion because of its length, redundancy and…
Read MoreLiberty lost
“A constitution of government once changed from freedom can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the people once surrender their share in the legislature, and their right of defending the limitations upon the government, and of resisting every encroachment upon them, they can never regain it.” The above quote is taken…
Read MoreHunters, please take trash with you
We certainly got the promised rain last Wednesday. It was really much needed though, as it did settle the dust from more than a month of dry sunshine. In general we got a good two inches; that’s a lot of rain, and because of that, I didn’t visit Ron at Russell Therapy Unit that…
Read MoreAG Marshall successfully defends murder conviction of Covington County woman
Special to the News Last Thursday Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of Zhanna Shaye Bolling, 34, for murder. On November 3, 2021, Bolling was convicted in Covington County Circuit Court for the murder of Ed Foster. Her conviction was upheld on October 7, 2022. The…
Read MoreAlabama constitutional amendment on ballot will help protect integrity of future elections
We are now less than 30 days to the November 8 general elections in Alabama. There will be a lot of statewide and local races for voters to choose when they go to the polls. However, down the ballot after the candidates for office there are also 10 amendments to the Alabama Constitution to…
Read MoreObituaries
AV “Danny” Hanners Jr. Visitation for Mr. AV “Danny” Hanners Jr., 73, of Kellyton, will be Friday, October 21, 2022, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mr. Hanners Jr. passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at his residence. He was born on October 4, 1949, in LaGrange, Georgia, to…
Read MoreHistorical Society not meeting this month
Well, the frost has definitely been on the pumpkin this week. Record breaking low temperatures are predicted. These last few months have seen the temperatures go from record highs to now record lows. So, it’s time to get the sweaters and long sleeves out finally. I was beginning to think we would never get…
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