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SPD shake-up shifts narcotics officers, puts checks on overtime
According to two internal memoranda from Selma Police Department (SPD) Capt. Natasha Fowlkes to “all sworn officers” in the department, multiple changes will be taking ...
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Fire Chief to be named by end of August
Since the resignation of Selma Fire Department (SFD) Chief Tony Stephens earlier this year, the department has been under the leadership of Acting Chief Chris ...
by Adam Powell, Thursday, July 25, 2019 2:24 pm
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Project READY preps job seekers for interviews
A couple dozen people piled into the George Washington Carver (GWC) Community Building Thursday and listened intently as Vivian Black, Career Facilitator with the Alabama ...
by Adam Powell, Thursday, July 25, 2019 2:22 pm
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The Coffee Shoppe named a Retailer of the Year
The Coffee Shoppe opened on Broad Street in 2011 and in those early years struggled to survive, often leading Owner Jackie Smith to doubt if ...
by Adam Powell, Wednesday, July 24, 2019 3:08 pm
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Sewell talks health barriers
On Monday, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-AL, Vice Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, attended a meeting at the University of Alabama – Birmingham ...
by Adam Powell, Wednesday, July 24, 2019 2:31 pm
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Myles calls for mayor, city to reconcile
During a decidedly short meeting Tuesday, the Selma City Council heard from Mark Myles, an organizers for the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth and Reconciliation ...
by Adam Powell, Tuesday, July 23, 2019 6:56 pm
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Barbershop forum attracts ‘extraordinary minds’
On Saturday, the Selma Chapter of the 100 Black Men of America hosted a Barbershop Forum on financial literacy and entrepreneurship at Branden’s Hair Studio ...
by Adam Powell, Tuesday, July 23, 2019 2:45 pm
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Tyler woman, others arrested in Monday raid
Around 4 p.m. Monday afternoon, a team of officers in the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office’s (DCSO) Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET), under the leadership of DCSO ...
by Adam Powell, Tuesday, July 23, 2019 2:44 pm
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Council talks jail lease, needs at landfill
During a Selma City Council work session Monday, City Attorney Woodruff Jones informed council members that the city could soon be on the hook for ...
by Adam Powell, Monday, July 22, 2019 7:51 pm
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Kids complete PAL program
The Selma Police Athletic League (PAL) recognized 25 students that completed its “The Truth About Drugs” awareness program last week during a ceremony at the ...
by Adam Powell, Monday, July 22, 2019 7:47 pm
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Youth conference begins Wednesday
On Wednesday, the 11th Annual City of Selma Youth Conference, hosted by Selma City Councilwoman Angela Benjamin, will get started at points throughout the block ...
by Adam Powell, Monday, July 22, 2019 7:46 pm
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Terrorism charges dropped in 2015 case
In 2015, Rodriquez Smiley was arrested on a charge of making a terrorist threat and given a $2.5 million bond for sending a text to ...
by Adam Powell, Monday, July 22, 2019 7:42 pm
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Despite ‘record low unemployment,’ Selma lagging
The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) is once again boasting a “record low unemployment rate” with the release of its June numbers, which put the ...
by Adam Powell, Friday, July 19, 2019 1:31 pm
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Group meets with goal of tackling homelessness
An informal contingent of advocates, social workers, educators and community leaders met Friday at The Walton Theater for the second meeting hosted by the Selma ...
by Adam Powell, Friday, July 19, 2019 12:29 pm
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Sewell workforce initiative hits Selma next Thursday
On Thursday, July 25, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-AL, will host Project Realizing Everyone’s Ability to Develop Yourself (READY), an annual workforce initiative held as ...
by Adam Powell, Friday, July 19, 2019 9:14 am
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