James Jones

It’s official: school year underway

The Selma City Schools was the last Dallas County school system to start the 2021-22 school year. Schools ...

Opinion

Pastor Grayson dedicated to helping area

Pastor John E. Grayson wears several hats in Selma. Grayson is the Pastor of Gospel Tabernacle Church. Being ...

Opinion

Fondly remembering an old college classmate

One of my college classmates passed away last month. Detrice Shepherd-Sims, a Uniontown native, died four days before ...

Opinion

When ‘the poor’ become a talking point

Full disclosure: I am an unrepentant supporter of legalized gambling in Alabama – not because of all of ...

Opinion

Kudos to Mayor Perkins, City Council for making March 15 F.D. Reese Day

The Selma City Council and Mayor James Perkins Jr. gave the biggest tribute to Civil Rights Icon Dr. ...

Opinion

Dallas County basketball shines despite the COVID-19 pandemic

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Dallas County is quietly rising as a hotspot for high school basketball. Keith High, ...

Opinion

Saban supplanted Bryant as best college FB coach in 2017

Nick Saban did not need a win over Ohio State to become the greatest college football coach ever. ...

Opinion

This is the cost

It’s difficult to know where to begin in assessing the unconscionable unrest that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol ...

Opinion

A truly ominous sight

I come to you now for the third time in what has unexpectedly turned out to be one ...

Opinion

NCAA needs to rebuild the College Bowl system immediately

The NCAA really needs to rebuild its College Bowl System. When the College Football Playoff format was introduced ...

Opinion

Doing my part when my time comes

In April 1985, at just over two years old, doctors opened my stomach, removed my polluted and defective ...

Opinion

Our digital dialogues are demeaning decency

The wind, kicking up bits of polluted sand and various chunks of refuse and litter, was harsh against ...

Opinion

The grand birth of Ain’tsgiving

The mechanics of genetics, mysterious in method, saw fit to distill the sarcasm and cynicism that bubbles over ...

Opinion

Unity cannot exist where justice is absent

“Well…this is going to be difficult. That sold-out knucklehead refugee from a 1969 ‘Mister Clean’ TV commercial has ...

Opinion

A breath of fresh air

Blanketed in sunshine, a crisp breeze nipping at the back of my neck and ears and a wide ...

< Newer|Older >

SportsPlus