Opinion

Monday’s trial provides learning experience

Monday morning in the Dallas County Courthouse was an experience I’ll never forget. I was covering the sentencing ...

Avis Williams

Don’t count me out

For the last few weeks, I have shared information about the importance of school attendance.  September is National ...

Will Whaley

Walking in another’s shoes

Last week, the Leadership Dallas County Class XXV visited everything there was to do with law enforcement in ...

James Jones

Looking forward to seeing Alabama football live again

Next weekend, I will be attending my first University of Alabama football game during the regular season in ...

Avis Williams

Every day counts – Part III

As of last week, the average daily attendance for Selma City Schools was 95.84 percent.  This is not ...

Will Whaley

Never forget

Tomorrow, the U.S. is marking the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that left 2,997 dead and more ...

Opinion

A new appreciation for Labor Day

I enjoyed my first Labor Day in Selma. I also learned a valuable lesson in taking summer’s last ...

Avis Williams

Every day counts – Part II

Alabama law requires children ages six through 17 to attend school.  Attending school daily is a necessity for ...

Will Whaley

The importance of Stand Your Ground

Alabama’s Stand Your Ground immunity hearings are becoming more and more common. On Dec. 3, 2013, Demetrius Watson ...

Opinion

Labor Day holiday needs spicing up

Labor Day isn’t my favorite national holiday. Since 1894, the first Monday in September was federally recognized as ...

Avis Williams

Every day counts – Part I

School has been in session for just over three weeks now and some of our scholars have already ...

Will Whaley

Aim higher to improving Selma

I have people ask me all the time what I think about the current political situation of the city. ...

Opinion

Loved revisiting the past, now look forward to future

I attended my 30th High School reunion last weekend in Tuscaloosa. The gathering for Holt High’s Class of ...

Avis Williams

Beyond reading and math

School is back in full swing.  With summer break now a distant memory, teachers, students and parents’ lives ...

Will Whaley

Some of the fittest people around

This past weekend, Selma CrossFit athletes competed at the gruesome Mayhem on The Mountain in Oak Mountain State ...

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