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Council, mayor must proceed with caution on SPD complaint

The recent letter penned by unnamed officers of the Selma Police Department (SPD), which called into question SPD ...

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When ‘the poor’ become a talking point

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

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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. ...

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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, ...

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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. ...

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This is the cost

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

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A truly ominous sight

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Flood risk study ongoing, will be boon for city

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is conducting an ongoing Flood Risk Management Study in Selma, which ...

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Our digital dialogues are demeaning decency

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

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A Tragic Milestone: Murders in Selma have now topped last year’s numbers – something’s gotta give

Two Black bodies were found shot to death on Ceola L. Miller Avenue over the weekend, pushing the ...

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The grand birth of Ain’tsgiving

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

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HOLD TIGHT: Council must not repeal rule requiring approval of certain purchases

The new Selma City Council, as well as Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr., are obviously working diligently to ...

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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 ...

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