After seven years of serving as a creative hub, technology lab and safe haven for young people across Dallas County, Best Buy Teen Tech Center in Selma is closing at the end of April as national grant funding from Best Buy comes to an end.
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Michael Love Jr., a freshman at Wallace Community College, has been selected to serve as an intern at a national film studio in Chicago helping to produce a television series.
The Alabama Department of Senior Services (ADSS) is taking nominations for its 2026 Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.
Meadowview Elementary School will hold several promotional ceremonies to be followed by an awards ceremony from May 18 to May 22.
Selma High School Eshwaa Godfrey is now among four finalists for State Department of Education's Alabama Teacher of the Year Awards after being among the "Sweet 16" finalists.
Six seniors from high schools throughout Dallas County won scholarships from the Rotary Club of Selma.
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A controversial proposal to divert 10% of the county’s sales tax revenue from Montgomery public schools to the Montgomery County Commission has been shelved, at least for now.
The Community Engagement Corps of Foot Soldiers Park has grown its efforts since January with a new leader and more visits to area high schools to register students to vote.
Scholarships for high school seniors is available from the Alabama Power Foundation, including all of the counties in the Black Belt Community Foundation's (BBCF) service areas.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The 2026 legislative session ended last week, and while lawmakers passed more than four dozen education-related bills, a long list of others did not make it to the finish line.
The Selma City Schools announced the “tragic loss” of a Selma High student on Tuesday afternoon.
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A Selma High School teacher is among the "Sweet 16" finalists for the State Department of Education's Alabama Teacher of the Year Awards.
West Alabama Real Estate School in Sumter County will offer free licensed real estate courses to high school seniors and college students in the Black Belt region this summer.
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The Black Belt News Network is proud to present Teacher Feature, a storytelling series that highlights the extraordinary work of teachers and educators across the Black Belt. Through this series, we shine a light on an outstanding educator wh…
The Black Belt has several school districts with less than 1,000 students that could fit in two state bills that would allow them to combine and pool resources. The districts have been struggling with declining enrollment for years. Todd and …
Two bills moving through the Alabama Legislature would give neighboring school districts the option to merge if they have small and shrinking enrollment, including at least five systems in the Black Belt.
The Lowndes County Schools district will close three of its seven campuses, citing the costs to operate them amid declining enrollment.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alabama senators approved last week a bill that would strengthen criminal penalties for school threats and require students charged with making them to be removed from the regular classroom until a hearing is held.
This story originally ran in the Keith Bear Nation News, a student-run newspaper at Keith High School in Dallas County.
RB Hudson held the Miss Bulldog Pageant 2026 on March 14 at Selma High School.
Home improvement store Marvin's is the Demopolis Area Chamber of Commerce (DACC) Business of the Month for March.
Applications are open for the Christopher H. Spencer Scholarship supporting graduating seniors from Greene County High School and Sumter Central High School.
Students at Keith High School in Orrville have published the first student newspaper in the school’s history as part of a new journalism class launched earlier this year through a partnership with the Black Belt News Network.
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The Keith High School journalism class on Friday handed out copies of their first school newspaper that was made in partnership with the Black Belt News Network and Dallas County Schools. The class - with help from Keith teacher Kiesela Foste…
Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-Greensboro) is sponsoring a bill that he says will help retain researchers at universities by allowing the sharing of intellectual property that professors can "personally benefit" from.
