Top headlines: District Attorney Robert Turner talks about new initiative, drug recovery leaders meet in Selma, Dallas County family services expands, Sav-A-Life grows and more.
Central Hayneville football team talked about the 2025 football season at Black Belt Media Days recently. The players featured are Ja’Kayden Seawright, Jadarius Gordon and Coach Julian LIttle said the season looks good and outlined plans for the season.
Riverfront Boardwalk along the Alabama River took another step forward Sept. 9 when the Selma City Council approved a contract to provide preliminary design of a walkway that will run along an elevated bank running parallel to Water Avenue. Selma officials see the project like Montgomery's R…
Selma Superintendent Dr. David Scott told the Rotary Club of Selma that enrollment is dropping which may mean a need to consolidate schools. The district is talking about 'right-sizing' schools. Hear more in this segment of the Black Belt Newscast.
The University of West Alabama installed their 13th president in an inauguration ceremony on Friday, Sept. 12. Dr. Todd G. Fritch started in January overseeing the university that is 190 years old and said in an exclusive interview with the Black Belt News Network that he plans to increase e…
Top headlines this week: Selma schools enrollment drops, historic Edistone property to be conserved, improvements at Demopolis fire station, Dallas County approves budget, election forums coming up and more!
Craig Field Airport in Selma, Alabama, teamed up with Wallace Community College Selma to offer flying lessons, aircraft maintenance and more within the aviation industry. But Craig Field is also becoming a center for tactical military training on a global basis. Black Belt News Network's Tod…
Southside High football coach Charles Moody and players talk about plans for having a successful 2025 season while at Black Belt Media Day at Wallace Community College Selma in August. Southside is in Selma, Alabama in the Dallas County school district.
SABRA Sanctuary, a domestic violence awareness agency and shelter for women in three Black Belt counties, has reopened its building in Selma to house women in need in Dallas, Perry and Wilcox counties after the original location was damaged in the January 2023 tornado. Todd and Cindy talk ab…
City governments met this week to certify the Aug. 26 municipal elections. City Clerks throughout the Black Belt counted provisional ballots and had their councilors approve and certify results making the counts official. Cindy and Todd talk about the certification process in this segment of…
Selma Mayor James Perkins chose not to endorse either of the runoff candidates vying for his seat in the Sept. 23 runoff. Perkins came in third in the Aug. 26 election. Todd and Cindy talk about it in this segment of the Black Belt Newscast.
Breakthrough Charter School in Marion, Perry County, Alabama players and coach talk about their young football team at Black Belt Media Day at Wallace Community College Selma in August.
Top headlines this week: Dallas County to get a new superintendent, Selma Mayor won’t endorse runoff candidate, UWA to inaugurate new president, elections get certified and more.
Dr. Corey Jones, superintendent of Greene County schools, is the new superintendent of Dallas County Schools, which is under state takeover. He officially takes over Oct. 1. Todd had an opportunity to talk with Dr. Jones to get to know him and learn what he see for the future of Dallas Count…
Wallace Community College volleyball players talk about promise of the 2025 season after a challenging year last year. They spoke at Black Belt Media Days on Wallace Selma campus.
Live HealthSmart, a UAB initiative, provides healthy fact sheets and recipes with the Selma Sun and Black Belt News Network, including the most recent for watermelon salad. See more fact sheets and recipes under Health Matters or at blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/health-matters.
Two Rivers Lumber of Demopolis is building a $115 million sawmill in Alexander City. The lumber company, which was established in 2017 in Demopolis by the owners of McElroy Truck Lines and Sumter Timber, is building the sawmill at the Lake Martin Regional Industrial Park near Kellyton, Alaba…
Even though more people would be displaced, Dallas County residents seem to prefer routing a proposed interstate closer to the city of Selma so the city can benefit from the traffic. That’s the conclusion of a research project on the proposed I-14 interstate highway conducted by University o…
Black Belt Newscast talks about the municipal elections on Aug. 26 - Cities include Selma, Marion, Uniontown, Demopolis, Linden. See which candidates won and who will face off again in the runoff on Sept. 23.
Top headlines: Election roundup, Two Rivers Lumber expands, I-14 plans through Selma, Wallace new President Donitha Griffin, Friday night football and more.
Ellwood Christian Academy in Selma moved to the Meadowview Christian campus after it closed in May and football Coach Ray Blanks says the team is playing with momentum now that they have their own field for the first time. Blanks joins players Chrisshon Jemison, Kenrick Munford and Michael M…
Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees named a successor the Wallace Community College Selma to replace longtime President James M. Mitchell, who is retiring at the end of the month. Dr. Donitha Griffin, a Selma native, will begin on Sept. 1. Todd Prater of the Black Belt News Ne…
International Paper will be expanding its Riverdale Mill in Selma with a $250 million investment. The Selma & Dallas County Economic Development Authority announced this week that International Paper’s packaging business in North America will convert the No. 16 machine at Riverdale Mill …
A documentary on Selma’s role in the civil rights movement and its role in the future of civic engagement called “Selma, Beacon of Hope” was released in August. It is a short film that features many locals talking about Selma. It can be seen at https://theharwoodinstitute.org/selma. Todd and…
Selma Superintendent Dr. David Scott hosted a town hall meeting to talk about plans for the new School of Discovery and their five-year strategic plan. The school, which is being built, has several options and Scott asked the crowd for their choice between middle school for arts or an interm…
Marion Military Institute celebrated construction starting on a $35 million Math & Science building on Aug. 15. Todd and Cindy talk about this major investment in the Black Belt Newscast.
