William Bowman started a nonprofit to help others who are visually impaired.

It’s not easy being visually impaired anywhere, but William Bowman said he finds it even more challenging in Selma and Dallas County. Born mostly blind, Bowman has had 44 eye surgeries in his lifetime and is in a record 19th year with a cornea transplant in his left eye, the only eye that functions. Since […]

Selma and Dallas County’s history and outdoor resources have helped tourism increase by 7.1 percent in 2018 over the year before, according to a study out of Auburn University at Montgomery. Tourism is on the rise statewide, growing by more than $1 billion and adding 11,984 jobs, according to Brian Jones of the State of […]

Tourists Ashley Diester and Joe Levin of Austin, Texas, on the Civil Rights Trail visiting the Civil Rights Memorial and the Edmund Pettus Bridge.