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Tough love, citywide cameras would reduce youth crime in Selma, officials say
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Tough love, citywide cameras would reduce youth crime in Selma, officials say

  • Valencia Benjamin
  • Updated May 24, 2025

Tough love, tougher court sentences and more cameras could be the key to reducing youth crime in Selma, according to speakers at a recent comm…

Teens learn city government through shadow program
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Teens learn city government through shadow program

  • Angela Benjamin
  • Updated Dec 29, 2024

Selma City Council President Billy Young says that young people are our "now," so he is providing an avenue by which those interested in gover…

Selma council won’t redistrict before 2025 election
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Selma council won’t redistrict before 2025 election

  • Brad Fisher
  • Nov 21, 2024

The Selma City Council is not interested in changing its district lines, Council President Billy Young said at the Nov. 7 work session.  

Selma City Council considers taxing workers from out-of-town
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Selma City Council considers taxing workers from out-of-town

  • Brad Fisher
  • Aug 6, 2024

The Selma City Council is considering placing an occupational tax on folks who work in the Queen City but live elsewhere.   

Selma police work to catch looters stealing from homes, utility trucks in tornado's aftermath
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Selma police work to catch looters stealing from homes, utility trucks in tornado's aftermath

  • Todd Prater
  • Updated Mar 31, 2025

Law enforcement is reporting problems with looting around Selma in the aftermath of the tornado Thursday.

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Selma City Council President Billy Young addresses citizens with new update

  • Jan 13, 2023

Selma was under a curfew Thursday night as officials and residents dug through the rubble of properties hit by the tornado that pushed through…

100 Black Men gives four scholarships to local students
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100 Black Men gives four scholarships to local students

  • Jul 19, 2022

Amarii Rucker, Camron Gayle, Councilwoman Christie Thomas; Standing: Judge Donovan McGuire, Kenyotta Rucker, Jerome Thames, Dr. Donald Jeffers…

100 Black Men gives four scholarships to local students
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100 Black Men gives four scholarships to local students

  • Jul 19, 2022

The 100 Black Men Selma held their annual scholarship presentation on July 14 at First Baptist Church.

Street naming ceremony for Bernard LaFayette, Jr. to be held today
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Street naming ceremony for Bernard LaFayette, Jr. to be held today

  • Nathan Prewett
    Nathan Prewett
  • Updated Mar 31, 2025

A ceremony to rename Union Street after Civil Rights activist Bernard LaFayette, Jr. will be held today at 4:30 p.m. 

Global Ties Alabama to discuss Civil Rights history in virtual walkthrough
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Global Ties Alabama to discuss Civil Rights history in virtual walkthrough

  • Sep 10, 2021

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