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Ivey extends current health order to end of July
In a scene that has played out multiple times over the past several months as the state has moved from one response to another amid ...
Adam Powell, Author at The Selma Times‑Journal
Selma The Magazine
‘I absolutely love big, beautiful Selma’
Matthew Rhaheem Smith III – familiar to most through his social media moniker of “Rhaheem ‘LivingTheLife’ Smith, under which he runs the Facebook page “Selma’s ...
by Adam Powell, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:07 am
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The Lady from Dallas: Hattie Hooker Wilkins a forgotten champion of voting rights in Selma
The story of Selma and Dallas County’s role in American democracy is well-known – local activists, students and religious leaders began pushing for voting rights ...
by Adam Powell, Wednesday, July 1, 2020 10:03 am
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Selma University kicks off ‘new beginning’ with breakfast
A small group of city and county leaders and supporters, all donning face masks and sitting two to a table, sat down for a breakfast ...
by Adam Powell, Monday, June 29, 2020 2:05 pm
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Audit shows missing records, unreconciled accounts at court
Much like the report from the Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts handed down to the city earlier this year, the recent independent audit ...
by Adam Powell, Friday, June 19, 2020 9:38 am
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218 new jobless claims filed in county last week
The Alabama Department of Labor (ADOL) released weekly unemployment figures Thursday, showing another 218 new jobless claims were filed in Dallas County last week. Last ...
by Adam Powell, Friday, June 19, 2020 9:36 am
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As qualifying date nears, city hall remains locked
With the July 7 qualifying date just around the corner for local candidates, Selma City Hall remains closed to the public with no signs of ...
by Adam Powell, Friday, June 19, 2020 9:30 am
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Audit describes more woes in city finances
The City of Selma recently received a nearly 100-page document from Carr, Riggs and Ingram (CRI), the Enterprise-based public accounting firm tasked with providing an ...
by Adam Powell, Wednesday, June 17, 2020 4:25 pm
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Melton pushes council to recognize ‘Juneteenth’
In an email sent out to the Selma City Council shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Selma Mayor Darrio Melton pushed for the council to ...
by Adam Powell, Wednesday, June 17, 2020 4:21 pm
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Sewell backs renaming bridge, but says Selma should decide
As a petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge gains traction, currently having nearly 100,000 signatures and big-name support from “Selma” director Ava Duvernay, actress ...
by Adam Powell, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:27 pm
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Harvill mounts bid for Ward 1 council seat
Shortly after Ward 1 Selma City Councilman Carl Bowline, elected in 2016, announced that he would not be running for a second term in the ...
by Adam Powell, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:25 pm
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Governor’s office says cases of COVID-19 on the rise
During Tuesday’s meeting of the Selma-Dallas County Community Coronavirus Coalition, a representative from Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office, Dave White, discussed what he called a ...
by Adam Powell, Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:21 pm
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Council still awaiting AG opinion on contracts
The Selma City Council, through its legal representation, Montgomery attorney Bobby Segall, filed a request to the Alabama Attorney General’s Office at the end of ...
by Adam Powell, Monday, June 15, 2020 3:00 pm
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Local educator enters race for Ward 6 seat
Jasmine Pritchett, a 15-year veteran of the Selma City Schools system, recently announced her bid for the Ward 6 seat on the Selma City Council, ...
by Adam Powell, Monday, June 15, 2020 2:58 pm
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Hill takes reins at Selma University focused on progress
The halls of Selma University’s main office building already show the signs of progress – painter’s tape lines the walls, which are already coated in ...