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Taylor, left, and Gabrielle Cowan stood for social media interviews in the “media Room” at the National PAL Youth Leadership and Mentor Summit in Washington, DC on July 11. (Submitted Photo)

Education

Cowan sisters attend police league national youth summit

Two teens from Selma joined hundreds of other young leaders from 22 states in Washington, D.C., last week ...

The City of Selma and the Selma Dallas County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Langdon Lane on July 7. (Brent Maze | The Selma Times-Journal)

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Langdon Lane unveiled

Lashun Langdon knows that the newly named Langdon Lane was a God thing.

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Ivey awards ‘middle mile’ projects in Dallas County

Gov. Kay Ivey has announced the awarding of $6.2 million in funding to continue the expansion of high-speed ...

Election 2025

Council approves resolution to curb spending for FY25

By a 5-3 vote, the Selma City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night in an attempt to curb ...

Sports

Selma’s Jeremiah Wright earns Athlon honors

Selma’s Jeremiah Wright is receiving preseason attention from nationally recognized Athlon Sports magazine.

Selma Karate Academy students, youth and adults, prepare for the International competition. Pictured are, from left, (front) Sister Kathy Navarra and Kaliyah Grayson, (middle) Martel Carter, back middle, Keith Jones and Sam Thames, and (back) Lincoln Jones.

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Selma Karate Club goes international

They are members of the Selma Karate Academy and headed to the International Atlantic-Pacific Tang Soo Do Federation ...

The Selma Times-Journal published the list of qualified voters for the City of Selma inside this weekend’s edition, July 12-13.

Election 2025

Voter’s List inside this weekend’s edition

The Selma Times-Journal published the list of qualified voters for the City of Selma inside this weekend’s edition, ...

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Still no arrests in Sunday shooting incident

The Selma Police Department is looking for answers following a shooting on Sunday night that left one person ...

Anthony Harris

Education

Anthony Harris comes out of retirement back to Selma

After 33 years of coach, Anthony Harris decided to retire after the 2018-2019 basketball season at the age ...

Stoney Pritchett

Education

Selma City Schools rehires Pritchett 

Selma High School’s new principal is a familiar face. During its regular school board meeting Tuesday, the Selma ...

The Dallas County Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) kicked off its series of candidate forums during the month of July with its mayoral candidate forum Thursday night at Ellwood Community Church.

Election 2025

Seven mayoral candidates discuss issues at ADC forum

The Dallas County Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) kicked off its series of candidate forums during the month of ...

Sheriff Mike Granthum and Mayor James Perkins Jr. address the arrest and termination of former City of Selma IT director John Kinnerson, who arrested by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department after at least 36 electronic devices owned by the city were pawned using an eco-ATM.

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VIDEO: IT director charged with pawning city electronic devices

The former City of Selma information technology director arrested by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department after at least ...

Burglary suspects shot their way into the Kay Pi Food Mart in Marion Junction on Monday, July 7.

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Burglary suspects shoot way into Marion Junction store

The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary that happened at the Kay Pi Food Mart, located ...

Education

Selma gets renewed for School of Discovery funds

Selma City Schools will be able to use the $3.9 million it was approved for under the Elementary ...

Mike Cadicamo | Special to The Selma Times Journal Crowd: The crowd packs the amp on Saturday night.

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Gallery: City Fest brings big crowd, Annual fireworks light up skies over downtown Selma

City Fest 2025 and the City of Selma’s annual Stars & Stripes independence Celebration brought a big crowd ...

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