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Bonfires and Parades – Homecoming Traditions

Homecoming means something. It's more than a parade; more than a football game; more than kids dressing by a theme every day for a week. It's even more than a Homecoming Queen and a...

Woodstock Hosts 3rd Annual Music Festival

As Bibb county enjoyed the first actual cool-ish weather of the year on Saturday, October 12th, a crowd poured into Holiday Raceway in Woodstock. They didn't show up for fast cars, but good music...

Choctaws Continue Carnage While Breaking a School Record on Homecoming

It was a long day for the Choctaws and their fans and alumni. Crowds began to gather and claim their spots to watch the homecoming parade mid-morning, and endured the heat until the parade...

Is Trump YOUR President?

There is a war raging inside the borders of the United States of America for the soul of America. A war without bullets and gunpowder, it is the war of the pen, mightier than...

Vintage Photographs from Bibb County, Alabama

DAYS GONE BY - STORIES FROM THE PAST With football homecomings this weekend for both Bibb County High School and West Blocton High School, this seems like a great time to look back and share...
Joseph Deason, Executive Director of Be the Village non-profit organization for the benefit of children

Changing Lives, One Child at a Time

Some people can say 'I love you' to anybody and it doesn't mean anything. When Joe and Erica say 'I love you,' they mean it. It took me a long time to accept it....

Upward Bound Fall Festival At Brent Heritage Park

Fall Festival to be held at Heritage Park By Mike Oakley The University of Montevallo will hold an Upward Bound Fall Festival, Saturday, Oct.12 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Brent’s Heritage Park.  There will be...
image via Alapark by Rachel Callahan

Forestry Career Day At Brierfield Ironworks State Park

On November 5th, the Alabama Forestry Foundation and the Forest Workforce Training Institute will be hosting a Forestry Career Day event at Brierfield Ironworks State Park in Bibb County, AL. Forestry Career Days are...

Choctaws Slaughter the Panthers at Jemison Homecoming

It was a hot October evening in Jemison, and vehicles from Bibb crowded the parking lot and roadsides around the high school, making it a long walk into their unique three sided stadium. The...

Woodstock Music Festival Saturday October 12

The Town of Woodstock will host the 3rd Annual Woodstock MUSIC Festival on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at noon to 10pm. Benefiting the Senior Nutrition & Activity Center/Home Bound Meal Program and the Woodstock...