The Bibb Voice

When A Classroom Became A Chapel Michael J. Brooks   A recent trip to the Auburn University campus brought back memories of my residency there. I often remark to current students I meet that I spent 18...

Contributed Content Written by the Honorable Jack Meigs Attorney At Law   A contest of the election for the Mayor of Centreville was filed on September 5, 2025, by Mike Oakley who lost by 2 votes to Barry...

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  Guest Column Contributed by Hoss Mack, Alabama Sheriff Association The Red Steer Earlier this month, we held a meeting of the Sheriffs Association at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Training Facility. Some of you may be aware that...

Garland Kinard, aged 81, passed away on November 4, 2025. He was born on July 10, 1944. Garland resided in Brent, Alabama. Garland found his greatest joy in the simple pleasures of life: working the...

In what may prove to be a contested decision the Bessemer City Council voted 5-2 today to approve a zoning request that will allow for one of the nation's biggest data centers to be...

Karen Bratcher Dennis Williams passed away peacefully on Friday, November 14, 2025. She was born in Birmingham to James Woodrow Bratcher and Mary Frances Varin Bratcher on February 26, 1945. She was a graduate of...

Reprinted With The Permission of 1819news On November 20, the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Board will meet to decide an issue reaching far beyond library walls: Do parents have the legal right to ask...

Graveyard Humor Michael J. Brooks   My long-time mentor and friend, Pastor Jim Auchmuty, died this summer. He had a unique ministry in his later years conducting countless memorial services for families without local pastors. I’d talked...

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