Emergency Broadcast System Test Announced
At approximately 11 a.m. this morning NPR posted a news article announcing a national test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The article contains the following details:
The loud noises you may hear blasting from your...
Frustrated Parents Show Up For Bibb Board of Education Meeting
A large crowd of seemingly frustrated parents showed up for the regularly scheduled Bibb County Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, August 10. Most appeared because of last week's called board meeting when a...
Rapid Increase In Hospitalizations Alarm State Officials
From Alabama Daily News: Alabama is racing toward virus numbers it last saw at the peak of the pandemic, with more than 2,100 COVID-19 patients in state hospitals Monday and only 6% of intensive...
Why Only Citizens Should Vote
GUEST EDITORIAL
By: Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill
A growing number of left-leaning political activists and thinkers are proposing that Democrats should legalize non-citizen voting in a purely political power grab. In America, voting...
Bibb School Year Begins With Public Health Policy Debate Looming
On Thursday August 5 the Bibb County Board of Education adopted a required mask policy for students, teachers, and all personnel, for the 2021-22 school year in a special called meeting. We printed the...
Bibb County Board of Education Adopts Mask Policy for 2021 School Year
At a called Board of Education Meeting on August 5 the Bibb County Board of Education adopted by a 3 to 1 vote a mask policy recommended by Superintendent McGee. Board Member Mike McMillan...
Jeremiah Castille Speaks at Brent Civitan
Brent Civitan President Rick Edmonds invited a special guest to speak to the club at last weeks meeting and a large crowd gathered to hear former Alabama football star Jeremiah Castille reminisce about his...
Governor Adds Cam Ward To Cabinet
Governor Kay Ivey appointed former Senator Cam Ward Director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles last fall. He was sworn in on December 7, 2020. In this role, he is responsible for...
Fall Armyworms and the Delta Variant of COVID-19
Auburn Entomologists have rallied because Fall Armyworm (FAW) numbers are up; about 5 times higher than they were this time last year. FAW numbers are high across the region, from Texas to Alabama up...
Extension Grassroots Survey for Future Programs
Each year Alabama Cooperative Extension conducts a grassroots survey in each of its 67 counties. County Extension Coordinators ask citizens, business, and industry for their opinion on the current and future programming needs of...
