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Alabama Extension Launches Farming Basics App

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala.—Today’s farmers are using new technology more than ever to help them with day-to-day tasks. In a physically demanding and rapidly developing industry, farmers lean on GPS, web information, online courses and...

A Guest Editorial

A LONELY FLAGPOLE ON A FIELD Like many Alabamians this past week, I spent the night preparing and traveling for the Friday night ritual of High School Football.  In my case, I was attending the...

Local School Board President Attends Academic Achievement Conference

BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT AMONG 300 EDUCATION LEADERS ATTENDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CONFERENCE       MONTGOMERY, AL – (October 2019) – Mike Oakley, president of the Bibb County school board, joined more than 300 education...

West Blocton Tigers Shutout Sumter Central

After a long drive into the setting sun, arriving in Livingston at Sumter Central High School's football field to the sounds of West Blocton's drum line emanating from under the glare of the big...

Alabama 4-H Launches ‘Be A Part Of The Center Of It All’ Capital Campaign

AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. – Alabama 4-H has experienced record-breaking enrollment for several years.  Now with almost 180,000 young people involved in 4-H, the program is so large that students sometimes must wait to participate...

Ross F. Gray Medal of Honor Citation Added to Wall of Fame

In 1945, Marvel Valley, Bibb County native Ross Franklin Gray was a 25-year-old Marine Corp Sargent stationed in the pacific theater during World War II. He joined the Marines in 1942, and on February...

BMC Set to Add Assisted Living as It Expands Its Retirement Community

If you've driven between Bibb Medical Center and McDonald's in Centreville lately you probably noticed construction going on. Phase Two of BMC's Cahaba Trace Continuing Care Retirement Community broke ground in mid-September, adding six...

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...