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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...

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....