Marion News

MARION a ' One of three finalists will become the next president of Marion Military Institute.

The Justice Department today announced that it has entered into a consent decree with the city of Marion, Ala., that, if approved by the U.S. District Court in Mobile, Ala., will resolve the Department's lawsuit filed against Marion on behalf of Cynthia Y. Davis, a member of the state's Army National Guard.

Michael and Rebecca Everett announce the engagement of their daughter, Abbigail Everett of Anniston, Ala.

Civil rights activist. Born on April 27, 1927 in Marion, Alabama. Although best known as the wife of 1960s civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King established a distinguished career in activism in her own right.

Alabama State University's president has honored a Perry County native and ASU alumna with a special award for her decades of outstanding service to the university in a ceremony held Wednesday on campus.

OUTSIDE the Middle of the Road antiques store on Highway 14 in Sprott, Ala. , there is a well-worn patch of dusty gravel and matted weeds where curious travelers park to view what was once the local post office.

MARION -- It took decades to get people to stop smoking, and it could take just as long or longer to reduce other health problems caused by poor eating habits and lack of exercise, Alabama's top doctor said Monday.

CBS 42 viewer Mark Parker submitted this shot of what's believed to be a tornado in Alabaster on April 19, 2009.

A new era begins at Riverside Military Academy this June once Col. James Benson assumes the role of academy president.

Samford's University's Old Howard 100 Bike Ride will include a pit stop in Selma.

Riverside Military Academy's Board of Trustees unanimously approved the appointment of Col.

Growing up in the Black Belt, Mary Ward Brown remembered all too well how the area got its name.

The shuttle van that will run from the Marion clinic to Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma.

Bernice King with Judson students Chardai Simmons of Lucedale, Miss. and Simone Paige of Roanoke, Ala.

MARION - Coretta Scott King, who grew up in a rural corner of Alabama and became one of the most important civil rights leaders in the world following the death of her celebrated husband, was inducted Thursday ...

At Marion Bank & Trust Co., the banking crisis seemed as distant as the moon. Customers buzzed around the lobby drinking punch and nibbling cookies.

All too often, a look back on America's civil rights movement focuses on the work of men, both black and white, ignoring the lives of the many women who worked alongside them.

Coretta Scott King has been selected for the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility.

Coretta Scott King, known as the "First Lady of Human and Civil Rights," passed away at the age of 78 on the evening of January 30, 2006, after suffering a serious stroke and heart attack in August, 2005.

Kaitlynn McCue, 2007 PHS graduate, has been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Radford University.