Selma News

Protesters tried three times in March 1965 to walk from Selma, Ala., to the state capitol in Montgomery to call for protection for African-Americans who wanted to register to vote.

Two juveniles were arrested for disorderly conduct for fighting after school Thursday, but the 19 -year-old student, who was also arrested, garnered another slightly more serious charge.

A stapled packet of sketches holds a plan for progress. "Now is the time to roll up our sleeves," says Charlotte Griffeth, Selma's Director for Planning and Development.

People came and went from the Performing Arts Center Tuesday, stopping for awhile to look at a variety of maps and drawings of what the city could become.

Teachers and staff of the city schools here will not get an advance on the November check this year.

One of the two suspects believe to be responsible for last Wednesday's shooting into an occupied house on Minter is sitting in the Dallas County Jail under a high bond.

SELMA -- Selma voters head to the polls today in a historic school board election and also will decide whether to approve or reject a proposed $12 million bond issue for municipal improvements.

SELMA a ' A Dallas County grand jury ended the criminal investigation into the allegations that a Selma police officer raped a Selma woman.

NOV. 15, UAB CONCERT CHOIR TO PRESENT FREE CONCERT AT SELMA'S FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

SELMA -- Selma voters overwhelmingly approved a $12 million bond issue for municipal improvements Tuesday night in an election seen by many as a mandate for change under the leadership of first year Mayor George Evans.

The Alabama Historical Commission has awarded its Distinguished Service Award to Downtown Selma Association, Main Street organization.

After riding 40 miles from Pelham to here, about 20 men from 2009 Bike Tour for Teen Challenge stopped for a lasagna dinner at First Presbyterian Church.

A Selma man arrested for attempted rape on April 15, 2008, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse first-degree. On Wednesday, Circuit Court Judge Marvin Wiggins sentenced Pelvin Brown, 48, to 20 years in prison, of which he will serve one year of the sentence and have five years probation.

Charges against two Selma men have been upgraded from attempted murder to capital murder in the shooting death of Bryon Latimore, 22.

The hand that struck Jane Doe's face wasn't the part that hurt the most. It was the fact the person who hit her was her husband John.

Jalissa Ellis, a senior broadcast journalism major from Selma, has been named to Troy University's Homecoming Court 2009.

Mrs. Orion Williamson roamed the Live Oaks Cemetery Saturday night looking for her missing husband.

SELMA a ' Police arrested a 16-year-old male for a burglary committed Monday. Officers said someone took video games, a video game console and tennis shoes from a house on Faulk Avenue.

SELMA a ' Mike Stokes has become the new interim fire chief for Selma. Before his appointment by Mayor George Evans Tuesday, Stokes had served as battalion chief in Selma.

SELMA a ' Tri-County Construction received a $358,540 contract for the reconstruction of J.L. Chestnut Boulevard.