Selma News

Employees of the West Central Alabama Rehabilitation Center, which manages both the Special Pre-school Program and the Crippled Children and Adults Association, are doing their share to contribute to the available funding from the United Way to ensure the center will remain open.

" Officers in the Crime Response Team of the Selma Police Department noticed a subject throw two bags containing a suspicious substance.

" Providing the community with aid from disasters, the Red Cross of Central Alabama supports those in need from natural disaster or smaller, and personal, disasters such as fires in the home.

" Two months ago, Sophie Talton auditioned to dance with the Montgomery Ballet's Selma production of Sleeping Beauty.

Construction continued this week on the long-anticipated Marbury High School building, shown in this August pho to.

The story of the pivotal civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama is to be made into a film, with Lee Daniels poised to direct Historic day a Martin Luther King and civil rights marchers head for Montgomery from Selma on 21 March 1965.

Gov. Bob Riley has struck the pennies in the street with gaming commissions and slot machine makers: No gambling in Alabama.

When Dana Joshua Lanz-Ross steps onto the stage Thursday, he won't just be taking steps as the Prince in "Sleeping Beauty," but he will also be stepping in his grandmother's footsteps.

Ready to decide who's the best catch in Dallas County? The Selma Times-Journal has culled down the mix to four bachelors.

Orange cones and tape mark off the sidewalk in front of the once famous YMCA building across the street from Selma City Hall.

Charlie Lucas helps a child during an art program recently at the Selma-Dallas County Library.

" "For God and Country is the motto of the national American Legion organization founded in 1919, and Selma's Thomas R. Mackin Post 20 has the honor once again of sponsoring this year's Veterans Day celebration that will take place at Memorial Stadium on Monday at 11 a.m. We urge you to come early in the company of family and friends to enjoy the ...

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.