Hale County News

ART EXHIBIT Sheldon Art Galleries, 3648 Washington Boulevard, will host "William Christenberry: Southern Artifacts" from noon to 5 p.m. today.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 11:54 p.m. In an effort to further stretch an already thin economic scenario, the Hale County School System intends to consolidate its two schools in the small town of Akron starting next school year.

In a nutshell, I expect dry weather to continue through Friday night, then it will turn wet Saturday afternoon and Saturday night as a Gulf of Mexico low pressure sends moisture our way.

Mantel in Hale County sharecroppers' shack with disputed alarm clock. Photo provided by Library of Congress Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 9:47 p.m. As a Southerner, I am acutely aware of the concept of hand-me-down hatred.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 12:05 a.m. William Christenberry graduated from the University of Alabama 50 years ago and moved to New York City and Washington D.C. to achieve fame as an artist, but he still gets home every year.

Published: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 11:27 p.m. HAVANA JUNCTION Bob Gamble of the Alabama Historical Commission calls them 'buffalo houses.' CEDARWOOD HOME It is known as a 'buffalo house,' the name given to structures that pre-date Alabama's statehood in 1819 because 'they are going the way ...

Tonight as part of the AIA Architecture and Design Festival, the Center For Architecture will be screening a documentary about the late, great architect Samuel Mockbee .

James Curtis, a professor emeritus at the University of Delaware, in 1991 published a revisionist history of FSA photography, "Mind's Eye, Mind's Truth: FSA Photography Reconsidered." Curtis's thesis was simple.

The Alabama Forever Wild Program's addition of 3,007 acres adjoining the Old Cahawba State Park "may just become a model for recovery in America," one official said Tuesday at the ceremony announcing the land purchase.

Few people might agree with William Christenberry that Alabama is the place to be in August.

Some of the vendors preparing for this weekend's 121st annual "Foot Wash" wore waders and boots to slosh through the mud that covered their locations Tuesday morning.

For the first time in 10 years, the National Baptist Convention USA - among Baptist denominations, second only in size to the Southern Baptist Convention - has a new president: the Rev.

BIRMINGHAM -- Forever Wild, the Alabama land preservation group, has bought 4,350 acres of land in the Black Belt as part of an effort to help the economically struggling region.

BIRMINGHAM - Forever Wild, the Alabama land preservation group, has bought 4,350 acres of land in the Black Belt as part of an effort to help the economically struggling region.

Beginning this week, students, faculty, staff and Tuscaloosa community members are invited to take part in "Books for the Alabama Black Belt," a campaign designed to put a book in the hands of the more than 30,000 children in the Alabama Black Belt.

Much needed rain in the extremely drought-stricken southern part of Texas cut short a 14-day assignment for 12 wildland firefighters from the Alabama Forestry Commission .

When longtime Auburn University architecture professor Dennis K. "D.K." Ruth, 65, passed away last Wednesday, August 26, his death was mourned well beyond the campus.

A voter fraud investigation in Hale County has led to a guilty plea by a Greensboro woman.

Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 6:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 9:28 a.m. Known to her colleagues as the 'Teacher's Advocate,' incumbent Tuscaloosa Board of Education District 6 representative Ginnye Capps is wholly committed to advancing education.

Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 8:05 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. District 7 Councilman William Tinker III wants to make sure projects get finished that he has already started.