Selma News Archives

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.

SELMA -- Nationally known storytellers, basket weavers, jewelry makers and cotton candy will vie for the public's attention during a two-day festival in Selma on Friday and Saturday.

Frances Coles has announced her candidacy for the Selma City School Board seat in District 4 in the Oct.

Wal-Mart here will have new hours beginning Nov. 1. The 24-hour store will close at midnight and open at 6 a.m. each day.

SELMA a ' Two men accused of breaking into an occupied home while they were armed are waiting to hear how much it will take to make bond.

A Selma woman sits in jail with three felony charges after a Tuesday night fight.

A dream was realized Thursday with the opening of Cuttin' Loose, a new, family oriented hair salon in Selma.

SELMA -- A car driven by Alabama's public safety director was struck by another driver, who was arrested for driving under the influence while on his way to celebrate his birthday.

I am very concerned about the lack of jobs in Selma. Is anyone else? If so, I havena t spoken with many of them! Mainly the people who seem to be upset, are the ones now in fear of losing their jobs because of down sizing in the few larger companies here in town.

A photo was worth a speedy arrest, instead of 1,000 words for police officers. A positive identification off a camera in the parking lot of a local store allowed police to arrest Rodney Wallace Dixon, 43, and charge him with first-degree robbery.

The head of the Alabama state troopers, Col. Chris Murphy of Birmingham, was not injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 80 near Selma around 2:30 today.

The Carl-T, owned by Dixie Pellets, makes its inaugural trip downstream through the Claiborne Lock in Monroe County in 2008, towing 1,500 tons of wood pellets made at the company's new Selma plant.

The family of a missing man received heartbreaking news that the body found behind a Highland Avenue business is their loved one.

The Rev. Karl Lewis has withdrawn from the Selma City School Board race. On Friday Lewis announced his intention to withdraw.

When "King of Pop" Michael Jackson wanted to be by himself and reflect on things, he would go to his Neverland Ranch and sit in a ferris wheel seat.