Tuesday Nov 17 | Selma Times-Journal
Flowers makes bid for House seat
Johnny L. Flowers of Uniontown has announced his candidacy for the House of Representatives Seat in District 72.
Dumping ash, and cash, on Perry County
If she could throw as she once could, Ruby Holmes could walk across the road in front of her house and toss a rock over a treeline and have it land in the sprawling landfill that has been operating there the past two years.
Two arrested for receiving stolen property
The Alabama Forestry Commission , in cooperation with the Marengo County Sheriffa s Office, Dallas County Sheriffa s Office, and the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, has arrested and charged two brothers, each with two counts of receiving stolen property, first-degree, a class B felony.
Carnival-like atmosphere leads up to official Barack Obama holiday in poor Alabama county
The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday." The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama.
Black Belt lodges aim to attract hunters, anglers
Sports Director Brad Radice catches a fish! UNIONTOWN, Ala. a ' A small group of business owners and public officials in central Alabama are hoping to make the state's Black Belt region a top spot nationally for hunting and fishing.
Security beefed up at Uniontown footwash
In 1888, the Fairhope Benevolent Society was formed to help poor African-Americans with funeral costs.
EPA forum on TVA coal ash draws crowd in Ala.
A standing-room crowd turned out to hear about plans for dumping millions of tons of Tennessee coal ash in a landfill located in a poor Alabama county.
Controversial Coal Ash Meeting Not in my backyard! That's what many folks in Uniontown are saying about Tennessee coal ash being dumped in Perry County.
Here's the lede to the next paragraph: "As George Akerlof and I argue in our book, 'Animal Spirits,' ..." I get it.
16-year-old racks up felony charges across 4 counties
" A 16 year-old Uniontown resident is facing a felony charge in Dallas County and possibly two more in two different counties after one free-for-all night through four counties.
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Residents said they feared equipment failure, flooding, tornadoes or lack of oversight at the landfill, where the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, whose notably lax regulation of coal ash permits most landfills to use it as a cover material for other waste, will be responsible for enforcement.
Every day for the rest of the year, a long train will travel through Birmingham on its way from a power plant in Tennessee to a landfill in Uniontown, Alabama.
Every day for the rest of the year, a long train will travel through Birmingham on its way from a power plant in Tennessee to a landfill in Uniontown, Alabama.
Marengo Co. man arrested for shooting in Uniontown
One man was arrested Tuesday night in Faunsdale, and authorities are seeking more suspects following a shooting incident in Uniontown.
Marengo Co. man arrested for shooting in Uniontown
One man was arrested Tuesday night in Faunsdale, and authorities are seeking more suspects following a shooting incident in Uniontown.
Marengo Co. man arrested for shooting in Uniontown
One man was arrested Tuesday night in Faunsdale, and authorities are seeking more suspects following a shooting incident in Uniontown.
Risk vs. reward: Why an Ala. town wants TVA's fly ash
Uniontown, Alabama is the new home for the fly ash from the December 2008 spill at TVA's Kingston plant.
Some Ala. residents unhappy with TVA coal ash coming to town
TVA is in the process of sending roughly 3 million tons of coal fly ash to Arrowhead Landfill in Uniontown, Alabama.
Poor Alabama county banks on coal ash dumping
UNIONTOWN, Ala. - Two-lane roads lined with weeds and trees seem to stretch forever in Perry County, where thousands of residents are poor even by Alabama standards and they don't produce much for the outside world besides timber and catfish.
Alabama gets Tennessee coal ash
Tennesseans were up in arms a few months ago when more than 5 million cubic yards of coal ash poured through a breach in an earthen dam and damaged homes in the community of Harriman.