University of West Alabama News

Next week, two former Demopolis High School softball standouts will be using their knowledge of the game to teach the game to girls from the ages of 5 to 16.

Former schoolteacher Thelma Pierce is celebrating her 100th birthday. She said school has changed a lot since she was young.

The survival of the million-dollar 'aquiculture' industry and Alabama catfish farmers is threatened by the recession and other challenges.

Some of you may have noticed a few new bylines gracing our pages. The Demopolis Times has inherited three interns for the summer, and not only are they contributing, but they are also learning the trade in the process.

"We had 71 scholarships totaling $1.1 million," said LHS counselor Scott Jones. "We had 12 from Alabama A&M, eight from Alabama State and eight from Miles College.

A University of West Alabama administrator has been selected to serve additional terms on the Lieutenant Governora s Commission on Public Private Partnership Projects and the Alabama Quality Award Board of Examiners.

Published: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 6:10 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 6:10 p.m. Biographical information on Glen Zorn, a candidate for agriculture commissioner: Political party: Democratic Date of birth: Oct.

Current Conditions available on our Weather Page . The University of West Alabama Wednesday announced one of the largest contributions in its history.

Ericka D. Reed has been named a STAR Student for the 2008-2009 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council's M.B. Swayze Educational Foundation, sponsor of the STAR program.

Ericka Reed has always been fascinated with the human body. "Especially anatomy - how the body works and the different ways it can repair itself," said the recent Northeast Lauderdale High School graduate.

Photo submitted Starkvillea s Nash Street to headline Friday concert at East Mississippi Community College-Golden Triangle in Mayhew.

But her father, who worked at a Eufaula paper mill, died of cancer during her senior year and her stepfather shattered his hip working on his dairy farm.

"An opportunity came along to continue to serve this area, but in a broader capacity," Mance said.

Cristi Heisman and Bart Brunson, both of Terry, Miss., announce their engagement and coming wedding.

Dolray Fleming of Elba, announces the engagement of her daughter, Princess CoSandra Fleming of Clearwater, Fla., to Malachi Charles Jones Jr.

The Herald Independent has learned that Fairfield County School Superintendent Dr.

Meadowview senior Tamara Stacey's college planning became a little easier with the presentation of a $1,000 check from the Selma Rotary Club on Monday.

Interim Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Clay Slagle is one of five finalists for the position left vacant when John Dilworth accepted a similar post in Louisiana last April.

Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph Sherrill of Eufaula announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Brooke Sherrill, to Jarred Michael Jones, son of Mr.

The 2009 graduating class of Mississippi University for Women includes at least two outstanding students, who mastered the art of time management.