Selma Sun Newspaper

01/31/2025

Main Street Marion to open Technology Hub, East Selma Pond reopens, candidates announce run for Selma mayor, Selma woman becomes first grad from air traffic control school and more!

01/31/2025

Vaughan Regional Medical Center CEO David McCormack set to retire in first quarter.
Read more:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/news/vaughan-regional-medical-center-ceo-david-mccormack-announces-plans-to-retire/article_3b60f888-dfee-11ef-9f66-f77a62ac20b0.html

01/31/2025

Teen Tech at Wallace holds their first Open House of 2025

The Teen Tech Center at Wallace Community College held an open house on Jan. 28.

01/31/2025

UAB's Live HealthSmart Alabama has a new recipe to share: Taco boats. Check out the recipe below and in the print edition of the Selma Sun this week.

Recipe:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/lifestyle/live-healthsmart-alabama-easy-meal-prep-tips/article_c85e89d2-de98-11ef-b712-cbb6fbb6b472.html

01/30/2025

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Edmundite Missions

01/30/2025

Go by the StoryCorps mobile recording studio and tell your story! Located next to Selma-Dallas County Public Library and the convention center.

Alabama Public Radio is hosting StoryCorps in Selma from January 9 to February 7, 2025.

To record your story, sign up at apr.org/storycorps-selma or call 646-504-4350.

Tune in to Alabama Public Radio on 88.3 FM, apr.org, or download the mobile app. Alabama Public Radio

Selma Sun Newspaper

01/30/2025

Selma's Tonya Chestnut was sworn in this week to serve as the Black Belt counties' representative on the state Board of Education.
Read more:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/elections/selmas-tonya-chestnut-sworn-in-to-serve-as-board-of-education-member-for-black-belt/article_2d7cb23e-df2b-11ef-b09f-c393337ce4aa.html

01/30/2025

Wallace Lady Patriots trample Faulkner Eagles

The Wallace Community College Lady Patriots women's basketball team took on the Faulkner University Lady Eagles JV team on Monday evening in Selma.

01/29/2025

After serving two terms as Selma City School Board president, Johnny Moss III has announced he is running for mayor.
Read more:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/news/selma-mayoral-election-2025-johnny-moss-iii-announces-candidacy-after-serving-as-selma-school-board/article_e1f11c32-ddc3-11ef-b612-e36baf64c8f7.html

01/28/2025

The first candidate to announce plans to run for Selma Mayor is Havard Spencer, who ran in the 2020 election. Read more about him here as part of our election coverage for 2025:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/elections/selma-mayoral-election-2025-havard-spencer-announces-candidacy/article_80148dec-dda9-11ef-bdd4-cfcf091e72e4.html

01/27/2025

Rise & Recover transforms five young men with previous justice issues

Rise & Recover gave five young men a transformative day, one that could expand their horizons, reshape their perspectives, and spark new possibilities for their futures.

01/26/2025

Fences have had to be erected around several derelict buildings with falling debris lately, which has business owners upset about parking spots being blocked. So Selma officials are considering sidewalk bridges like in New York.
Read more:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/news/selma-seeks-long-term-short-term-solution-to-fencing-around-crumbling-buildings/article_b1fd2182-db5d-11ef-80df-ff4281cc7c6d.html

01/25/2025

Selma native named Director of Human Capital at NASA in Huntsville

Selma native Larry K. Mack has been named director of Human Capital with the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and

01/24/2025

UAB’s Healthy Happy Kids program is spreading throughout Selma-Dallas County to teach healthy eating habits and fun physical activities to dozens of children with hopes of reaching more as it grows.
Read more: https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/news/uab-healthy-happy-kids-program-expands-in-selma-dallas-county/article_41382ffa-da72-11ef-81e6-0f12ffc67806.html

01/24/2025

Todd and Cindy go live with top news: Selma hosts criminal justice meeting, Hale County opens virtual clinic, Marengo County Sports Hall of Fame announced, MLK Day wrap up, Selma paving contract approved and more!

01/23/2025

After a year of reconstruction, the East Selma Community Pond is reopening on Jan. 31 with a completion ceremony hosted by project leader UAB Live HealthSmart Alabama and its partner, the city of Selma.
Read more:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/multimedia/east-selma-pond-to-reopen-after-uab-program-renovates-it/video_cd0a636d-8e08-5bd8-b56f-908a081a333e.html

01/23/2025

Blocked sewer line repaired on Cedar Drive in Selma

A Selma construction company has completed the emergency repair of a blocked sewer line on Cedar Drive.

01/23/2025

A Selma man has been arrested and charged with shooting several cars and houses on La Foret Drive off Lincoln Street, a few blocks from Highway 80.
Read more:
https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/news/selma-man-arrested-and-charged-with-shooting-multiple-cars-houses-in-selma-neighborhood/article_4337effe-d926-11ef-bef0-83e995d0c790.html