Selma City Officials have announced Willie Mason Jr. as Fire Chief.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– It’s been close to a year since the historic St. James Hotel reopened in downtown Selma. So, how have things been going? “It’s been good. I can truly say it’s been wonderful.” St. James Hotel General Manager Cymethia Rudolph says the word is out about the historic hotel — and occupancy is up — and…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Tourism professionals from around the state are in Selma this week for the annual Alabama Welcome Center Retreat. Tourism is a billion dollar industry in the state of Alabama. Patti Culp is with the Alabama Travel Council. She says the retreat provides first-hand knowledge of the places — tourists may be interested in — when…
In 2018, Hatwatha McGhee founded an organization to help clean up Selma.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The city of Selma has implemented a new city-wide mask mandate — in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. Mayor James Perkins, Jr. proposed the mask mandate at the city council meeting Tuesday evening — and the council passed the ordinance unanimously. The ordinance requires people in Selma — to wear a mask…
Mayor James Perkins says the number of COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the city and it’s time to go on the offensive against the spread of the virus.
An explosion at the Convention Center in downtown Selma caused major damage to the building and rocked City Hall.
Javonte Stubbs/Source: Chilton County Jail The man accused of killing a Selma police officer and injuring a woman had his first appearance in court. 18-year-old Javonte Stubbs appeared before Judge Collins Pettaway, Jr. for his arraignment in a Dallas County courtroom Friday. Stubbs is charged in the shooting death of Selma police officer Marquis Moorer and the attempted murder of…
A Selma police officer was killed and a woman injured in what Dallas Co. District Attorney Michael Jackson is calling an ambush shooting.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Six people were shot in the Selma-Dallas County area — over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Selma Police say 42 year old Thaddeus Leshore of Orrville is charged with murder in the shooting death of year old Isah Simmons, Jr. “Officers arrived on the scene — made contact with a black male who had…
