Robert Dunbar is a first-time candidate hoping to win the District 1 seat on the Piedmont City Council. The 69-year-old said he was the first black student to attend Southside ...

GADSDEN — The Gadsden woman accused of strangling her 1-year-old daughter to death made her first court appearance Wednesday in a routine, roughly 15-minute hearing.

PIEDMONT — Kevin Cunningham, 57, is running for Piedmont City Council District 5. He moved to Piedmont five years ago after marrying his wife, Maggie, of Spring Garden. Most recently, the couple ...

The screams of the crowd and the grunts of the players aren’t too far away. Alabama football of the high school kind will include no fewer than three local preseason games on Friday night. The ...

PIEDMONT — After growing up in Bowdon, Ga., Greg South, 61, who now lives in Piedmont, graduated from Bowdon High School. A former truck driver, he now owns Duggar Mountain ...

The Rubato International Piano Competition, founded and directed by Julio Barreto, is underway in Oxford. This year marks the third iteration of the competition, which has drawn 82 applicants from ...

Oxford High School are setting a new standard after improving participation and performance in Advanced Placement courses, according to school officials.

Talladega Parks and Recreation has updated its transportation van courtesy of a grant. “Thanks in part to East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission (EARPDC) funding, the city has ...

Pastor Michael J. Brooks reflects on how Christians can keep “self” from reclaiming the throne meant for Christ.

Police have made an arrest after an infant’s body was discovered in a hearse at West Gadsden Funeral Home.

Aug. 13, 1950, in The Star: A feature article on the life of Ernest E. Forbes, 83, offers several insights and descriptions of southern Calhoun County from long ago. For ...