By Christina Faulkner

Completed in the spring of this year, the Ozark Music Mural highlights some of Ozark’s most talented in the music field. All but one music great was highlighted in earlier articles in this newspaper. Adam Kamerer has shared with me what he discovered about our last and final music great, Dr. John Harmon “Pete” Mosley. 

By Christina Faulkner

The City of Ozark and the Ozark Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Ozark Farmers’ Market on Tuesday, September 27. The market will be a 2400-square-foot, covered structure complete with public restrooms. 

By Brandon Faulkner

The Class 2A Number 9 ranked G. W. Long Rebels defeated Cottonwood 35-28 Friday, October 7, in a Class 2A, Region 2 matchup. Long scored with less than a minute left in the game off a 10-yard touchdown run by Brayden Whitehead for a go-ahead score and the win.

By Christina Faulkner

The Pumpkin Patch at the corner of Highway 231 and Andrews Avenue in Ozark has returned. Post Oak Baptist Church youth group received their annual delivery of pumpkins Thursday, October 6.

By Christopher Mobley

It was announced on October 6 that name changes for Fort Rucker, among other military posts across the southern states, have been reviewed and approved.

The approval comes from an Implementation of the Naming Commission’s Recommendations, issued by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III.

“The installations and facilities that our Department operates are more than vital national

The Class 2A third-ranked Purple Cats clinched the Class 2A, Region 2 title, defeating Wicksburg 49-35 Friday, October 14. Ariton’s head coach Steven Kilcrease earned his 100th career win as well. Kilcrease is now 100-39 in his 12-year head coaching career and 58-23 in his seven years as Ariton’s head coach.

By Christina Faulkner

The Town of Ariton is honoring its notable citizens by naming streets for them. Blues legend Big Mama Thornton and long-time math teacher Mary Vic Paramore are two of the names that will grace the streets of Ariton.

Mary Vic Paramore Way already graces what was once known as Church Street. A street sign located near the Ariton Universalist Center was the scene of an unveiling ceremony during the 2022 Ariton School Homecoming Parade held last month.

By Christina Faulkner

By Christina Faulkner

The Dale County Commission approved the early renewal of County Administrator Cheryl Ganey’s contract at the County Commission meeting held Tuesday, October 12. Ganey’s previous contract, approved in December 2020, does not expire until 2023; however, the Commission, Ganey, and county attorney Matthew Simechak saw an opportunity to ‘clean up’ some elements of the administrator’s contract. The new three-year contract cancels out Ganey’s previous contract and becomes effective November 1, 2022.

PRESS RELEASE

Pea River Electric Cooperative held a press conference at the Henry County Courthouse in downtown Abbeville on Monday, October 17 to announce the roll-out of the utility’s new high speed, fiber-based broadband project, which will bring the highest available broadband speeds across previously unserved areas of Barbour, Dale, and Henry counties.