Community Spotlight
Head Starts recaps end-of-year highlights
Lowndes County Head Start students and their families experienced a wealth of educational opportunities during the 2022-2023 program year. Highlights of the year include parent/child ...
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Community Spotlight
Local students named to Troy Provost’s List
Troy University announced students who have been named to the Provost’s List for the Spring Semester and Term 4 of the 2022-2023 academic year on ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 12:35 pm
News
Summer feeding combats childhood food insecurity
As schools prepare for summer break, children in Lowndes, Butler, and Crenshaw counties who are food insecure may wonder where their next meal will come ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Monday, June 5, 2023 8:00 am
Community Spotlight
Corvin Johnson – Working to move mountains at Central High School
Central High School head football coach Corvin Johnson completed his first year at the school in May. Growing up in a single parent household, Johnson ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Monday, June 5, 2023 8:00 am
Columns
Salute continues family traditions
Hank Williams, Jr. made his one and only appearance at the Annual Salute to a Legend – a tribute to his father, Hank Williams, Sr. ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Sunday, June 4, 2023 8:00 am
Community Spotlight
Foster care – Open hearts, open homes
The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) reports there are more than 5,700 children in Alabama needing foster care. Currently, there are only just over ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Sunday, June 4, 2023 8:00 am
Newsletter
Roadway clear after crash blocks one lane I-65
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) reported around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night that all lanes of Interstate 65 were clear after a single vehicle crash ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 10:04 pm
News
BREAKING NEWS: Single vehicle crash blocks one lane I-65
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) reported Wednesday night that a single vehicle crash involving a commercial vehicle caused a lane closure on Interstate 65. ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 7:32 pm
Columns
Summer feeding programs confront food insecurity
An Editorial Opinion of The Greenville Advocate According to the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), child hunger is one of Alabama’s biggest problems, with ...
by Lanell Downs Smith, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 4:29 pm
Community Spotlight
Elmore Bolling Initiative awards scholarship
by Tracy Haughton, TEBI Board Secretary special to The Lowndes Signal The Elmore Bolling Initiative (TEBI) has announced that Justin King, a 2023 graduate of Central ...