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Growing Opportunities for Farmers at the Black Belt Marketing and Innovation Center

By Kaitlin Fischer, Kristin Woods, and Wendiam Sawadgo  Consumers tend to prefer local food. For example, a recent ...

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Screen Fatigue: Protecting Your Eyes in the Digital Age

By Dr. Jaisingh Rajput In today’s digital era, prolonged screen time has become a daily norm—at work, home, ...

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Passing The Plate

By Michael J. Brooks My neighbor stopped me to announce he’d taken up lawn care as a second ...

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What’s Happening in Lowndes County

Cancer Screenings The Urology Health Foundation, in conjunction with the Butler County Health Department, is offering free prostate ...

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The host with the most – opinions

By Amy Lewis  Dear Amy, My sister and I are planning our parents’ 40th wedding anniversary party, but ...

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Lowndes County students awarded Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation Scholarship

Lowndes County natives were honored among scholarship recipients at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Foundation (ACF) Scholarship Banquet held Friday, ...

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ADPH implements at-home STD/HIV testing

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) STD/HIV At-Home Specimen Collection initiative has been renewed. On May 1, ...

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Alabama Department of Public Health issues 2025 Fish Consumption Advisories

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) annually updates fish consumption advisories based on data collected the preceding ...

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Helpers honored by Head Start appreciation

An editorial opinion of The Lowndes Signal Lowndes County Public Schools Head Start is an early childhood education ...

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Community-based organizations awarded BBCF grants

The Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF) celebrated the impact of its 2025 combined Community Grants and Arts Grants ...

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CACF grants food, family, medical awards

The Central Alabama Community Foundation (CACF) held a ceremony Monday, May 5, to announce grant awards for organizations ...

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Free Prostate Cancer screening available May 17

The Urology Health Foundation will offer a free prostate cancer screening for men 40 and older on Saturday, ...

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New Managing Attorney at the Legal Services

Legal Services Alabama (LSA), the state’s only nonprofit provider of free civil legal aid, announced the appointment of ...

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To The Class of 2025

By Dunford Cole This world will fade away. There are many things in this life that will disappoint: ...

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Inspiration – Further Examined

By Dean Kelly We are dependent on the inspiration of the Bible to even know about the cross ...

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The quality of your life depends on this

By R.A. Mathews Asa. That was his name. Asa.  I think you’ll agree with me that Asa is ...

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Is Being Right Every Time Worth It?

By Andy and Renie Bowman You can be absolutely right, have all your logical little ducks lined up ...

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Certifiably old: Looking back at the encouragers

By Michael Brooks Our Alabama Baptist retreat at Shocco Springs is a gorgeous place, and I’ve enjoyed every ...

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Pioneer Electric awards senior scholarships

Pioneer Electric Cooperative is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 scholarship awards, supporting the educational goals ...

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Car fire on I-65 slows interstate traffic

A single-vehicle crash involving a vehicle that caught on fire occurred at approximately 11:35 a.m. Friday, May 9, ...