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Selma voters set to head back to the polls for special election
Voters in Selma will soon be heading back to the polls. The city is gearing up for a special election — to fill a vacancy on the Selma City Council. Two candidates have qualified for the open Ward 1 seat on the city council. Denson Henry and Felecia King-Thomas...
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Selma police ask for tips to catch armed robbery suspect at bypass Sunoco Monday morning
The Selma Police Department is investigating an armed robbery at the Sunoco Gas Station on the bypass Monday morning. Police were called to the Sunoco at 2297 Cecil Jackson Bypass in Selma around 5:26 a.m. to a report of an armed robbery by an unknown Black male who entered the business wearing gray pants, red Jordan sneakers and a black hoodie jacket with a mask covering his face.
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Opportunity Zones for Selma and Wilcox, Hale, Greene and Montgomery counties approved by feds
The federal government has approved Opportunity Zones to attract investment in 141 places in Alabama, including several in the Black Belt News Network coverage area. Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced that Alabama’s Opportunity Zones 2.0 nominations have been approved by the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. The Opportunity Zones Program encourages long-term private investment in economically distressed communities through tax incentives.
