Selma

The public courts on West Dallas Avenue are keeping Selma residents moving this summer as the City of Selma Parks and Recreation Department serves up free tennis lessons for community members of all ages and skill levels.

Selma’s team promoting excellence – members of the Delta Pi Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity – are celebrating outstanding community leaders and students at their fraternity’s annual John D. Taylor Banquet Saturday, July 18, at 6 p.m. at the George and Jeannie Evans Event Center.

The following persons were booked into the Dallas County Jail from June 28 – July 4, according to the arrest reports received on July 6. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Orrville native Darrius Jones has been named Tuskegee University’s Chief of Police.

Lula Hatcher, the beloved owner of Lannie’s Bar-B-Q Spot, died on July 3, the restaurant announced on its Facebook page. She was 93 years old. Hatcher’s homegoing celebration will be Saturday, July 11, at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church.

Carolina Christian College held its 2026 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 2, where the Reverend James Perkins Jr., the former mayor of Selma and the city’s first African American mayor, served as the keynote speaker.

On Wednesday, June 24, the Selma and Dallas County Economic Development Authority and Wallace Community College Selma joined forces to host the inaugural Selma and Dallas County Industry Summit at the Carl C. Morgan Convention Center in downtown Selma.

The following persons were booked into the Dallas County Jail from June 22 – June 24, according to the arrest reports received on June 26. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

A month-long collegiate archaeology program concluded with Open Archaeology Day at Old Cahawba Archaeology Park on Friday, June 26. The program highlighted a groundbreaking discovery that pushes back the known timeline of human occupation at Alabama’s first state capital by more than 1,000 years.

The Selma-Dallas County Public Library is hitting the homestretch of its annual eight-week Sensational Summer series with a packed week five lineup starting Monday, July 6.