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🌱 How a $20,000 grant could ease food strain in Selma.
Good morning Selma! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a $20,000 grant could ease food strain in Selma.
- Dallas County murder case moves toward June execution date
- How a Selma sibling duo turned tragedy into a new purpose
Also on today's calendar: University Charter Varsity Softball @ Keith and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 84, low: 52.
- Sunday: Not as warm; a morning shower, with a high of 72 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Revolve Fund to Provide $20,000 to Support Food Access Efforts in Alabama Black Belt – The Windy City Word (windycityword.com) — Selma is the launch point for a new $20,000 Revolve Fund grant to the Black Belt Community Foundation, aimed at strengthening food access across the Alabama Black Belt during ongoing SNAP disruptions. The funding will help BBCF expand programs, fundraising, and direct food support as local food banks and families face high costs and increased demand. 
2. Alabama sets execution date for man convicted in 1998 double murder (fox10tv.com) — State officials have set a June 11–12 execution window for Jeffrey Lee, convicted in a 1998 Dallas County double murder, according to coverage that cites the Selma Times‑Journal. Jurors once recommended life without parole, but a judge imposed death, and appeals courts later upheld that sentence, which will now be carried out by nitrogen hypoxia.
3. She Always ‘Picked on' Her Brother as Kids. After a Life-Threatening Incident, She Dropped Everything to Become His Caretaker (Exclusive) (people.com) — Two adult siblings who grew up in Selma are rebuilding their lives together in their father’s Selma home after the brother survived a neck injury and got sober. His sister left her job and family elsewhere to become his full‑time caregiver, and they now share their daily challenges and recovery journey with thousands on TikTok.
4. Sony Pictures Lands ‘An Unfinished Love Story,' Sets ‘The Holdover's David Hemingson To Script Love Story Of Doris Kearns Goodwin & Richard Goodwin In Backdrop Of Turbulent ‘60s (deadline.com) — Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge and the brutal 1965 attacks on peaceful marchers are a key backdrop in a new film adaptation of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s memoir, An Unfinished Love Story. Sony Pictures has tapped Oscar-nominated writer David Hemingson to script the love story between Goodwin and her late husband, set amid the civil rights movement and other defining moments of the 1960s.
📸 Around Selma
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Denim and White Affair
YNOT Entertainment Center, 2940 Co Rd 27, Selma
6:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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University Charter Varsity Softball @ Keith
Keith High School , 1166 Co Rd 115 , Orrville
4:00 pm -
Dallas County Hornets vs Verbena Red Devils
Dallas County High School , 335 5th Ave , Plantersville
4:00 pm -
TDMS PST Meeting
Tipton Durant Middle School , 2500 Tipton St , Selma
2:00 pm -
SHS PST Meeting
Southside High School , 7975 US-80 , Selma
4:30 pm -
VGES PST Meeting
Valley Grande Elementary School , 2765 Co Rd 81 , Valley Grande
1:30 pm -
Follies Fair
ArtsRevive , 3 Church St , Selma
7:00 pm -
BES PST Meeting
Dallas County Selma, AL 36701
8:30 am
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
Friday April 24
Monday April 27
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Dallas County Hornets vs Southside Panthers
Valley Grande Park , 298 Co Rd 16 , Valley Grande
4:00 pm -
TDMS PST Meeting
Tipton Durant Middle School , 2500 Tipton St , Selma
2:00 pm -
SHS PST Meeting
Southside High School , 7975 US-80 , Selma
4:30 pm -
VGES PST Meeting
Valley Grande Elementary School , 2765 Co Rd 81 , Valley Grande
1:30 pm
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Getting the full series of MMR vaccines protects you!
If you have all your MMR shots, you have a 97% chance of not getting measles. If you're not sure about your MMR vaccination status, talk to your… (Nextdoor ) - The DEA holds two National Prescription Drug Take Back Days each year.
Find out how to properly dispose of your old or unused prescription medicines and why it is important to do this by checking out our blog post:… (Nextdoor )
- Healthcare Services Group posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Selma. Apply here.
- Lear Corporation posted a job opening for Plant Superintendent in Selma. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Selma here.
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