Jessica Knox

The proposed ordinance would establish requirements for the registration, licensing, management and operation of short-term rentals across Montgomery.

) - Students at Selma's new School of Discovery began the school year without access to the building's permanent cafeteria, forcing the district to prepare meals at another campus and convert a planned band room into a temporary lunchroom.

) - A Selma learning center is working to raise thousands of dollars to help more families afford early childhood education.

) - The smell of barbecue filled the air along Selma's riverfront Saturday as families, food vendors and local businesses came together for an evening of food, music and friendly competition.

) - A historic Selma church with roots stretching back more than 130 years is receiving $40,000 in state funding to help preserve its building and continue serving the surrounding community.

Residents have been organizing for months against the project, raising concerns about water use, electricity demands, noise, farmland, property values and the long-term impact a large-scale data center could have on the rural county.

) - Selma's new interim police chief says he is already working on a plan to address recurring problems in downtown Selma after city leaders said hundreds of rounds were fired during a violent weekend.

) - A plan to transform overgrown green space in the heart of Selma into miles of recreational trails is gaining ground, and organizers are asking the community to help move the project closer to completion.

) - Selma residents have about a month to prepare for a major change in how their household garbage is collected, and city leaders are warning residents not to wait until the last minute to sign up.

) - More than six decades after thousands of people marched from Selma to Montgomery demanding voting rights, one Selma family is fighting to make sure a piece of that history does not disappear.