Monday, June 15, 2026

ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant ALGOP opens Tuberville hearing to press after closure concerns Supreme Court blocks state’s plan to carry out nitrogen hypoxia execution Alabama State Board of Education hears possible changes to world language studies Medical Cannabis board reports on first week of sales, reopens lab applications UA student earns Black Warrior Riverkeeper scholarship grant

Mark Blankenship

Municipal elections

Contentious Ozark mayor loses big in reelection bid

Ozark's mayor, censured in 2023 after turbulent exchanges and threats, lost his reelection bid, securing only 30 percent of the vote.

August 27, 2025

Ozark Library reopening after policy change, book review

No books were removed due to being obscene, sexually explicit or inappropriate for minors.

August 19, 2024

Dale County Commission delays budget vote after Ozark mayor calls to defund library

Commission Chairman Steve McKinnon said he does not anticipate a situation in which the library is not funded.

August 30, 2023

Majority of Ozark City Council expresses public support of library

Three members of the five-person council have explicitly stated they would not support defunding the library.

August 29, 2023

Ozark mayor calls for defunding library if LGBT books remain in YA section

Mayor Mark Blankenship posted on Facebook that he has been "trying to remove this trash from the kids section."

August 28, 2023