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LAKESIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH COMMUNITY AWARDS

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Story submitted by Lakeside United Methodist Church with courtesy photos Under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Randy Kelley, Pastor, Lakeside United Methodist Church held its Community Hero and Heroine Awards to honor residents from the […]

Ex-Mobile day care van driver gets 20 years for hot vehicle death of 5-year-old Kamden Johnson

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By Howard Koplowitz The former Mobile day care van driver who pleaded guilty late last year to manslaughter in the hot vehicle death of a 5-year-old boy was sentenced to 20 years in state prison Thursday. […]

Lawmakers advance bill in response to complaints about Brookside’s police jurisdiction

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By Mike Cason A bill to make it a crime to misrepresent the boundaries of a municipality’s police jurisdiction, such as by moving signs or markers, won approval today in an Alabama House committee. Rep. Juandalynn […]

Alabama educators oppose compromise CRT bill that would ban ‘divisive’ concepts from classrooms

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By Rebecca Griesbach A new bill seeking to prohibit concepts related to race, gender and religion sparked confusion from Black lawmakers and concern from Alabama teachers, education leaders and college faculty at a public hearing Wednesday […]

Huntsville’s booming growth taking toll on overcrowded Grissom High School

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By Paul Gattis Ground zero for Huntsville’s booming population growth can be found on a quiet roadway with little traffic in the south end of the city. It’s here that the city’s largest high school, built […]

TAYLOR’S CHAPEL 118TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

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by Patricia Lane Bullard and photo credits by Beverly Toney Organized in February, 1904 by Reverend William (Will) Taylor, Taylor’s Chapel located at 3100 Stringfield Road, NW, Huntsville, Alabama, celebrated the 118th Church Anniversary on […]

AAMU PROFESSOR AAS FELLOW

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For Noteworthy Contributions A professor of physics and former dean at Alabama A&M University has been selected as a Fellow of the Alabama Academy of Science for the year 2022. Dr. Matthew Edwards was selected […]

Community Organizations Commemorate Selma’s Bloody Sunday

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Advocacy to Raise Awareness about Voting Rights and Supreme Court Redistricting Ruling IMMEDIATE RELEASE Huntsville, Ala. – March 7, 1965, John Lewis and a brave group of individuals marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in […]

OP-ED: Attacking the Right to Vote Has Been Going on for Years

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By Nse Ufot, executive director of the New Georgia Project NNPA NEWSWIRE — In today’s environment, too many thought leaders are making conversations about voting rights academic, but the motivation for restricting voting is simple. […]

Legendary Auburn running back Lionel ‘Little Train’ James dead at 59

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By Tom Green Lionel James, the legendary Auburn running back nicknamed “Little Train” because of his 5-foot-6 stature and unrelenting running style, died Friday following a battle with a lengthy illness, the program announced. He was […]