Sports
Four HBCU players taken in NFL Draft
LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor After no black college players were taken in the 2021 NFL Draft, four went off the boards last week in Saturday’s third day of the 2022 Draft in Las Vegas. Fayetteville […]
Year: 2022
Headline News
DR. DANIEL K. WIMS INVESTITURE
The Investiture for the Twelfth President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Dr. Daniel K. Wims, was held on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at the Thomas M. Elmore Gymnasium on the Alabama […]
City News
Huntsville council hires architect to start next big downtown development
By Lee Roop The Huntsville City Council voted Thursday to begin designing and building new streets for one of the biggest developments ahead for its booming downtown on the site of an old Coca-Cola bottling factory. […]
Health
Managing Black Mental Health (Q&A)
by Jade Curtis For many years, mental health has been taboo to discuss in the Black community. There is a correlation between Black mental and physical health. A panel discusses this relationship and provides tips to […]
State News
Alabama offers teachers $1,000 bonus to boost reading instruction
By Trisha Powell Crain Thousands of Alabama public school teachers could be eligible for a $1,000 stipend for working on their reading instruction. State education officials say instructors who voluntarily completed the training – two years for […]
Commentary
Dana Hall McCain: Agency for women in a post-Roe world
By Dana Hall McCain This is an opinion column. Those heavily invested in either side of the abortion debate are watching the Supreme Court with bated breath right now. The Court heard arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson […]
Religion
3 Alabama church daycare workers accused of hitting, shoving toddlers: ‘No child should go through that’
By Carol Robinson Three former workers at a prominent Alabama church daycare have been charged with child abuse. Chief Deputy District Attorney C.J. Robinson on Monday announced the charges in what he called a “sickening” case. […]
Crime
Former Brookside officer charged with rape in Jefferson County
By Ashley Remkus and John Archibald and Howard Koplowitz A former police officer in the embattled town of Brookside has been arrested on a rape charge in Jefferson County. Deshawn Mark Cook, 26, was booked into the Jefferson […]
AAMU
A&M President Visits In-State Alumni Chapters
From east to west, Alabama A&M University President Daniel K. Wims traveled the state recently, taking his message and vision to attentive alumni groups in two cities within Alabama. Wims visited the Tuskegee-Macon County Alumni […]
Health
What Is Autism? There is no one type of autism, but many.
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated […]