July 2023 – Page 2

7.26.23 LEGAL NOTICE: VON BRAUN CIVIC CENTER INVITATION FOR BID # 020919

July 25, 2023 Portia Orr 0

The Von Braun Center will receive sealed bids, priced on a firm fixed price basis (stipulated sum), to provide all necessary equipment, materials, labor Published by Speakin’ Out News on Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Emerging Leader and Political Changemaker: A Name to Remember

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

Story and photos by Speakin’ Out News Zoie Roberson is a recent 19-year-old University of Massachusetts Boston graduate from Huntsville, Alabama; she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a political science degree. As an early graduate, […]

UAB announces first baby born through its uterine transplant program

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Williesha Morris The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) announced the first successful birth of a child through a uterine transplant at the UAB’s Comprehensive Transplant Institute. The program is one of four uterus transplant […]

Birmingham’s Pastor Mike Jr. wins 8 Stellar Awards for gospel music

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison The Rev. Mike McClure Jr., pastor of Rock City Church in Birmingham and a successful gospel singer known by his stage name Pastor Mike Jr., won another eight Gospel Music Association Stellar Awards […]

Birmingham police searching for 11-year-old runaway missing 3 days

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Birmingham police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who ran away from home. Davon Jamall Warren was last seen Thursday in the 1900 block of Aspen Run. No other details were given. Davon […]

Three years after protest arrests, Huntsville agrees to drop one remaining case

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Ashley Remkus More than three years after police accused Patrick McCool of scooping up a tear gas canister at a protest in downtown Huntsville and hurling it back at them, the city has agreed to […]

Alabama redistricting: Democrats hope federal court will do what GOP lawmakers did not

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature approved a new Congressional district map on Friday, the deadline set by a federal court that ruled the old map likely violated the Voting Rights Act. […]

Whitmire: Alabama’s new congressional map is a feat of Republican cowardice

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. There it was in one picture. From the state house press box, Alabama Reflector’s Brian Lyman snapped a shot of the Alabama Senate floor. Sen. Merika Coleman, D-Birmingham, […]

Biden to establish national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused […]

Boxing-inspired group fitness franchise opens first Alabama location

July 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton A national boxing-inspired group fitness workout center franchise has opened its first location in Alabama. Rumble Boxing is located at 2528 Enterprise Drive in Auburn, next to Party City. Founded in New York […]