August 2023 – Page 8

Roy S. Johnson: ‘Skinny-shamed’ as youth, Birmingham mom now a champion bodybuilder

August 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson Mom was making her daughter a protein shake. Her 10-year-old daughter. It was September 7, 1996. Marchè Dickerson—then that child—remembers because it was the day Tupac Shakur, a transformative voice in hip-hop […]

A ‘grand activity’: Programming moon rockets in Alabama

August 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Lee Roop Fifty thousand lines of computer code broken down into smaller pieces or “modules” tested more than 2 million times – at last count. Tests continue daily with one mission: sending a spaceship with […]

Why are so many Alabamians not joining the workforce?

August 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Ralph Chapoco and Alabama Reflector Alabama’s unemployment rate is lower than the nation’s. But so is its workforce participation rate. The Alabama Department of Labor Friday reported that the state’s unemployment rate for August was […]

Banned from Walmart: Huntsville City Council member Devyn Keith pleads guilty in shoplifting case

August 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Paul Gattis Huntsville city councilman Devyn Keith pleaded guilty Tuesday to two of four counts of misdemeanor shoplifting. Keith, who is in his second term, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors just as his trial was […]

OBITUARIES 8/23 – 8/29/2023

August 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MS. LOISE LEE WARD MARCH 3, 1944 – AUGUST 19, 2023 Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Syler Tabernacle (904 Oakwood Avenue NW, Huntsville, AL 35811) […]

Morehouse names Harold Ellis as new director of athletics

August 22, 2023 Bouldin 0

ATLANTA (August 15, 2023) — Morehouse College announced the appointment of 1992 graduate Harold Ellis, a former NBA player and standout guard for the Maroon Tigers, as the new athletics director. With an acclaimed basketball […]

“God’s Kingdom Will Be All in One”

August 21, 2023 Bouldin 0

Background Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-28; Ephesians 1:15-23 Lesson Context: For reasons that are uncertain, some members of the church of Corinth had begun to dismiss the idea that God will raise the dead. In light […]

OBITUARIES 8/16 – 8/22/2023

August 16, 2023 Bouldin 0

Celebrity Death Caleb White’s cause of death still unknown as Pinson Valley mourns basketball standout ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MRS. KIM SCOTT GREEN NOVEMBER 10, 1961 – AUGUST 13, 2023 Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., […]

ALABAMA A&M WELCOMES RECORD-BREAKING CLASS

August 16, 2023 Bouldin 0

AAMU PUBLIC RELATIONS Alabama A&M University welcomed the Class of 2027 at the annual Freshman Convocation and Torch Lighting ceremony Saturday. The largest incoming class in the University’s history consists of over 2,000 students. Keynote […]

8.16.23 LEGAL NOTICE: ORDINANCE NO. 23-635

August 15, 2023 Portia Orr 0

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows: