2023 – Page 112

ALABAMA MOVES UP ONE SPOT IN NATIONAL RANKING FOR CHILD HEALTH WELLBEING

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

PRESS RELEASE Alabama has moved up one spot in an annual report that measures child well-being, but still lags behind most of the country in child care access, educational outcomes and child health and wellness. […]

Ray Lewis III, son of NFL Hall of Famer, and former Virginia Union player passes

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

Ray Lewis III, former Virginia Union defensive back and son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis Jr. has passed away. Mark James, Lewis’s coach at VUU, posted about his death. “Two RIP posts […]

Former Starbucks manager says she was fired for being white, awarded $25.6 million in lawsuit

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Alexandra E. Petri Los Angeles Times (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Starbucks has been ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars to a former regional manager who sued the company for wrongful termination and […]

How rich is the SEC? Very, database confirms

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Michael Casagrande Every year USA Today does the monotonous work of compiling a database of college athletics financial numbers. The 2023 version published Tuesday evening and included the revenues and expenses for 232 athletics departments across the country. […]

Doug Jones: Alabama Democratic Party chair’s claims of racism ‘sad and pathetic’

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Alander Rocha & Alabama Reflector The chair of the Alabama Democratic Party wrote in a June 13 letter to state and national members of his party that the elimination of minority caucuses in May did not cost […]

At 21, Birmingham student owns a house he flipped through BuildUP program

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Kalyn Dunkins BuildUP Community School, a private workforce development high school that started in 2017, recently congratulated its first student to reach the school’s goal of homeownership. Torrey Washington, who is now 21 years old, […]

Local Alpha Foundation Awards Scholarships

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

Huntsville’s Delta Theta Lambda Education Foundation recently awarded $25,000 in scholarships to local students. The philanthropic arm of the Delta Theta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated recognized 30 scholars during their 2023 […]

CANNABIS DISPENSARIES YET PLANNED FOR CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, OFFICIALS SAY

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason None of the nine companies awarded a license to sell medical cannabis products has attempted to locate one in Huntsville, city communications director Kelly Schrimsher said. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission on Monday awarded licenses to […]

Summer Wells vanished in Tennessee 2 years ago: What the 5-year-old might look like today

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Irene Wright The Charlotte Observer (TNS) and Tribune Media Services Two years after 5-year-old Summer Wells disappeared from her home, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released new images that show what Summer would look like today. “We […]

Tennessee murder-suicide: 3 kids and 3 adults dead, 1 found wounded in burning house

June 20, 2023 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton First responders to a shooting in an east Tennessee area instead discovered a house fire with six people dead inside from an apparent murder suicide. Another person, an adult male, was carried from […]