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Harry Belafonte supported MLK’s family for many years: ‘It was my task to … take care of Coretta’

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Ernie Suggs The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS) and Tribune Media Services On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Xernona Clayton rushed out of a downtown Atlanta dress shop with a […]

Bill to exempt overtime pay from Alabama income tax advances

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Overtime pay would be exempt from Alabama’s state income tax under a bill that won approval this morning in an Alabama House committee. The bill, by House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, is one […]

USDA Faculty Exchange Program Helps Tuskegee University Expand Its International Impact

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

For 10 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Faculty Exchange Program Fellows from Africa, the Spring 2023 semester started with a journey thousands of miles from home to embark on a new and exciting academic exchange […]

Alabama deputy athletic director arrested on domestic violence charge

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Mike Rodak Matt Self, one of the senior members of the University of Alabama’s athletic department and the department’s administrator for the football program, was arrested Sunday by Tuscaloosa police on a domestic violence charge. According to […]

Alabama lawmakers ‘beyond frustration’ over Space Command

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Lee Roop U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, told the leader of the Air Force today that Alabama lawmakers “are beyond the point of frustration with the continued delay in […]

Alabama cuts more pre-K equity resources after removing NAEYC manual, firing Barbara Cooper

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbac Alabama is cutting additional teaching resources that address bias and inequity in preschool and day care settings. The changes came quickly, spurred by a complaint earlier in April that Rep. Jamie Kiel, R-Russellville, […]

AAMU’S HONDA TEAM AIMING HIGH FOR 2024

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

Beyond Sweet 16 What a week! The 2023 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship was an experience to remember. After Alabama A&M University’s of veterans all graduated, team capain Carla Draper Holloway actually was […]

Alabama A&M sees record number of applicants, expects record 2023 enrollment

May 2, 2023 Bouldin Comments Off

By Kalyn Dunkins Alabama A&M University celebrated a record total of 9,757 accepted freshmen to date for fall 2023. The college beat its own previous record of 9,039 acceptances set in 2019, and is on track […]

Search continues for Jefferson County man wanted in fatal stabbing of girlfriend, shooting of 4 others

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson The search continues for a man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and then shooting four people a short time later. Cortrell Burks, 50, is sought in the Sunday slaying of 40-year-old Erica […]

Alabama would ban drag performances from schools, libraries, presence of children

May 2, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach A new bill filed by Alabama House Republicans would ban all public drag shows, among other performances, in the presence of minors. HB401, filed Thursday, would outlaw any “lewd or lascivious dancing, presentations, […]