March 2024 – Page 4

Fired Alabama library director asks for job back, apology from board

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Williesha Morris Fired Autauga-Prattville Library Director Andrew Foster is asking for his job back. Foster, who was dismissed March 14, also asked for apologies, retractions and corrections to “defamatory statements” by library board chair Ray Boles, who […]

Huntsville music festival will launch this year not next year

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Matt Wake Twenty-five or so acts performing across two stages over two days. Two headliners. Huntsville’s new major music festival will debut this September, officials announced tonight at an event held at Mars Music Hall […]

Conveniently distracted: Hands-free devices often perilous for drivers

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

Modern technology is an integral part of our lives, seamlessly woven into our daily routines. However, the convenience and connectivity offered by smartphones and other wireless devices have also introduced a perilous element to our […]

Family desperate for answers in 2023 killing of Birmingham father ambushed by 3 masked gunmen

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson It’s difficult for Tiffany Irvin to talk about what the past 10 months have been like without her brother. It was May 11, 2023, when gunmen opened fire on 37-year-old Erskin Irvin Jr. outside […]

11 men arrested on child sex charges in undercover Dothan police operation

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Nearly a dozen men were arrested on a combined 37 felony crimes in a two-day law enforcement operation aimed at child predators. The Dothan Police Department, in a joint effort with Covenant Rescue […]

Woman in US on student visa sentenced to prison in fires at Montgomery’s First Baptist Church

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson A 30-year-old Auburn woman has been sentenced to prison for setting fire to First Baptist Church in Montgomery in 2021. Xiaoqin Yan is a citizen of China who was in the U.S. on a […]

Shelby County lab tech allegedly offered drug court participants clean urine for cash

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson A lab technician for Shelby County Community Corrections is facing two felony ethics charges. Adrian Travarius Davis, 37, of Clanton, is charged with two counts of bribery as a public servant. According to […]

Dash cam video captures Orange Beach driver repeatedly ramming ‘Zero Tolerance’ sign

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Warren Kulo A 22-year-old Summerdale man is in jail after he was found by Orange Beach police repeatedly ramming his vehicle into a portable sign alerting spring breakers about drinking and drugs. During the incident, […]

Carlee Russell pleads guilty in I-459 abduction hoax, avoids jail: ‘I made a grave mistake’

March 26, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Carlee Russell appeared in a Jefferson County courtroom Thursday afternoon, eight months after she vanished from the side of Interstate 459 and sparked a nationwide panic, and asked for mercy as she entered guilty […]

OBITUARIES 3/27 – 4/2/2024

March 25, 2024 Bouldin 0

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME MOTHER MILLIE M. GLOVER MARCH 28, 1938 – MARCH 20, 2024 The funeral service for Mother Millie M. Glover will be 1:00 p.m., Sunday, April7, 2024 at the Union Hill Primitive Baptist […]