May 2024 – Page 3

5.29.24 LEGAL NOTICE: ORDINANCE NO. 24-361

May 29, 2024 Portia Orr 0

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, finds that an application has been presented to the […]

HUNTSVILLE SCHOOL BOARD ALLOCATES $13 MILLION FOR MAJOR SCHOOL UPGRADES AND NEW ROTC FACILITY

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The Huntsville City Board of Education has approved over $13 million for class- room additions at Hampton Cove Middle School and Goldsmith-Schiffman Elementary School, and renovations at Lee High School. An additional […]

Social Security increase 2025: Latest COLA estimate likely bad news for seniors

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore Social Security recipients are on track for a slightly higher cost-of-living adjustment in 2025 but rising costs will likely eat away any extra benefits, experts are warning. Non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens […]

Huntsville added nearly 10 people a day in 2023, leading Alabama cities

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Shelby Harris Huntsville continues to pull away from Alabama’s other large cities, gaining thousands of new residents each year. The state’s largest city added 3,534 people, or nearly 10 per day, from 2022 to 2023, […]

This Alabama college is first to close DEI office after state bans diversity programs

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach Jacksonville State University will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion on May 31 in response to a new Alabama law banning DEI programs at state institutions. “This decision was not made lightly […]

BIDEN’S STROLLING HARD FOR BLACK VOTES; HERE’S HIS BEST MOVE, AND TRULY TOUGHEST FOE

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. President Joe Biden couldn’t be any more blatant in courting Black voters —whom he needs in November — if he tickled a sax while donning shades for a Black […]

ALABAMA A&M STUDENTS GAIN EXPOSURE TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

Eight AAMU students and three faculty members recently visited the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Training Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Students participated in the periodic training offered to federal, state, industry, hospitals, and other agencies where nuclear […]

AAMU DELTAS HOST WELCOME RECEPTION FOR COACH DAWN HORNTON

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Welcome Thornton to The Hill In a vibrant atmosphere filled with crimson and cream and the resonant chant, “It’s in My Blood, I Cannot Lie, I’ll be a Devastating […]

PAID STUDENT MENTORS TO HELP FACILITATE HBCU SCHOLARS PROGRAM

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Seeks AAMU, Drake State Student Mentors Alabama A&M University and Drake State Community & Technical College are seeking current Alabama A&M students to serve as mentors in the Thurgood Marshall College […]

CeCe Winans Takes ‘American Idol’ to Church with Viral ‘Goodness of God’ Performance

May 28, 2024 Bouldin 0

Michael Foust Crosswalk Headlines Contributor ABC’s American Idol crowned a new champion Sunday night, but for many viewers, the highlight aired earlier in the show, when Christian artist CeCe Winans joined contestant Roman Collins for a powerful rendition of Goodness […]