2024 – Page 144

‘Gone completely rogue’: Lawyer calls for federal investigation of Alabama police force

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Tribune Content Agency After Steve Perkins’ widow was handcuffed and three others were arrested during a peaceful demonstration at last week’s 3rd Friday event in Decatur, civil rights attorney Lee Merritt wrote a letter Thursday requesting […]

South Star lineup: New Huntsville music festival headliners Gwen Stefani, blink-182

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Matt Wake The lineup for Huntsville’s first multi-day, large-scale, real-deal, music festival in 13 years is here. Headliners for South Star Music Festival, set for September 28 and 29 at John Hunt Park, are Gwen Stefani on Saturday […]

Alabama passes bill making it a felony for clergy to have sex with anyone under 19

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill that would make it a felony for clergy to have sexual interactions with anyone younger than 19. House Bill 125, sponsored by State Rep. Leigh Hulsey, […]

Alabama city has one of the nation’s best small-town cultural scenes, USA Today says

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Mary Colurso There’s plenty to do in Cullman, if you know where to look, and several cultural gems to attract visitors on a Southern road trip. That’s the word from USA Today, which included the Alabama […]

Alabama’s Black Adventure Crew introduces 700 people to the diversity of nature

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Jonece Starr Dunigan The words Black Adventure Crew may conjure up Marvel-esque visuals of superheroes using their otherworldly abilities to take down villains, but that isn’t the case here. The story is actually better than that. Zenovia […]

Reed leaves Jackson State for Charlotte

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

Successful six-year Jackson State Head Women’s Basketball Coach Tomekia Reed was introduced Thursday as the new head coach of the Charlotte 49ers, formerly UNC-Charlotte. In her six years at JSU, Reed guided the Lady Tigers […]

Alabama mother tried to drown 10-year-old, police say, until boy ‘played dead’

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton A 34-year-old Sheffield woman has been charged with aggravated child abuse after police say she tried to drown her son. Ashley Elizabeth Jones was released from the Colbert County Jail on $50,000 bond, […]

Arab High School football coach arrested for allegedly sending obscene photos to student

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz The head football coach of Arab High School was arrested Thursday on allegations he sent obscene photos to a male student from the school. Lee Ozmint, whose bio also lists him as a […]

Kool-Aid to debut new limited-edition flavor in honor of Alabama’s McKinstry

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Creg Stephenson Alabama’s Kool-Aid McKinstry will soon have a new flavor of his namesake drink launched in his honor. Kool-Aid, self-described as the “all-American beverage,” will introduce “Black Cherry Blitz,” its first limited-edition flavor in […]

DNA leads to arrest of 75-year-old Alabama man in 2003 attack on girl raped in woods

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson DNA has led to the arrest of a 75-year-old Auburn man in the sexual assault of a young girl more than 20 years ago. Bobby Lee Pitts was taken into custody Friday, Auburn […]