2024 – Page 155

Man confessed to raping, murdering Kamarie Holland ‘to get right with God’ before execution

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz The man who raped and murdered a 5-year-old Georgia girl whose body was found in an abandoned Alabama house told deputies he confessed to the crimes “to get right with God” before he’s […]

‘I just held him and prayed,’ 16-year-old boy killed in Birmingham shooting died in parents’ arms

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Amanda Jenkins was making tacos for her four children when her oldest, Jaylin, asked if he could run to the neighborhood store to grab a Coke to go with his dinner. It was […]

Mobile priest arrested on sexual misconduct, harassment charges

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Warren Kulo A Mobile priest has turned himself in on charges of sexual misconduct and harassment, according to the Mobile Metro Jail log. Rev. David Joseph Tokarz was taken into custody after turning himself in […]

City of Huntsville approves project to support affordable housing

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

City of Huntsville leaders approved a project to build a 42-unit multi-family development partially supported by American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to provide safe, affordable housing for the homeless and other vulnerable groups. The facility […]

Charles Kiplinger: An open letter to Sen. Katie Britt

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

Charles Kiplinger Dear Sen. Katie Britt, On behalf of the North Central Alabama Republican Assembly, I must say we are extremely disappointed in you for voting YES on the recent spending bill. Of our eight Republican […]

Mike Blakely, Alabama’s longest serving sheriff until conviction, paroled after packed hearing

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Mike Blakely, once Alabama’s longest serving sheriff, will soon get out of jail. He won parole on Thursday by a vote of 2-1. Parole board members Darryl Littleton and Gabrelle Simmons voted in […]

City of Huntsville to allocate $384,000 in state funds for homeless

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

The City of Huntsville is allocating $384,000 in critical funding to support area nonprofits in a collective mission to aid individuals facing homelessness and at risk of its grip. Community Development will soon distribute PY 2023 […]

Alabama teacher certification: State approves first alternative teacher prep program

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain The Alabama Board of Education has approved the state’s first non-college-based alternative teacher preparation program, a move the schools chief said could help with the state’s teacher shortage. Iteach was one of […]

Alabama definitions of ‘male’ and ‘female’ pass House, now in Senate

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Alabama’s bill to define the sexes passed the House 77 to 24 on Thursday and is now winding its way through the Senate. Two legislators abstained. The bill, HB111, defines the terms “male,” “female,” “boy,” […]

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan files distressed college loan program repeal after Birmingham-Southern closure

April 16, 2024 Bouldin 0

Craig Monger Lawmakers are slated to deliberate this week on legislation to repeal the 2023 law creating a loan program for universities in financial straits after its designed recipient, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), closed its doors […]