2024 – Page 209

AAMU ALUMNUS CITED FOR COMMITMENT TO FAMILY, CHURCH AND SERVICE

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

Hampton Earns Prestigious Law Firm Award AAMU alum Leon Hampton, Jr. recently received the Beasley Allen Law Firm’s prestigious Chad Stewart Award for 2023. Hampton works in Beasley Allen’s Montgomery office in the Consumer Fraud Division. […]

Medicare won’t pay for new weight loss drugs because of decades-old law

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press As obesity rates rise among older adults, some lawmakers say the United States cannot afford to keep a decades-old law that prohibits Medicare from paying for new weight loss drugs, […]

Roy S. Johnson: If we aren’t teaching ‘better than,’ our children will never be

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson If I was lazy, doing the bare minimum, or didn’t care about the words I wrote or those among you who might read, ponder, and digest them, you wouldn’t be reading […]

5-YEAR-OLD BOY SHOT TO DEATH WHILE GETTING HAIR-CUT IN BESSEMER IDENTIFIED; POLICE QUESTIONING 2

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Authorities have released the name of a 5-year-old boy killed in a Sunday morning shooting in Bessemer that also wounded an adult male. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the young victim as […]

DIAMOND AWARDS TO BE HELD AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE JANUARY 27TH

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

Bryant to Receive Excellence in Leadership in Education Award Alabama A&M University Director of Athletics, Dr. Paul A. Bryant, was a chosen as a recipient for the Diamond Award Excellence in Leadership from the Not […]

PROSECUTORS DROP DUI CHARGES AGAINST MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS BUS DRIVER INVOLVED IN CRASH

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz DUI charges have been dropped against the driver of a Madison County school bus involved in a wreck in September. Madison County prosecutors said they could not prove the allegations against Christopher Brazelton, according to […]

HOWARD HOLLAND CREDITS AAMU COACHES FOR MUCH OF HER SUCCESS

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

AAMU alumna Lisa Howard Holland was recently named the Alabama Boys Track & Field Coach of the Year. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) also named Howard Holland the Southeast Sectional 3 […]

FORMER DECATUR POLICE OFFICER CHARGED STEPHEN PERKINS DEATH

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Kayode Crown Following months of protest and civic unrest, authorities in north Alabama charged a Decatur police officer in the shooting and killing Stephen Perkins in his front yard. Morgan County District Attorney Scott […]

Major retailer backing off from self-checkout

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore The backlash against self-checkout appears to be growing. Dollar General is the latest retailer to indicate they will reverse course on the reliance on self-checkout technology, CNN reported. More than half of Dollar General’s […]

Vietnam Veterans Chapter 1067 Spreads Christmas Cheer in Huntsville, Alabama

January 9, 2024 Bouldin 0

Story and photos submitted by Lee Parker Huntsville, Alabama – December 18, 2023 – – The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1067 in Huntsville, Alabama, recently hosted a heartwarming “Membership Christmas Celebration 2023,” uniting veterans, […]