Headline News
THE COVID-19 VACCINATION: TO HAVE OR NOT TO HAVE
Submitted by Phyllis Jones, SON Sr. Staff Writer In a few short weeks, it will be one year since life as we knew it took a major shift. For some of us, it will be […]
Articles by Bouldin
Black History
ELIZABETH KECKLEY, THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE,FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire A Black woman’s memoir published 153 years ago still tops Amazon’s books sales chart. “Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House,” […]
Black History
Religion
FORMER JOHNSON HIGH GRADUATE WRITES BOOK OF THE YEAR
PRESS RELEASE The Rev. Canon Dr. Esau McCaulley, Jr is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and a 1996 graduate of J.O. Johnson High School. He is the son of Rev. Laurie Bone McCaulley and the […]
Business
Actor Danny Glover comes to Bessemer to show support for Amazon union push
By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com “How you doin’?” asked the tall, lean stranger behind the pale blue surgical mask. He was standing outside the main entrance to Amazon’s Bessemer fulfillment center this afternoon, holding a sign […]
Religion
TAYLOR’S CHAPEL CELEBRATES 117TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY – A BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
The history Of Taylor’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church goes back to the ending of the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the early twentieth century. It is a history that affirms the dreams of […]
Obituaries
OBITUARIES 2/24-3/2/2021
Royal Funeral Home MRS. CHERIE HOLMES CRUTCHER MAY 12, 1939 – FEBRUARY 20, 2021 Graveside service will be 12:00 noon, Saturday , February 27, 2021 at Meadowlawn Garden of Peace (450 Mount Lebanon Road Toney, […]
Health
69% of Alabama voters support Medicaid expansion, new poll finds
Poll shows broad support across political lines, geography and age Sixty-nine percent of Alabamians, including 64% of Republican voters, support expanding Medicaid when told about arguments for and against the idea, according to a new poll that […]
Religion
Sunday School: “Lydia: Called To Serve”
Scriptural text: Acts 16:11-15, 40 1 Corinthians 1:26-30 The Gospel Encounters The Roman World (Acts 16:11-13). The Apostle Paul’s first encounter in the Roman Empire was in Philippi where a woman would be the first […]
Health
COULD A DIET CHANGE HELP YOUR ARTHRITIS?
by Karen Heslop Millions of Americans live with the pain and joint stiffness that comes from arthritis. To ease their discomfort, they usually need a daily regimen of painkillers as well as medical intervention such […]