April 2022 – Page 9

Detoxes & Cleanses: Health or Hype?

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by Constance Brown-Riggs As Spring draws near, ads begin to escalate across social media promoting Spring cleaning for your body—as in “colon cleanse” or “detox cleanse.” A variety of detoxification diets, regimens, and therapies have been […]

‘TO PUBLISH OR NOT?’: Speakin’ Out News Awaits the Madison County Commission’s Decision to Publish the Voter’s list.

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Last Tuesday, March 29th, William D. Smothers, publisher of Speakin’ Out News, received a phone call from Probate Judge Frank Barger asking for quotes to publish the voter’s list for the upcoming May election. After […]

MADISON COUNTY COMMISSION DELAYS VOTER LIST PUBLICATION TO COMMUNITY PAPERS AHEAD OF THE PRIMARIES

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by: Samson Tamijani, WHNT News 19 MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Members Members of the Madison County Commission debated Wednesday whether or not to fund the publishing of the registered voters list, 300,000 strong, in […]

Police: Runaway Alabama girl located in Mississippi has died

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl who reportedly ran away from her home in Alabama before being found in a nearby Mississippi city has died, Mobile Police said. The circumstances around the death of […]

Alabama A&M’s McLaren Named SWAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week

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By Joshua J. Darling, Sports Information Director BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Junior Brandon McLaren (Clifton, Hanover, Jamaica) delivered a tremendous performance this past week, earning Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Men’s Field Athlete of the Week honors as announced by […]

OP-ED: FDA — Smoking While Black and Brown in America

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By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of […]

The future of your children is at stake. We must stop being bamboozled by the Lawerence County Board of Education.

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By Calvin Lee, guest columnist The Lawrence County community should stay focused on he activity at the Board of Education. How does a retired principal end up as a truancy officer and is hired to […]

Women and African Americans Now More Likely to Leave the SBC, But So Is Everybody Else

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RYAN BURGE The Southern Baptist Convention has been faced with a string of prominent departures last few months. In December, several high-profile African American pastors left after denouncing a statement released by SBC seminary presidents that declared […]

National group sues Brookside over its ‘criminal-justice system for profit’

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By John Archibald The Institute for Justice, a libertarian non-profit based in Virginia, on Monday filed a lawsuit against tiny Brookside, Ala., on behalf of four clients it claims were “subjected to intrusions and indignities” by […]

Muslims begin observance of holy month of Ramadan

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By Greg Garrison Muslims begin observance of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan tonight with a late-night community reading of the Quran. A month of daytime fasting begins on Saturday, April 2. Muslims are required to […]