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Medical marijuana in Alabama: Businesses showing their intent to participate

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By Mike Cason Alabama’s establishment of a medical marijuana program has entered another phase, with businesses beginning to notify the state of their intention to participate in the seed-to-sale industry. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission received […]

Huntsville focusing on bus rapid transit system, not light rail

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By Scott Turner The city of Huntsville is focusing on bringing a bus rapid transit system to town in the near future. City Public Transportation Manager John Autry said the Huntsville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization has […]

4-year-old Birmingham girl wants to know why she got shot: ‘It’s hard to explain to a kid,’ family says

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By Carol Robinson A 4-year-old girl shot while riding in a car with her aunt was left with a bullet two inches from her spine and three inches from her heart. Serenity Spearman, affectionately called Ren-Ren, was […]

‘I felt dehumanized’: Alabama pastor wants police accountability after arrest while watering flowers

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By Mary Colurso Watering flowers while Black. That’s what Michael Jerome Jennings was doing on May 22, 2022, when he was questioned, handcuffed and arrested by white police officers in Childersburg, Alabama. Jennings, the pastor of Vision of […]

Union Chapel’s Girl Scouts Pamper Me Pretty Program

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Sandra Beckard, Speakin’ Out News Staff writer On Saturday September 10, Union Chapel’s Girl Scout Troop #10729 held a Silver Awards Program for Eight Cadettes. The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest award a […]

Xi Omicron Alumni Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Annual Scholarship Fundraiser “Las Vegas Night”

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Submitted by Bro. Joe W. Winston We solicit your support for our annual scholarship fund raising event, Las Vegas Night” schedule for 9 September 2022. This event will be held at the Omega Center, 181 […]

AAMU STUDENTS RECEIVE HONDA ENGINES

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by Debra Daniel Members of the Alabama Auto Plant of Honda Development and Manufacturing in America were on campus Tuesday, September 6, to donate five engines to AAMU’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Physical Sciences […]

‘Fentanyl is in everything’: After Alabama 15-year-old’s overdose death, authorities target deadly opioid

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By John Sharp Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said his agency is prioritizing investigations involving the drug fentanyl amid an increase in overdoses and following the death last week of a 15-year-old girl in Semmes. Cochran also […]

Housing correction coming to Alabama: See the state’s most overvalued real estate markets

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By Dennis Pillion The days of skyrocketing housing prices may be coming to an end. The economic research firm Moody’s Analytics released a report last week stating that the U.S. housing market is “more overvalued than […]

Pregnant women held for months in one Alabama jail to protect fetuses from drugs

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By Amy Yurkanin Police arrested Ashley Banks on May 25 with a small amount of marijuana and a pistol without a permit to carry. Under normal circumstances, the 23-year-old from Gadsden would have been able to […]