August 2024 – Page 6

Addressing the Growing Health Care Needs in North Alabama

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS As the demand for health care professionals surges across Alabama, institutions in and around Huntsville are ramping up efforts to prepare a workforce capable of meeting these needs. According to AL.com, Huntsville […]

Foundation gets big check to help Huntsville teachers buy school supplies

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By John R. Roby Madison County is helping out a Huntsville foundation that connects teachers with supplies to stock their classrooms. Free 2 Teach Foundation recently accepted a $15,000 contribution from the Madison County Commission along […]

Roy S. Johnson: More citizens’ solutions to gun violence, and haunting Elvis lyrics

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. As the snow fliesOn a cold and gray Chicago mornin’A poor little baby child is bornIn the ghetto(In the ghetto) And his mama cries‘Cause if there’s […]

Alabama has fewer children in foster care, but some parents are relinquishing troubled teens

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Alabama has fewer children in foster care than six years ago and is achieving success in reuniting families, the head of the state social services agency told lawmakers Wednesday. Alabama Department of Human […]

Alabama Attorney General moves to shut down 5 Selma gambling halls

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has obtained temporary restraining orders against five illegal gambling facilities in Selma. Marshall’s office on Friday filed for the TROs against Joker 777 on East Highland Avenue, Mini […]

She used delta-8 from a gas station. Alabama said she couldn’t keep her baby at home.

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Amy Yurkanin , Zoe Jaeger | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, & Ashley Okwuosa | The Examination Sarah arrived at a Tuscaloosa hospital in July 2023 armed with a printout of a birth plan laying out her wishes for labor and delivery. […]

Slain Alabama high school football player a ‘standout athlete and terrific young man’; 2 teens charged

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Two 18-year-olds have been charged in last week’s shooting death of a Loachapoka High School football player. Elijah Rogers and Barthonia Howard are charged with murder in the Aug. 8 slaying of 16-year-old […]

Former Trussville doctor who tried to be teen patient’s ‘sugar daddy’ sentenced for human trafficking, child porn

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

A former Trussville physician who tried to be a 17-year-old patient’s “sugar daddy” has been sentenced to prison. Dr. Janaki Earla, 60, pleaded guilty in May to two counts of possession or child pornography and […]

AAMU WELCOMES CLASS OF 2028 TO THE HILL

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

Over 2,000 New Students Mark Another Record-Breaking Freshman Class for Alabama A&M For the second year in a row, Alabama A&M University is set to shatter its first-time student enrollment record. Over 2,000 first-time students […]

SENIOR JOINS WHITE HOUSE COHORT OF HBCU STUDENTS ADVOCATING FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY

August 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

McClellan Selected as 2024 White House HBCU Scholar Cassidy McClellan has been named a 2024 White House HBCU Scholar, joining a talented group of students recognized for their academic excellence and leadership potential. The White House […]