January 2025 – Page 12

‘It’s helped people pay their bills’: Alabama influencers on TikTok’s potential shutdown

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By John Sharp Emmanuella “Funmi” Ford is a lifestyle and fashion blogger whose TikTok following is over 251,000, and she has her two sons to thank for it. In 2023, her sons – then 3 and 6 years old – […]

Why Did The Roman Republic Fall?

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Sandra F. Beckard Imagine the citizens of Ancient Rome seeing their country come to demise in “real time” and feeling helpless because they couldn’t do anything about it. Historians believed that Rome fell because […]

State Rep. Givan to run for Birmingham mayor

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Josh Moon The four-term state representative has been a vocal critic of current Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin. For the past several months, one of Birmingham’s Mayor Randall Woodfin’s most vocal critics has been state […]

Layoffs coming as auto parts plant closes in Alabama

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Hannah Denham A manufacturing company plans to shut down its auto parts plant in Alabama by March, according to a notice filed with the state. Nitto Inc. will lay off 56 employees as its manufacturing […]

Madison County residents fight dog-chaining; officials say it’s legal

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Kayode Crown Dianne Rogers saw a chained dog in Madison County last month, and the scene deeply affected her. After 16 years in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rogers moved to Madison County in 2022. When she […]

Homewood audit cites lack of oversight in $1 million embezzlement case

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison A new state audit released Jan. 10 cites the City of Homewood for a“lack of or ineffective management oversight” of city finances that led to the embezzlement of nearly $1 million. The Alabama […]

‘We are giving Amazon … a tax cut’: Mayor slams Alabama’s online sales tax system

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By John Sharp Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson blasted Alabama’s distribution model for Internet sales taxes on Thursday, calling it “the worst thing” the city faces economically and reignited a long-time dispute over whether the tax is disbursed […]

1.15.25 LEGAL NOTICE: ORDINANCE NO. 24-994

January 14, 2025 Portia Orr 0

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntsville has determined that the personal property described below has been identified by Fleet Services as surplus to the needs of the City of Huntsville and is […]

1.15.25 LEGAL NOTICE: ORDINANCE NO. 24-995

January 14, 2025 Portia Orr 0

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, that Article IV, Division 2, Procurement, of Chapter 2, Administration, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Huntsville, is hereby amended to […]

1.15.25 LEGAL NOTICE: RESOLUTION NO. 25-05

January 14, 2025 Portia Orr 0

WHEREAS, an application has been made by Wilcot Entertainment d/b/a Mobile Mayhem Tours LLC, for a certification of public convenience and necessity for the operation of one (1) special shuttle in the City of Huntsville, […]