December 2025 – Page 10

Huntsville City Schools Dual Enrollment Program Reports Strong Fall Semester Growth

December 17, 2025 Bouldin 0

Submitted by Leah Edgecombe, Huntsville City Schools Dual Enrollment/Early College Coordinator ABOVE) Huntsville City Schools dual enrollment students attend college-level courses on campus and virtually as part of the district’s expanding Dual Enrollment and Early […]

Supreme Court Case Could Reshape Southern Politics if Voting Rights Protections Are Weakened, Analysis Warns

December 17, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The Alabama Reflector reported that a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision could dramatically reshape political power across the South, with Alabama standing at the center of the national debate over voting rights […]

Bipartisan Leaders Unite in Grief After Deadly Brown University Shooting

December 17, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from Mountain Brook, Alabama, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national who dreamed of becoming a surgeon, were killed in a shooting at Brown University on Dec. 13. […]

The Broken Healthcare System We’re Too Brainwashed To Fix

December 17, 2025 Bouldin 0

We all know the American healthcare system is broken and about to get worse. Why do so many fight to keep from changing it? SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS What is it going to take for Americans […]

Norovirus Cases Surge Early Across U.S., Alabama Among States Seeing Increased Activity

December 16, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Health officials are reporting an early and significant surge in norovirus cases, often referred to as the “winter vomiting disease,” with outbreaks increasing across the United States weeks ahead of the virus’s […]

Death Sentences Concentrated in Few Alabama Counties, Analysis Finds

December 16, 2025 Bouldin 0

Madison County ranks second statewide in death sentences imposed since 2012, according to a new analysis. By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A new analysis by the Alabama Reflector shows that the use of the death penalty […]

Former Alabama Fire Chief Arrested, Accused of Stealing from Volunteer Fire Department

December 16, 2025 Bouldin 0

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A former Alabama fire chief is facing serious felony charges after investigators say he stole tens of thousands of dollars from a small-town volunteer fire department entrusted to serve its community. […]

Bessemer Woman Charged in Kidnapping and Assault Over Alleged Settlement Dispute

December 16, 2025 Bouldin 0

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Bessemer woman has been arrested and charged in connection with the kidnapping and pistol-whipping of her ex-boyfriend, marking the second arrest in a violent incident police say was motivated by […]

Deadly Argument Outside Birmingham Store Ends with Murder Charge

December 16, 2025 Bouldin 0

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A suspect has been charged in the weekend shooting death of a 55-year-old man outside a southwest Birmingham convenience store, marking the second homicide at the same location in less than two months, police […]

12.17.25 LEGAL NOTICE: Periodic Bid for Sanitary Sewer Projects-2026, more particularly known as Project No. 71-25-SP40

December 16, 2025 Portia Orr 0

MANDATORY Pre-Bid meeting to be held on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in the 6th Floor Training Room #624, located at 305 Fountain Circle, Huntsville, AL 35801. Bidders must attend this pre-bid meeting […]