2025 – Page 192

OBITUARIES 2/12 – 2/18/2025

February 10, 2025 Bouldin 0

ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Laura Lowery Burroughs October 19, 1947 – January 31, 2025 Graveside service was 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at Valhalla Memory Gardens, located at 698 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL […]

Hidden Gems in Black History: A Black Man Introduced the First U.S. Vaccine

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

by Karen Heslop Though you may be used to hearing about medical breakthroughs being made by scientists and researchers, you may be surprised to learn that the idea for the first vaccine came from an enslaved […]

This Common Side Effect Is Why You Have Muscle Spasms After A Stroke

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

by Dominique Lambright Spasticity, like other brain disorders, is complicated. The Cleveland Clinic says the disorder tightens and uncontrollably contracts several muscles. Post-stroke spasticity is prevalent but hard to quantify. A 2018 International Journal of Gerontology […]

One HBCU product shines in East-West Shrine Game

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

Thursday’s East-West Shrine Bowl is in the books and one former HBCU football player stood out, but it might not be the one expected. First-team all-MEAC linebacker Aaron Smith of South Carolina State, who led […]

Suspected NBA gambling ring has ties to HBCU basketball games

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

by Chris Stevens A federal investigation into gambling by NBA players has identified two HBCUs as targets in the gambling ring, according to an ESPN report. The investigation states that unusual betting activity was aimed at […]

Norfolk State shocks MEAC rival on frantic last-second heave

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

by Jarrett Hoffman The Norfolk State Spartans opened the first full week of November on a high note, beating North Carolina Central 81-78 in an exciting finish at the buzzer. The win is Norfolk State’s fourth in a […]

Rev. Richard Henry Boyd: From Enslavement to Religious and Publishing Pioneer

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Rev. Richard Henry Boyd, a former enslaved man from Alabama, emerged as one of the most influential Black religious leaders and entrepreneurs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His legacy […]

Alabama music festival’s debut canceled: ‘Great disappointment’

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Matt Wake If you bought tickets for the Camellia Music & Arts Festival, look at it this way: You should have some more money soon. The new Huntsville rap and R&B festival planned for the weekend […]

Albertville anti-ICE protest ‘deeply concerning,’ Alabama official says: ‘A game of dangerous rhetoric’

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz The demonstration against President Trump’s immigration crackdown Wednesday night on the streets of downtown Albertville was “deeply concerning,” the dean of Alabama’s congressional delegation said Thursday. “While I respect the right to peaceful […]

Where are the most expensive homes in Huntsville? You’ll find them on the mountain

February 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

Looking to buy a home In Huntsville on a limited budget? You probably won’t be looking at the ledging or downtown.