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Alabama woman sentenced to federal prison for stealing money from low-income renters

January 15, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Heather Gann A former Mobile property manager has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for stealing rent money from government-assisted low-income housing tenants, according to court documents. Filings show that Shannon Caruso, 48, […]

Shocking New Year’s gunfire video leads to Pleasant Grove arrest: ‘Stop teaching your children that this is OK’

January 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson Video of a group of people firing high-powered rifles to ring in 2025 has led to a man’s arrest. Pleasant Grove Police Chief Danny Reid said the city had higher-than-normal reports of celebratory […]

‘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 […]