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In the quiet town of Lowndesboro, Alabama—home to just 79 residents today—a small wooden building stands as a powerful link to the past. Known as the Will Stone Store, the nearly 200-year-old structure is the […]

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Alabama’s legendary Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q continues to make history, capturing its record-setting 13th first-place finish in the shoulder division at the 2025 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest—known […]

By Heather Gann Rapper Shawn Corey Carter, otherwise known as Jay-Z, on Tuesday filed an amended lawsuit in Alabama district court to include a New York lawyer he claims was involved in efforts to defraud […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS TALLADEGA, Ala. — Award-winning actress S. Epatha Merkerson has donated $1 million to Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest private historically Black college, during its 150th commencement ceremony held on May 4, 2025. Merkerson, best […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Anniece Tisdale, an 85-year-old grandmother from Nashville, Tennessee, was brought to tears back in December when filmmaker Tyler Perry stepped in to pay off her mortgage. After a home renovation project went wrong […]

By Barry Anderson Comedian Deon Cole has dropped out as the headliner for the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival that took place this past weekend in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to a statement released by organisers […]

For immediate release HUNTSVILLE – The Food Bank of North Alabama and the National Association of Letter Carriers in conjunction with the United States Postal Service and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association will be […]

PRESS RELEASE HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (May 5, 2025) – Arts Huntsville invites the community to a celebration on Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Archer Park to unveil “Community Pillars,” a […]

By Daniel Esparza  The history of the Catholic Church is often (and perhaps even necessarily) painted in broad strokes. This is particularly true of the history of the papacy. Most of the time it is […]

Nationwide — Pastor Reginald Steele and his wife, Kelley, shocked many when they revealed they stayed married for over 30 years — despite Reginald openly cheating throughout most of their relationship. The couple says their […]