By Carol Robinson Johnny Mims, Minor High School’s band director since 2018, was arrested Thursday night by Birmingham police after officers ordered the band to leave mid-song following a game at Jackson-Olin High School. The incident has divided […]
By Carol Robinson The attorney for an Alabama high school band director who was tased and arrested for not stopping his band from playing says newly released body cam footage did not change her mind that […]
By Howard Koplowitz Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen on Monday night urged the U.S. Supreme Court to issue an emergency stay of a federal court’s plan to have a special master redraw state congressional districts, […]
Story and photo credits by Greg Miley, Speakin’ Out News photographers The Huntsville Beautification Board held is 2023 awards ceremony on Friday, September 1, 2023, 9:00 a.m. The event was held at Oakwood University’s Community […]
By Kyle Whitmire, 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner in Commentary Journalist This is an opinion column. Give state Rep. Chris Pringle a little credit. The Republican lawmaker from Mobile tried to do what he thought was […]
PRESS RELEASE Huntsville/Madison County – Commissioner Violet Edwards hosted White House dignitaries for a Wednesday roundtable discussion on broadband access. Mitch Landrieu, Senior Advisor to President Biden and White House Infrastructure Coordinator, and Alan Davidson, […]
AAMU PUBLIC RELATIONS Alabama A&M University welcomed the Class of 2027 at the annual Freshman Convocation and Torch Lighting ceremony Saturday. The largest incoming class in the University’s history consists of over 2,000 students. Keynote […]
By Cody D. Short A project called, ‘10 Million Names’, will work to uncover the names of ten million people of African decent who were enslaved during the 1500s until 1865, in the United States. […]
By Amy Yurkanin Chelsea Stewart waited on the bench of a north Alabama court in early 2019, holding tight to the big news she hoped might get her out of trouble. Gadsden police had caught Stewart, […]
By Mike Cason The Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature approved a new Congressional district map on Friday, the deadline set by a federal court that ruled the old map likely violated the Voting Rights Act. […]
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