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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Struggle for Justice: Huntsville Couple’s Battle Against Injustice in Madison County Courts Shines Light on Economic Disparity in Legal System

March 20, 2024 Portia Orr 0

By Cathy R. Holmes, a concerned citizen I am writing to share my story about what I feel is the unfair treatment of myself and my husband in the Madison County judicial system based on […]

Suspect charged with capital murder in killing of man who was dropped off at Birmingham hospital

March 19, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Carol Robinson A suspect is behind bars in the weekend shooting death of a man who was dropped off at Princeton Baptist Medical Center. Kelvin Andra Edwards Jr., 30, is charged with capital murder in […]

Roy S. Johnson: No elected official owns the seat, though some stay so long they may forget

March 19, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. No one owns the seat. It’s easy to forget that when it’s been yours for so long. Yours, as in, entrusted to you by the people. Entrusted […]

Goodman: Alabama’s war on DEI could impact what unites us all

March 12, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Joseph Goodman This is an opinion column. Alabama politicians have created an embarrassing problem for the state. I realize that sentence could be used just about every week (day?) when trying to make sense of […]

Roy S. Johnson: Ryan Howard invites Birmingham Negro Leaguers to ‘MLB at Rickwood Field’

March 5, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. “He wasn’t really that good of a hitter.” Clinton “Tiny” Forge is a man of few words, and when he speaks it’s barely above a whisper. Yet […]

Whitmire: If frozen embryos are people in Alabama, what happens next? Anyone?

February 27, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. The 2024 Legislative Session was supposed to be the year lawmakers legalized gambling in Alabama. The year it cracked down on election fraud — real or imagined. The […]

Crazy in Alabama: Learning to live with the anti-woke mind virus

February 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By John Archibald This is an opinion column. Lord have mercy, it’s like the crazy crept up on us in the night. While we were supposed to be asleep. The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos […]

Election Year Full of Trouble and Lies

February 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Sandra F. Beckard, guest columnist The election year campaigning has started in the State of Alabama with a bang! Once again, Republicans are showing how good they are at not letting people know what […]

Whitmire: Here we go again. Ethics ‘reform’ bill legalizes Alabama corruption.

February 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. When Republicans swept into office on a massive red wave and took control of the Alabama Legislature in 2010, they did so with the promise to make the […]

Roy S. Johnson: If state bails out Birmingham-Southern, then pay $527 million it owes Alabama A&M, too

February 20, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. Birmingham-Southern is going to get its money—so, it seems. Its $30 million lifeline. Or care package. Its persistent and insistent benefactors in Montgomery and Birmingham appear all […]