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Millions of pounds of garbage from other states again flooding rural Alabama

January 21, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Dennis Pillion One of Alabama’s poorest Black communities has become, once again, a major dumping ground for trash from up and down the eastern seaboard. The small city of Uniontown in Alabama’s Black Belt is […]

Kidney transplant gives UAB student ‘a whole new life’

January 21, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Michelle Matthews After Lance Mason’s mother died of kidney failure in March of 2019, he was going through her things at her home in Memphis when he found a bag from DaVita Kidney Care. Knowing […]

Alabama gets $97 million to help low-income residents keep the heat on

January 14, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Dennis Pillion A federal program to help low-income families pay their utility bills will get almost twice the funding in Alabama this year, thanks to the 2021 American Rescue Plan. The Biden Administration announced today that Alabama has […]

Urine cures COVID, Christopher Key, recently arrested Alabama anti-vaxxer, falsely claims

January 14, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Tandra Smith and Carol Robinson An Alabama anti-vaxxer recently arrested in Jefferson County is touting urine as a cure for COVID-19. Christopher Key is the founder of “Vaccine Police,” a website that gathers anti-vax news […]

Alabama delays social studies standards updates amid requests to address ‘unbal-anced’ topics, CRT

January 14, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach By 2028, Alabama students could be learning from history and civics standards that are nearly two decades old. It’s a change that came quietly this fall, as officials delayed revisions to the state’s social […]

University of Alabama teams with Smithsonian to study role of religion at Capitol on Jan. 6

January 14, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Greg Garrison The University of Alabama has teamed with the Smithsonian Museum to create a website for the study of the role of religion in the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. […]

Alabama advocacy groups claim illegal restraints, strangulation at Sequel youth facility

January 14, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program filed an immediate jeopardy complaint Thursday against Sequel Owens Cross Roads, a psychiatric residential treatment facility for girls under the age of 21. The complaint, filed with the […]

Alabama schools switch to masks, remote learning as omicron surges

January 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Several school districts throughout Alabama are either reimplementing mask mandates or beginning the semester with remote learning as the spreading omicron variant continues to break positivity rate and cases count records. Sylacauga […]

Alabama Power volunteers make holidays brighter for those in need

January 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Kim Maryland and Shenita Baker Volunteers with the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO) have been busy these past few weeks of 2021, fulfilling their longstanding commitment to helping others during the holiday season. With service projects […]

Maxine McNair, last living parent of a child killed in Birmingham church bombing, dies at 93

January 6, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Amy Yurkanin Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the children killed in the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, died Sunday at age 93. McNair’s daughter, Denise McNair, died […]