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The Derby Heritage Celebration The Story of the African American Jockeys

February 1, 2023 Bouldin 0

When people hear the term “horse racing”, one of the first things they think of is the Kentucky Derby! But did you know that the first winner of the Kentucky Derby was African American? In […]

Crime

Black Mom of 3, Airline Worker From Alabama Killed After Being Sucked into Engine

February 1, 2023 Bouldin 0

Nationwide — Courtney Edwards, a 34-year-old mother of three from Montgomery, Alabama, reportedly died after being sucked into the engine of a passenger plane while working at Montgomery Regional Airport. Edwards was working as a ramp […]

Black History

6 years after MLK assassination, his mother was gunned down, too

February 1, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore Six years after an assassin cut down Rev. Martin Luther King, a man walked into Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and killed the late civil rights leader’s mother as she played the organ […]

Crime

Pelham teacher and coach who served as church youth director arrested on child porn charge

February 1, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Howard Koplowitz  A Pelham middle school teacher and wrestling coach who also doubled as the youth director of a McCalla church was arrested and jailed Wednesday on child porn charge. Adam Jeremy Lewis, an eighth […]

Commentary

Archibald: Alabama gives 6 minutes to consider life, death and freedom

January 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By John Archibald This is an opinion column. Leola Harris is 71 years old, and has spent more than a quarter of that in Alabama’s Tutwiler Prison. She’s in a wheelchair now, dependent on dialysis, […]

Commentary

Roy S. Johnson: Now, Selma may finally be seen and restored

January 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. Maybe now they’ll see. See Selma. Finally. Maybe now they’ll do. Do what should have been done a long time ago to restore one of our state’s historic […]

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IRS starts accepting tax returns today: Why some won’t get refunds until end of February

January 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore  Tax season officially starts today with the Internal Revenue Service accepting 2022 returns. And while digitally filed returns that use direct deposit can generally expect refunds within 21 days, a segment of filers […]

Commentary

Cameron Smith: Popular myths must go as Sen. Katie Britt tackles immigration

January 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By Cameron Smith This is an opinion column. Deport everyone in the country who is here without legal status. It sounds easy enough. Finish the wall. Again, it’s a clear idea. Why is it so hard […]

Crime

Alabama woman awaiting heart transplant dies after 3-year COVID battle: ‘She lived fiercely’

January 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton  Stella Stephens Glover, a Paul Mitchell cosmetology school instructor, died earlier this month waiting for a heart transplant after battling the effects of COVID-19 for almost three years. Glover, of Sumiton, died Jan. 11. She […]

Commentary

Archibald: Time to call BS on the ‘Bible Belt’

January 25, 2023 Bouldin 0

By John Archibald This is an opinion column. I had this Bible Belt thing all wrong. I used to think it was just a swath of Southern land where churches outnumbered liquor stores, where people read […]

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