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Jun 26 2023
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Mississippi State, Ole Miss basketball announce 2023-2024 SEC opponents, locations
With the SEC announcing its 2023-24 conference opponents on Monday, Mississippi State and Ole Miss basketball got a glimpse into what the upcoming season will bring. The highlight for both is a home-and-away series staying put in the rivalry. For Mississippi State, other home-and-away opponents include Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina and Kentucky. Road-only opponents for the Bulldogs are Texas
The Clarion-LedgerAug 10 2023
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3 more people charged in connection with Montgomery riverfront brawl
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP/WUPA) — Police in Alabama have arrested three more people on misdemeanor assault charges in connection with a riverside brawl that drew national attention. Major Saba Coleman of the Montgomery Police Department said the two men turned themselves in on Wednesday to be arrested. A woman surrendered to Montgomery authorities on Thursday. She has also been charged with assault
CBS News (Online)Jun 13 2023
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Court bars electronic bingo in Macon County
SHORTER, Ala. (WSFA) - This week, the Circuit Court of Macon County has permanently barred any facility in the county from offering electronic bingo. The decision stemmed from a lawsuit that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall brought against VictoryLand Casino, accusing it of operating “illegal” gambling machines. In response to the ruling, Marshall stated, “Electronic bingo machines are
WSFA 12Aug 22 2023
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Mississippi State football announces season ticket sellout, most new buyers since 2015
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football has sold out its allotment of more than 40,000 season tickets, the program announced Tuesday. The sellout features the highest total of new season tickets purchased since 2015, a team spokesperson said. The program also anticipates single game sellouts against LSU on Sept. 16, Alabama on Sept. 30 and Ole Miss on Nov. 23, per the spokesperson. The
The Clarion-LedgerAug 09 2023
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Suspects charged in Montgomery riverfront brawl still at large
Three suspects facing charges for attacking a Black dockworker in Alabama were expected to turn themselves in to police Tuesday afternoon, but so far, only one has turned up. A video of the incident went viral over the weekend, showing a racially divided brawl at a Montgomery waterfront as a group of white people attacked the worker, allegedly over a dispute surrounding the parking of their
New York Daily NewsAug 05 2023
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Search underway for drowning victim in Tuscaloosa lake
A search is underway for a drowning victim in a Tuscaloosa lake. Tuscaloosa police officers were called just before 5 p.m. to Lake Nicol. A group of friends said a man jumped in the water and did not resurface, said police spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue and the Alabama Law Enforcement Marine Patrol Division are helping with the
AL.comAug 09 2023
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Midwives, doctors file suit challenging “de facto ban” on birth centers
A group of midwives and doctors, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, have filed a lawsuit in state court challenging what they called a “de facto ban” on freestanding birth centers throughout the state by the Alabama Department of Public Health. The lawsuit claims that ADPH has created significant uncertainty around the legal status of birth centers that provide midwife-led care
Alabama Political ReporterJun 08 2023
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Surprise Supreme Court win for Black voters could give Democrats an electoral boost
The Supreme Court's unexpected affirmation of part of the Voting Rights Act was not just a win for Black voters in Alabama — it could also send new Democrats to Congress in as many as four states, advocates said, as the precedent is applied in similar cases around the country. The court, divided 5-4, struck down Alabama's congressional map Thursday, agreeing with a lower court that the state
NBC News DigitalJun 08 2023
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The Supreme Court Actually Upheld the Voting Rights Act for Once
After a decade of steadily chipping away at the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court actually upheld a piece of the landmark civil rights legislation on Thursday, ruling that Alabama had diluted the power of Black voters in the state. The case concerned Alabama’s new congressional district map, which was drawn after the 2020 census — and actually wasn’t much different than the map it had
RollingStone.comAug 08 2023
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Montgomery brawl: Police charge 3 men with assault, adding 'more charges are likely'
Montgomery police announced Tuesday that three men have been charged with assault and a fourth man is wanted for questioning following a massive involving more than a dozen people on the dock of the Alabama city’s Riverfront Park that appeared to be racially divided between Blacks and whites. “This is not who we are as a city,” Montgomery Police Chief Darryl J. Albert said at a press . “The
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