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Apr 15 2024
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Bill would set up family services unit for Alabama inmates
State lawmakers will consider a bill to authorize the Alabama Department of Corrections to create a new team of employees who will be responsible for providing information to the family members of incarcerated men and women. Sen. Clyde Chambliss, R-Prattville, who is chairman of the Legislature’s Joint Prison Oversight Committee, is sponsoring the bill. In December, relatives and friends of
AL.comApr 15 2024
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Alabama gunshot victim flown to hospital in serious condition, police say
A central Alabama gunshot victim was flown to the hospital Monday in serious condition, police said. A suspect in the shooting, which occurred Monday in Tallassee, is in custody, said Tallassee Police Chief N. Todd Bruce. Officers responded to the area of 3rd Avenue and Cherry Street on a report of a person shot, Bruce said. The victim, only identified as a male, was contacted by police at
AL.comApr 08 2024
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The NFL Draft’s Alabama roots: Pick No. 17
The 2024 NFL Draft starts on April 25 in Detroit with the 32 first-round picks. In the 88 NFL drafts, teams have chosen 128 prospects who played at Alabama high schools and colleges in the first round, and another 29 who were not first-rounders but were selected in the first 32 picks. AL.com is counting down to the draft by highlighting the players with Alabama football roots who have been
AL.comApr 18 2024
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2nd Alabama woman with rare double uterus births twins at UAB
An Alabama woman gave birth to twins at UAB Hospital, becoming the second woman with a double uterus to birth one baby from each uterus at the state’s largest hospital in recent months. Shellie Pascoe gave birth to Kaylee and Kamden Pascoe, on March 6, during a scheduled Caesarian section at 39 weeks. She and her husband, John, then spent three days in the hospital before driving their babies
AL.comApr 20 2024
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Anti-Death Penalty Advocates Urge U.N. Probe Into Alabama's Nitrogen Gas Execution
HuffPostApr 20 2024
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Alabama girl, 7, starts lemonade stand to pay for mom’s headstone, raises $15K
A little girl in Alabama raised enough money from a lemonade stand to get her mother a proper headstone – and then some. Emouree Johnson, 7, lost her mother, Karli Bordner, unexpectedly on March 13, according to the Jackson County Sentinel. Karli died just a few days short of her 30th birthday, and was buried a few days later. The first time Emouree went to the Rehobeth Missionary Baptist
New York Post (News)Apr 15 2024
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Former Alabama QB has advice for new Crimson Tide coach
Even though he’s one of the most decorated quarterbacks in Alabama history, AJ McCarron didn’t get to watch the Crimson Tide’s spring game on Saturday. His preparations for the St. Louis Battlehawks’ Sunday game against the San Antonio Brahmas took priority, despite the keen interest surrounding A-Day this year. Saturday’s spring game marked a transition in Alabama’s football program from Nick
AL.comApr 04 2024
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‘Critical’ fire weather conditions Thursday in Alabama
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for a large part of Alabama for Thursday. A red flag warning means that conditions are ripe for wildfires, and outdoor burning is strongly discouraged. The red flag warning will be in effect from noon until 7 p.m. today. Today will feature very low humidity levels and windy conditions — a good setup for fires to take off and spread.
AL.comApr 22 2024
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Traffickers face mandatory life in prison under new Alabama law billed as 'toughest' in nation
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed an anti-child trafficking law that raises the penalty for first-degree human trafficking to a mandatory life imprisonment sentence if the victim was a minor, a bill her office claimed is the "toughest in America." Ivey's office announced last Wednesday that the Republican leader signed the Sound of Freedom Act, also known as House Bill 42. The legislation,
The Christian PostApr 11 2024
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Swamped Causeway on Alabama coast draws national attention, concerns
“Take the Causeway” is a popular saying in coastal Alabama. During the lunch hour on Wednesday, doing so would’ve required wearing life jackets. An unexpected deluge of rain that blasted through the Alabama Gulf Coast on Wednesday left portions of the Spanish Fort Causeway swamped and nearly impossible to drive. That’s not anything new to local residents, long accustomed to the road’s watery
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