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ADVA Announces New Leader for Well-Being Projects

The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) is welcoming aboard a new leader that will help the needs of veterans well-being. Sissy Louise Moore will serve as the new Veterans well-being coordinator. Moore will serve as the primary ADVA coordinator for Alabama’s Challenge for Preventing Suicide among Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF) and will coordinate and manage other programs…

“Mr. Sandman” Dies of Covid While Serving Time in Blount County Jail

Blount County district attorney, Pamela Casey tells Alabama News Network that Mattress store owner, David Justice, better known as “Mr. Sandman” died Monday of Covid. At the time of his death, Justice was being held in the Blount County Jail on 20 counts of sex abuse charges of a minor as well as one count of Sodomy 1st degree. Justice…

Police: Boy, 16, found dead after being shot on Alabama road

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Police are investigating the slaying of a teenage boy found lying in the road after he was shot in south Alabama. New outlets report that Mobile police were called Monday night about the shooting. Officer Katrina Frazier says officers arrived to find a 16-year-old boy lying in the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene….

UAB ER Nurses Hold Protest Over Pay

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Emergency room nurses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital briefly refused to clock in as part of a protest over pay and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses told news outlets Sunday that they were fighting for equal compensation and described working through a surge of coronavirus patients while being understaffed. The hospital…

Police: 2 People Slain in Home Invasion in Northeast Alabama

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) – Police say a man and a woman were both slain during a home invasion in northeast Alabama. Police are releasing few details about the killings. Gadsden police Sgt. Marcus Hill said the home invasion occurred Friday night and that two people who were found shot later died from their injuries. He declined to comment further. Etowah…