We are often told that when we “spring forward” or “fall back” for the time change, it’s a good time to change the batteries in our smoke detectors. It’s also a good time to change your passwords. If you’re not worried about bad guys stealing your passwords just know, it’s only a matter of time that everyone has one or…
Some Amazon Prime subscribers may not be getting their money’s worth from the $119 a year subscription. When Amazon Prime debuted 16 years ago and cost $79. At the time, the most attractive benefit was free 2-day shipping and some lower prices. Competition from other retailers makes that less attractive now as Target, Walmart and many others offer free shipping…
President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to…
The City of Selma plans to honor the memory of civil rights leader Dr. Frederick D. Reese with several events on Monday, March 15. The Selma City Council has declared March 21 as F.D. Reese Day each year. Reese, who is a member of the historic “Courageous Eight” civil rights leaders, is credited with writing the letter to the Southern…
A former Barbour County sheriff has been indicted on charges of using his office for personal gain. Court records filed Wednesday show former Sheriff Leroy Upshaw is facing two felony charges. Upshaw left office in January 2019 after losing a reelection bid, and he was arrested in September for the alleged misuse of public funds. The Alabama Ethics Commission referred…
Montgomery police have launched a homicide investigation following the discovery of a man’s body this morning. Police say they found the body of 49-year-old Ronald Ford of Montgomery in the area of Old Selma Road and Birmingham Highway. They responded about 6:30 a.m. Police say Ford had a fatal gunshot wound. Investigators are still looking into what happened. No arrests…
In the March 10, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden has now signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the…
Surviving Tuskegee Airman and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. (Ret) Robert Ashby speaks, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 at the Capitol in Phoenix. AZ. (AP Photo/Matt York) PHOENIX (AP) – One of three surviving members in Arizona of the famed all-Black Tuskegee Airmen has died. The Archer-Ragsdale Chapter Tuskegee Airmen confirmed that Robert Ashby died Friday at his home in Sun…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former judges and prosecutors are joining those seeking a new trial for a death row inmate in Alabama. Former Alabama Chief Justice Drayton Nabers, former state Attorney General Bill Baxley, and several former judges and prosecutors are among those that submitted briefs supporting a new trial for Toforest Johnson. Johnson was convicted of the 1995 murder…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The Justice Department has sued the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office over claims it ignored claims of female jailers who say they are being sexually harassed by male prisoners. The suit filed Wednesday in Mobile says female jail workers are regularly subjected to lewd comments, threats of sexual violence, and male prisoners who expose themselves. The suit…
