Organizers of the West Alabama State Fair say they plan some security upgrades for next year’s event after a fireworks explosion prompted fears of gunfire during this year’s fair. Erin Treadwell, development coordinator for United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama, said the fair plans to have extra security personnel and a security checkpoint at the entrance for next year’s fair….
The University of North Alabama says a round of campus vandalism will cost thousands of dollars to clean up. The school says graffiti was found Wednesday at the construction site of a new Science and Technology Building. Red spray paint covered parts of the building’s exterior, and more graffiti was inside, on construction equipment and on a nearby overpass. Assistant…
A 14-year-old student at Vigor High School is in police custody after school officials say he attempted to fire a gun in the school’s hallway. Mobile County Public School System spokeswoman Nancy Pierce tells WALA-TV that the boy was taken to Strickland Youth Center. Pierce says the school’s principal will recommend that he be expelled. She says the boy took…
An Alabama pastor has filed suit claiming a state law that forced him to shut down a church camp for sex offenders violates his constitutional rights.
Two non-profit organizations have been awarded grant money rewarding their efforts to reduce violence.
ASF announces new season productions.
A 14-year-old student at Vigor High School is in police custody after school officials say he attempted to fire a gun in the school’s hallway.
Two students from Lee High School have been charged with disorderly conduct after a brutal fist-fight at the school was filmed and shared almost one-thousand times on Facebook.
An Alabama man has been found guilty of fatally stabbing his cousin over a pair of DVDs.
Alabama is leading the nation in improvements on Advanced Placement tests used to qualify high school students for college credits.
