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LACEUP Highlights – Week Four

AHSAA Football Scoreboard Friday’s Results, Sept. 11 (includes Thursday games) Class 7A Auburn 42, Dothan 13 Austin 42, James Clemens 28 Baker 50, Alma Bryant 18 Bob Jones 35, Huntsville 25 Enterprise 52, Davidson 13 Fairhope 37, Foley 10 Florence 68, Albertville 0 Hewitt-Trussville 50, Tuscaloosa County 18 Hoover 38, Gadsden City 0 Murphy 31, Mary Montgomery 13 Oak Mountain…

LACEUP Highlights – Week Three

AHSAA Football Scoreboard THIS WEEK’S RESULTS (includes Thursday results) CLASS 7A Daphne 41, Fairhope 13 Hewitt-Trussville 45, Sparkman 13 Huntsville at Grissom, postponed to Sept. 24 Theodore 28, Alma Bryant 0 Thompson 49, Tuscaloosa County 7 CLASS 6A Blount 1, Baldwin County 0, forfeit Briarwood Christian 20, Chelsea 3 Buckhorn 43, Hazel Green 7 Cullman 30, Hartselle 20 Homewood 9, McAdory 7…

Doctor Identified in Montgomery Pill Mill Investigation

The Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at a doctor’s office in Montgomery. The U.S. Attorney’s Office – Middle District of Alabama confirmed to Alabama News Network that it happened in the 4700 block of Woodmere Blvd at Obelisk Healthcare. DEA agents arrested Dr. D’livro Beauchamp on Wednesday, June 22. He is now in federal custody with charges pending…

MPS Votes in Favor of Changing Names of Three Schools Named After Confederate Leaders or Soldiers

At Tuesday’s Montgomery school board meeting, board members have voted to change the names of three high schools. Robert E. Lee High School, Jefferson Davis High School, and Sidney Lanier High School are predominately black schools named after Confederate leaders or soldiers. Board member Lesa Keith was the only board member to vote against renaming Jefferson Davis and Robert E….

Name Change for 3 Schools Named After Confederate Leaders on Agenda for Montgomery School Board Meeting

The Montgomery County Board of Education will be holding their scheduled school board meeting on Tuesday, July 14. There are multiple topics being discussed but there is one that many people are interested in. That topic will be the renaming of three schools. Robert E. Lee High School, Jefferson Davis High School, and Sidney Lanier High School are the three…

River Region United Way Names Ronald Simmons as New CEO

River Region United Way (RRUW) has announced Ronald A. Simmons, IOM, as its new president and chief executive officer. Ron Simmons is a native of Montgomery and a 1983 graduate of Sidney Lanier High School. He is a graduate of Auburn University at Montgomery, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Marketing and Military…

Alabama HS Sports Hall of Famer, Chafin, passes away at 92

MONTGOMERY – The AHSAA is saddened to learn of the death of school football coaching legend and Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame member James Robert “Jim” Chafin, 92. He passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 27.          “Coach Jim Chafin was a major positive influence on the lives of so many, especially in Montgomery,” AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese said. “He was…

MPS Board to Form Committee to Rename Confederate-Named Schools

MPS board president Clare Weil says she hopes a statue of Robert. E Lee is never returned to the front of Lee High school.  The statue has been in storage since it was removed by protesters on June 1st. At Tuesday’s school board meeting Clare Weil read a statement she wrote saying that a majority of the community has asked for…

Petition to Rename Confederate-Named Schools in Montgomery Gaining Momentum, What’s Next?

The list of signatures is growing longer, on an online petition to rename all Confederate-named schools in Montgomery. Monday, more 20,000 people had signed a week-old Change.org petition asking the Montgomery County School Board to the have the names Robert E. Lee High School,  Jefferson Davis High School and Sidney Lanier High School. As District 5 school board member Jannah…

Central Alabama Represented on Girls and Boys Alabama/Mississippi Basketball All-Star Classic Rosters

Alabama Girls’ All-Stars Madison Adamson             Hoover                                   G/G    6’1 Sarah Ashlee Barker          Spain Park                             G         5’11 Emily Bowman                    Huntsville                              C          6’5 Keiara Griffin                       Ramsay                                  F          6’0 Elizabeth Hill                        Cold Springs                         G/F     5’11 Niaira Jones                         Charles Henderson             PG       5’7 Quintasia Leatherwood    Central-Tuscaloosa            PG       5’2 Destinee McGhee               Madison Academy             C          6’2 Samira Moore                     Charles Henderson            C          6’2 Farrah…