A judge has dismissed a lawsuit in a three-year-old dispute involving a school board election in Tuscaloosa. Media outlets report that Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge Jim Robert’s decision came Tuesday afternoon. The case stems from the 2013 Tuscaloosa City Board of Education election, when then-incumbent school board member Kelly Horwitz was defeated by challenger Cason Kirby. Horwitz says illegal…
An Alabama lawmaker unhappy with Hillary Clinton’s allegations during the presidential debate that Republican Donald Trump is sexist expressed his disapproval by tweeting the Democratic nominee’s husband is “likely a rapist.” AL.com reports Rep. Ed Henry, R-Hartselle, posted to Twitter just after the debate: “It is ironic that Lying Hillary blast Trump as a sexist when she is married to…
Alabama teachers may not be in the best state. A recent study conducted by WalletHub compares the best and worst states for teachers to live and work. Alabama ranked 34 out of 51. The score was disappointing for teachers in Butler County. “I don’t feel like it’s accurately representative of… the teachers and the students in this state,” Greenville High…
A grand jury has indicted an Alabama couple accused of forcing their young son to stay outside without food and water for days. Shelby County court records made public Thursday show 33-year-old Matthew Scott Rowe and 34-year-old Catherine Rowe were indicted Tuesday. The pair were arrested in April on child abuse charges. Police said they made their 7-year-old son stay…
Alabama is restoring enhanced payments for primary care doctors who treat Medicaid patients. Gov. Robert Bentley announced Thursday that the state will restore the enhanced payments that were cut because of budget troubles. The “primary care bump” put some Medicaid primary care reimbursement rates on par with Medicare rates. The Alabama Medicaid Agency this summer ended the payment bump and…
The Montgomery Police Department has identified the victim of a weekend fatal shooting as 34-year-old Chauncey Robinson of Montgomery. MPD initiated a homicide investigation into Robinson’s death following the Sept. 18 shooting. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 100 block of Judge C. Price Street at about 7:50 p.m. after receiving a report that a subject had been shot. There, they discovered…
A new housing development is coming to downtown Montgomery replacing the old Trenholm Court housing that was demolished in 2011. The housing authority says there’s still a huge need for homes and apartments like this in the city. This wasn’t your average ground breaking. There were the usual city leaders who helped make this new development a reality, but there…
Joyner reads his resignation letter aloud in a Sweet Home Baptist Church pew. An Alabama pastor’s comments went viral thanks to a post on Facebook. He claims they weren’t his words, and that he was misquoted. Allen Joyner is the pastor at Sweet Home Baptist Church in Mckenzie. He’s also been the volunteer announcer for the Mckenzie Tigers Football team…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Freshman Jalen Hurts passed for 287 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start to lead No. 1 Alabama to a 38-10 victory over Western Kentucky on Saturday. Hurts likely nailed down the quarterback job with a 23-of-36 passing performance. The Crimson Tide (2-0) started slow and then piled it on with big plays from…
A civil rights group is challenging Alabama’s practice of electing appellate judges by statewide vote, saying it has resulted in all-white courts in a state where one of every four people is African-American. The NAACP’s Alabama chapter and four black voters sued the state on Wednesday in Montgomery federal court, arguing that electing judges through at-large elections in Alabama violates…
