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Demopolis Times closure evidence of changing times

From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Demopolis Times newspaper published its last and final issue one week ago Wednesday. But now that its gone — how will people in the River City get their news. The dawn of the digital information age continues to take its toll on the newspaper industry — especially small rural papers. The Demopolis Times newspaper…

Search for missing man continues in Selma

From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma woman is reaching out to the public for information — that could help her find — her missing father. Lateshia Rivers and her family have done everything they know how — to try and find her father — 57 year old Alford Smiley. Rivers says he left her sister’s house on November 4th…

Yahoo Exprience Breach of 500 million User Accounts

Yahoo says the personal information in 500 million accounts was stolen in a massive security breakdown. The breach disclosed Thursday, the latest setback for the beleaguered internet company, dates back to late 2014. The stolen data includes users’ names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords and security questions for verifying an accountholder’s identity. Yahoo is blaming the…