The Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) is set to receive two African American Civil Rights Grants from the National Park Service. The first grant totaling $365,720 will be used to develop a master plan and to complete phase I rehabilitation of a building across from the Freedom Rides Museum Moore Building located on South Court Street in Montgomery. The Moore…
The U.S. Park Service has awarded millions of dollars in grants for civil rights sites in Alabama, including $5000,000 for The Mount Zion A.M.E. Zion Church Memorial Annex in Montgomery (above) and $300,00 for the Second Phase of Preservation of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma. (Left) The full list of NPS grants is HERE. Categories: Montgomery Metro, West Alabama Tags:…
Ezekiel Academy high school junior Victoria Hardy, 17, was recently accepted into the Disney Dreamers Class of 2018 and awarded an internship with Essence magazine. An impactful essay in her application and her passion to impact the world in a positive way through journalism earned her a place in the Disney Dreamers Class of 2018. The high school junior was…
CSX has a large presence in Montgomery. It operates a major train terminal in the city, and its rail cars can be seen crisscrossing the area daily. Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting CSX is planning to cut back on its capital expenses by as much as 20%…and sell surplus property. The newspaper quotes the CEO as saying…
The Alabama Senate today passed Senate Bill 138 with bipartisan support on a vote of 20-4. The legislation gives borrowers 30 days to pay any payday loan, which helps borrowers better manage their finances by allowing them to pay off debts alongside other monthly bills. Under current law, payday lenders can set the terms of their loans from 10 to 31 days,…
Alabama State University President Quinton T. Ross, Jr., signed an agreement on Monday (March 5) that refinances more than $137 million of the University’s existing debt from variable rates as high as 5.4 percent to a fixed rate of 2.9 percent. Ross met with officials of the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C., to finalize the agreement which allows ASU…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a Friday afternoon motor vehicle crash that resulted in one fatality. On Friday, March 3, 2018, at about 2 p.m., Montgomery Police and Fire Medics responded to McLemore Drive near Wares Ferry Road in reference to a three-vehicle crash involving a 2007 Ford Edge, a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and a 2004 Honda Accord. The driver of the Chevrolet Equinox, Mary Martin, 70, of Montgomery was transported to Baptist Medical Center South with serious injuries and later was pronounced dead. The driver and passenger in the Ford…
On Monday, January 22, 2018 at 2:12 am, Montgomery Patrol Units responded to the area of East South Boulevard near Woodley Road in reference to two subjects shot. At the scene, Officers located a vehicle that had run into a sign and made contact with two subjects suffering from gunshot wounds. Terrance Mahone, age 22, was pronounced deceased on the…
The annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee is underway in Selma. The event commemorates the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march and Bloody Sunday. Each year, the celebration draws people from across the country, including political leaders and other notable people. This information comes from State Senator Hank Sanders: The 2018 Bridge Crossing Jubilee is Underway! Many Diverse Events Taking Place TODAY, March…
Terrell Hilliard, an Alabama State University master of science candidate in biology, and a National Institute of Health scholar, took home a first-place prize for his research at the 2018 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Washington, D.C. “It was an honor and pleasure for me to attend the ERN conference and present my work. Winning first-place meant the world to me…
