Charges have been filed against three girls involved in a bathroom fight that killed a 16-year-old Delaware girl. One girl is being charged with criminally negligent homicide, and the other two are facing criminal conspiracy charges in the death of 16-year-old Amy Inita Joyner-Francis. Crimes like these are becoming a trend across the nation, and the charges come right on the…
An Alabama House committee has passed a bill to keep abortion clinics at least 2,000 feet away from public schools. Bill sponsor Sen. Paul Sanford said he wants to protect schoolchildren from the “chaos” of protestors outside abortion facilities. The bill, which passed the Senate in March, will now go to the House for a vote. The bill will shutter…
The Alabama Senate has voted to prohibit abortion clinics from locating near public schools. Senators approved the bill Tuesday on a 27-6 vote, sending it to the House. Republican Sen. Paul Sanford is sponsoring the bill and says he wants to force an abortion clinic to move away from a school in Huntsville. The Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives…
Around 8:07 a.m. this morning, Greenville Elementary School received an anonymous phone call stating that a specific person was bringing a gun to the school or the board of education. Greenville Elementary, WO Parmer, Greenville Middle School, and the board of education went into lockdown. Officers arrived at the schools and the board of education in order to locate the…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is proposing a mix of budget cuts and a shift of education funds to address a shortfall in the state’s general fund. Acting Finance Director Bill Newton on Wednesday briefed reporters on the governor’s budget plan. The governor is seeking to shift $181 million in use tax funds from the education budget to the general fund….
There’s new information in the investigation of an alleged sexual assault of a Montgomery student. Mayor Todd Strange called a press conference on Wednesday following what he called conflicting reports on the story and rumors on social media. A student at a Montgomery Middle school reported the alleged assault on November 30th, an alleged assault by a fellow student. But…
