6-Year-Old Dies after Being Accidentally Shot by 3-Year-Old Sibling in Shelby County
A 6-year-old child has died in Shelby County after a 3-year-old sibling found an unsecured gun and shot the older child.
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City Leader Wins House Seat of Member Who Quit to Join Trump
Courtesy of Russell Bedsole’s Facebook ALABASTER, Ala. (AP) – A Republican city leader from Shelby County has won the seat of an Alabama House member who quit to join the Trump administration. Alabaster City Council member Russell Bedsole won a special election for the House District 49 seat on Tuesday. Results from the secretary of state’s office show Bedsole defeated…
Alabama’s March Unemployment Rate Hits 3.5%
Unemployment Rate by County/Source: ADOL Alabama’s unemployment rate is now at 3.5%, that’s up from 2.7% in February. The Alabama Department of Labor says March’s rate represents just over 2.1 million employed persons in the state, which is down over 24,216 over the year. Sectors that saw monthly losses were seen in the education and health services, professional and business…
Serial Robber Pleads Guilty to Murder and Multi-County Robberies
In Bibb County, one man has been sentenced to 85 years in jail. District Attorney Michael Jackson says Manley Bray was sentenced to 85 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of intentional murder and abuse of a corpse for the murder of two men back in July of 2015. Bray was convicted of killing 19-year-old Tevin Rutledge…
Alabama Unemployment Rises Slightly
Alabama’s unemployment rate is up slightly despite what officials are calling record employment in the state. The preliminary, seasonally adjusted jobless rate for April is 3.8%. That’s up one-tenth of a percent from March, but it’s still below the rate from a year before of 4.1%. The April rate represents 83,565 unemployed people in the state. But a news release…
HB 1 would restore the Voting Rights Act
Bill woud put Alabama elections back under Dept. of Justice review.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 did away with the requirement that the U.S. Justice Department approve any election law changes in Alabama and other mostly Southern States that had a history of preventing minority voters from casting ballots. Now the very first bill introduced in the newly Democratic majority U.S. House would restore that Voting Rights Act….
Geography Bee Repeat Finalist from Alabama
11 Year Old Hoover Student in Finals for 2nd Year.
Kapil Nathan, Shelby County Ala Schools WASHINGTON (AP) – Ten of the nation’s top young experts on maps, borders, culture and history will be competing for the title of National Geographic Bee champion. The final rounds of the annual competition will be held Wednesday morning in Washington. The bee is taped for broadcast on National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo…
