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BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times VERONICA AND JOSEPH OWENS lll Live: McCalla Married: July 4, 2020 Met: Aug. 17, 2013, at a basketball tournament at New Hope Baptist Church in Birmingham. Veronica was there to support her cousin who was playing against Joseph’s team. Veronica said she wasn’t paying Joseph any […]

Tom Brady stepped into the broadcast booth and, without saying a word, said everything. One glove. Not a gimmick. Not nostalgia cosplay. Just a quiet, unmistakable signal that even in a football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Buffalo Bills, the most famous silhouette in modern culture still casts a shadow. Seventeen years after his death at 50, Michael Jackson remains unavoidable.

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Alabama House Speaker and Madison County Commission Chairman Mac McCutcheon announced his retirement from public service, saying serious health challenges have prompted him to step away after decades […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS When Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022, she did so with a clear mission: save lives. Alabama has long ranked among the worst states in the nation […]

Peace-walking Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile journey were greeted with an unexpected outpouring of love and respect across Alabama. By Howard Bankhead, African-American Golfers Digest This is an opinion.Peace-walking monks entered Alabama this week, greeted warmly by communities along their […]