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By Javacia Harris Bowser | For The Birmingham Times Four years ago, Ashley M. Jones was selected as Alabama’s first Black and youngest poet laureate. Four years ago, Jones lost her father, a man she called her hero, suddenly and unexpectedly. “Lullaby for the Grieving,” Jones’ fourth and most personal poetry collection to date, is set […]

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times JIMMIE & DEBORAH JOHNSON Live: Birmingham [in the Westchester Community] Married: April 19, 1975 Met: June 1965, at their childhood church, Emmanuel Temple Holiness Church, then located on the southside of Birmingham. Jimmie was 11 years old when his family began attending, and 10-year-old Deborah’s family […]

UAB PRESIDENT RAY L. WATTS AS THE INSTITUTION IS ON TRACK TO WELCOME ITS LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASS IN HISTORY THIS FALL; UAB NEWS, AUGUST 29.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed an executive order on Sept. 3 to expand affordable housing in Maryland. The move comes amid reports showing many residents, especially Black and Latino households, struggling to afford rent and lacking financial safety nets.
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Dr. John E. Warren is publisher of San Diego Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper and chair of the board for the National Newspapers Publishers Association. This week he speaks to the power of voting.
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A recent MIT study finds essays written with assistance from artificial intelligence lacks creativity and brain engagement.
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FEMA is still providing funeral assistance for those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19, with qualified individuals able to apply for up to $9,000 per funeral until September 2025.
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Nelson Brown and Jennifer Dwyer are running mates for Baltimore County Democratic State Central Committee seats in District 10, aiming to strengthen community engagement and party support. They plan to focus on public safety, economic growth and government transparency if elected.
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The Birmingham Times   U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) joined her colleagues in the Alabama delegation on Tuesday in celebrating the final decision to make Huntsville, Alabama the home of U.S. Space Command headquarters. “Huntsville, Alabama is unequivocally the best place for Space Command,” said Sewell. “The Rocket City and the entire State of Alabama […]

By Scott Minshall | CBS42 The Birmingham City Council on Tuesday approved $170,000 for a new exhibit and learning opportunities at McWane Science Center. “What you see behind me is our ‘Making Moves Experience,’” said Annie Strong, the museum’s creative director. “It’s going to be part of the ‘Dropping Science’ exhibit, which is an exhibit […]

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times LATONYA & D’ANDRE WRIGHT Live: Hoover Married: Feb. 6, 2010 Met: April 2000, on campus at the University of Alabama in Smithwood Circle where the Kappa house and Delta house shared a parking lot. Latonya is a Delta, and D’Andre a Kappa, and they were introduced […]

LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor Six of the 12 teams in the SWAC and half the six teams in the MEAC are on the road this Saturday facing formidable FBS opponents. Perhaps no one of the […]

 by Jarrett Hoffman In the final HBCU football game of the weekend, the Tuskegee Golden Tigers rode a strong second-half performance to a 20-17 victory over the Winston-Salem State Rams in the Red Tails Classic. Tuskegee has […]

By Attorney Raven Beach Do you know what to do if a quick trip to the market results in a smashed fender and a broken headlight? Recent data shows that 16,000 to 17,000 auto accidents […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Local and federal leaders gathered Friday to celebrate the opening of the first section of Huntsville’s long-awaited $43 million Northern Bypass project, hailing it as a milestone that will […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The City of Huntsville paused during its Thursday, August 28, City Council meeting to celebrate a momentous milestone in higher education: the 150th anniversary of Alabama A&M University. Mayor […]

Huntsville Named Permanent Home of U.S. Space Command SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – – Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville has officially been selected as the permanent headquarters for U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM), a milestone decision […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Penny Smith, CPA, CGFM, Huntsville’s Director of Finance, presented the mid-year financial report to the City Council on August 28, 2025, noting that while sales and use tax revenues […]

Alabama A&M University Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Jules Guei, has secured a $122,500 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to strengthen research and training in the sciences. The award, titled “Equipment: Acquisition of […]

Alabama A&M is turning the volume all the way up for its sesquicentennial celebration. As part of Homecoming Week 2025 under the theme “Volume 150” — a tribute to the University’s 150th Anniversary theme, “Rich […]

The public welfare requiring it, and under authority granted by Section 11-52-78 of the 1975 Code of Alabama, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council for the City of Huntsville, Alabama, as follows: That the […]

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, Division II, Impoundment, of Article II, Dogs and Cats, of Chapter 5, Animals, of the Code of Ordinances, City of Huntsville, Alabama, […]

Alabama A&M University’s Career Development Services (CDS) is helping students sharpen their skills for the job market through Career Preparedness Week, set for September 3 – 5. Students will have the chance to polish their […]

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntsville has determined that the personal property described below has been identified by ITS as surplus to the needs of the City of Huntsville and is no […]

WHEREAS, certain property has recently been annexed to the City of Huntsville, Alabama; and  WHEREAS, said property is now legally part of the incorporated municipality of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, and as such is […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A Birmingham activist has been arrested and charged in connection with a fire set inside the Homewood Walmart on Lakeshore Parkway during protests over the police shooting of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples. Mercutio Southall, […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Chappel Lee, an African American male nurse from Atlanta, Georgia, has been arrested nearly a year after allegedly raping 73-year-old patient Eva Lay while she was hospitalized in her final weeks. He now […]

The City of Huntsville, Alabama, through its Community Development Department, is accepting applications from non-profit and for-profit developers for multi-family affordable rental housing projects with funding from its HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). Preference will […]

Sealed Bid Proposals will be received by The University of Alabama at Birmingham Facilities Planning Design and Construction at the Facilities Administration Building Conference Center, 801 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, Thursday October 16, […]

Public notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the Huntsville Historic Preservation Commission will be held on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the 2nd floor […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS A north Alabama woman who has accused a prominent Catholic priest of paying her nearly $400,000 for sex has been arrested on an unrelated charge. Heather Lynn Jones, 33, was booked into the […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., says he would send Alabama’s National Guard into Birmingham and Montgomery to combat crime if elected governor. Tuberville made the comments Friday on the “Longshore and McKnight” radio program. Asked […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Graduates of Space Camp now have an extra incentive to keep their eyes on the stars — and on Huntsville. The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has announced that it will […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Changes are coming to one of Redstone Arsenal’s busiest access points. Starting Sept. 2, Gate 3 on Redstone Road will close at 1 p.m. each day, a move officials say is necessary because of federal workforce cuts. […]