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Sealed proposals will be received by Alabama A & M University in Normal, Alabama at the office of the Alabama A & M University, Facilities Conference Room, 453 Buchanan Way, Normal, Alabama 35811 until 2:00 […]

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said Tuesday that a Birmingham Police Department operation launched earlier this month aimed at curbing exhibition drivers — leading to five arrests and seven vehicles and seven guns seized — “is not one weekend and done.” Woodfin told the council that Operation Knight Rider […]

Special to The Times Growing up, Armmon Carter knew John Lewis as an older cousin who’d come home from time to time to visit his family back in Troy, Alabama. Even though Lewis by then was a Georgia congressman, his visits home were low-key. It took years before Carter realized that his cousin from just […]

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times HERNANDO & ADRIENNE CARTER Live: Homewood Married: March 22, 2003 Met:  September 2001, in the Volker Hall parking lot on UAB’s campus. Hernando was a 1st-year medical student and Adrienne was a 4th-year medical student. However, Hernando recalls crossing paths one year prior during his undergrad […]

by Jessica Daniels Did you know that keeping an eye on your blood pressure could be a game-changer in preventing uterine fibroids, especially for Black women? Recent research has uncovered a strong connection between high blood […]

Sealed proposals will be received by Alabama A & M University in Normal, Alabama at the office of the Alabama A & M University, Facilities Conference Room, 453 Buchanan Way, Normal, Alabama 35811 until 2:00 […]

Sealed proposals will be received by Alabama A & M University in Normal, Alabama at the office of the Alabama A & M University, Facilities Conference Room, 453 Buchanan Way, Normal, Alabama 35811 until 2:00 […]

Sealed proposals will be received by Alabama A & M University in Normal, Alabama at the office of the Alabama A & M University, Facilities Conference Room, 453 Buchanan Way, Normal, Alabama 35811 until 2:00 […]

Sealed proposals will be received by Alabama A & M University in Normal, Alabama at the office of the Alabama A & M University, Facilities Conference Room, 453 Buchanan Way, Normal, Alabama 35811 until 2:00 […]

By Jamarean Heard For the first time in 221 years, two distinct cicada broods will emerge at the same time, bringing a few billion red-eyed insects into our springtime air. Cicada Brood 19 and Brood 13 […]

By Mike Cason While representatives and senators hashed out bills on the fifth and seventh floors of the Alabama State House on Thursday, people with disabilities met in a committee room on a quiet hallway on […]

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, has given consideration to an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, a synopsis of said amendment being as follows:

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 […]

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Huntsville, Alabama, has given consideration to an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, a synopsis of said amendment being as follows:

President Daniel K. Wims, along with other Alabama A&M University officials including Vice President of Governmental Affairs and External Relations Shannon Reeves, Vice President of Research and Economic Development Dr. Majed El-Dweik, and Taurus Smith […]

The Alabama A&M University Army ROTC Bulldog Battalion will conduct its 2024 Spring Commissioning Ceremony on Thursday, May 2 starting at 1:00 p.m. in the Clyde Foster Multipurpose Room. Lieutenant General Sean A. Gainey, Commander, […]

The AAMU Office of Disability Services along with the Epsilon Gamma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated will host a Mental Health Awareness Fair on Saturday, April 27 from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — As the Alabama Medicaid Agency proceeds with its process of reassessing the eligibility of over 1.1 million Medicaid recipients in the state, the impact on Black Alabamians has become increasingly concerning. Nearly […]

The budget includes a pay raise for state employees and more funding for education programs. By Trisha Powell Crain & Rebecca Griesbach House lawmakers approved a state education budget that would add up to $11 billion […]

By John Sharp, AL.com Mobile and Montgomery mayors took action Friday to either discuss the removal of or press forward with the dismissal of their police chiefs. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson, in a statement Friday, […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee voted down a bill that would have required the public release of police body camera footage on Wednesday, with an 8-4 vote against the legislation. Sponsored by […]

By Warren Kulo President Joe Biden has nominated Miranda Holloway-Baggett to become the next U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, according to a release from the White House. Holloway-Baggett, a 23-year veteran of the […]

NEW ORLEANS, La. | The Alabama A&M University men’s tennis team was locked in a battle on Saturday in the 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Men’s Tennis Tournament semifinals as Jackson State edged the Bulldogs, 4-3, […]

By Nick Alvarez Alabama’s third transfer is a very familiar face for basketball fans in the state. Former Auburn guard Aden Holloway will cross sides in the Iron Bowl rivalry. Multiple outlets broke Holloway’s decision on Saturday […]

Trent Baker HOOVER — A Hoover City Schools Board of Education meeting got testy on Tuesday over a sexually charged book that had been available to children in school libraries across the district. Before opening […]

Jim ‘Zig’ Zeigler  It’s a piece of history that has become run-down and in danger of ruination. No more.   Rosa Parks’ childhood home has been obtained by Mobile historic preservationist Jerry Lathan. The Lathan Company […]

 EXODUS 20:3 –“You shall have no other gods before me” (NKJ) Introduction:   Life is like a coin.  You can spend it any way you wish, but you can only spend it once.  Choosing one thing […]

By Austen Shipley Get ready Alabama, a new music festival that is being hailed as one of the largest in the South is coming to Huntsville this fall. The event is set to take place […]

By Ivana Hrynkiw  The families of five men who died in Alabama prisons are suing the prison system and the world-renowned UAB medical center, arguing that the state’s biggest hospital is stealing organs from inmates after […]

By William Thornton Investigators are trying to learn who stole eight luxury vehicles valued at more than $1 million from an Arab auto dealership over the weekend. The automobiles were taken from North Country Ford, with […]

By William Thornton A trial has been set for a woman accused of capital murder in the 2019 death of her 13-month-old infant son. According to court records, trial for Elizabeth Anne Case is set for […]

A 29-year-old suspect has been apprehended following a break-in at Getty House, the official residence of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The incident took place at approximately 6:40 a.m. on April 21, when the suspect allegedly smashed a back window to gain entry into the Hancock Park home.

The 2024 French Quarter Festival presented by Chevron is over and is one for the books. Hopefully, you were in the numbers, or know of someone in attendance at this year’s festival. Could someone please help me recall the name of the song that features the lyrics “Ain’t no party, like the French Quarter Festival party.”

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott and members of the Baltimore City Council filed a lawsuit against the owner and manager of the Dali, the cargo ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, alleging negligence in allowing the vessel to leave the Port of Baltimore with an unreliable power supply.
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Less than three months after his formal installation as President and CEO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III has announced his resignation. Roland Martin first reported the news.