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Birmingham and Trussville Pick Designer for $150M Crossing Project
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham and Trussville took the first concrete step Monday toward unclogging one of the region’s most maddening choke points: the rail corridor between Woodlawn and Trussville. At an event at Sloss Furnaces, the two cities announced that engineering firm Kimley-Horn will lead the design and environmental review of REDESIGN Alabama, a project…
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Ivey Commutes Toforest Johnson’s Death Sentence After Decades of Questions About Conviction
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey commuted Toforest Johnson’s death sentence Tuesday to life in prison without parole, sparing the longtime Alabama inmate from execution in a case that has drawn scrutiny from prosecutors, former judges and celebrity supporters over the reliability of his conviction. Johnson, 53, was sentenced to death in 1998 for the…
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Marshall Backs Vaccine Objectors as Major Faiths Accept Shots
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a multistate effort asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a West Virginia family’s religious challenge to school vaccination requirements, although major religious traditions generally accept vaccination and many encourage it. Marshall announced Monday, Oct. 19, that Alabama joined a Nebraska-led coalition supporting parents whose…
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The Tree That Grew From an Innocent Man’s Grave
By Riverboat Randy MOBILE, Ala. — Friends, gather ’round, for I have a tale for you — and this one ain’t spun from river mist. Every bone of it is true, sworn by the record books down in Mobile, and you can go stand beneath the proof yourself any day you please. In 1833, a…
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Today Is Alabama’s Voter Registration Deadline for Midterm Elections
Alabama residents have until Monday, Oct. 19, to register to vote in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, with deadlines varying by how an application is submitted. Online applications must be submitted before 11:59 p.m. Monday. Paper applications delivered in person must reach the county Board of Registrars before the close of business, while mailed applications…
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New Lodge Dedicated at Cheaha State Park
DELTA, Ala. — Alabama State Parks has dedicated a new 32-room lodge at Cheaha State Park, adding modern mountaintop accommodations overlooking the Talladega National Forest to Alabama’s oldest continuously operating state park. State and local officials gathered Friday, Oct. 16, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Lodge at Cheaha State Park. Although the building has…
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