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15 Men Arrested in Shelby County Prostitution Sting
SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. — Fifteen men were arrested in north Shelby County during a prostitution sting last week in an operation authorities described as part of a human trafficking investigation. The suspects were booked on prostitution-related charges, and one also faced drug charges. The case comes as Alabama continues to treat prostitution broadly under state…
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UA’s Book Arts Program Lands $4 Million Windgate Award
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama’s nationally recognized book arts program has received a $4 million grant from the Windgate Foundation, quadrupling the Arkansas-based philanthropy’s original investment and dramatically expanding scholarship support for graduate students. UA officials said the new endowment will expand fellowships and graduate assistantships, provide additional targeted scholarships and help pay…
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Alabama Health Officials Weigh Marijuana Rescheduling
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama health officials are weighing whether to follow the Trump administration’s move to reclassify marijuana, a decision that could leave the state’s drug laws further out of step with much of the country and with public opinion that increasingly views criminalization as outdated and harmful. The Alabama Department of Public Health’s State…
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Charles Gaines, Author of Birmingham Novel ‘Stay Hungry,’ Dies at 84
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Charles Gaines, the Alabama writer whose Birmingham-set novel Stay Hungry and bodybuilding chronicle Pumping Iron helped propel Arnold Schwarzenegger from the gym to the big screen, died July 21 at age 84. His death closes a long, varied career that tied together the worlds of literature, outdoor sport, bodybuilding and even the…
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Four Inmates Charged in Beating Death at Elmore Prison
ELMORE, Ala. — Four inmates at Elmore Correctional Facility have been charged with murder in the beating death of fellow prisoner Cason Helms, an incident advocates say underscores the deadly conditions inside Alabama’s prisons. Helms, 41, was killed in June after he was attacked by a group of incarcerated men at the central Alabama facility,…
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Fairfield Weighs Colocation Data Center as City Seeks Facts Over Fears
FAIRFIELD, Ala. — Fairfield city leaders are asking residents to focus on facts, not social media speculation, as the city considers a proposed colocation data center that officials say differs sharply from the massive hyperscale AI campuses drawing national scrutiny. The project, still in early stages, would bring a colocation facility to the western Jefferson…
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