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Opinion: The Ghost of 1901 Still Haunts the Statehouse
In the quiet, marble-lined halls of Montgomery, a familiar ghost has been invited back to the table. It is the same spirit that presided over the 1901 Constitutional Convention, where the state’s elite gathered with the explicit, recorded goal of “establishing white supremacy in this State.” Recently, following a seismic shift at the U.S. Supreme…
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SPLC Enters Not Guilty Plea, Calls Federal Indictment Politically Motivated
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on Thursday formally pleaded not guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering, marking the beginning of a high-stakes legal battle that supporters describe as a politically weaponized attack on the nation’s leading civil rights watchdog. The arraignment in U.S. District Court follows an…
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Pedestrian Killed in Birmingham Train Collision
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A pedestrian was killed Wednesday morning after being struck by a train in southwest Birmingham, authorities said. Birmingham Fire and Rescue said the crash happened around 8:23 a.m. near 40th Street Southwest and Bessemer Avenue Southwest, just a block from Jefferson Avenue Southwest. No additional information about the victim was immediately released,…
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Birmingham Awards RESTORE Grants to Expand Youth Violence Prevention
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The city of Birmingham has awarded $200,000 in microgrants to 14 local organizations working to prevent youth violence and support at-risk families through the RESTORE program, officials announced. The money comes from a 2023 U.S. Department of Justice Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative grant and is intended to expand wraparound services…
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Security Guard Charged after Fatal Shooting at Birmingham Greyhound Station
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A confrontation at Birmingham’s Greyhound bus station ended in gunfire Sunday evening, leaving a Georgia man dead and putting a downtown security guard at the center of a homicide investigation. Police said the shooting happened in the 1800 block of Morris Avenue near the bus station, a busy corridor just north of…
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Alabama House Candidate Arrested on Arson Charges in Opelika Daycare Fires
OPELIKA, Ala. — Terrence Johnson, a Democratic candidate for Alabama House District 82, was arrested Tuesday on two counts of second-degree arson linked to fires at two Opelika daycare centers in January, authorities announced. The Opelika Police Department said the investigation began after a fire Jan. 13 at By His Grace Daycare & Learning Center…
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