From the West Alabama Newsroom The annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee is only days away and organizers are in the final stages of preparation. This year events organized by Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Incorporated will be virtual. All of the events are being converted into a virtual format. Because even if people are congregating outside in large numbers ...
The Alabama Senate has approved a bill to make it a felony to treat transgender youth with puberty-blockers, hormone therapy or surgery. Senators voted 23-4 to approve the bill sponsored by Sen. Shay Shelnutt R-Trussville. The bill moves on to the Alabama House of Representatives. Alabama is one of at least eight states where conservative lawmakers are pushing such measures,...
Claudette Colvin AP Photo/Julie Jacobson Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has announced in a video that the City of Montgomery is working with the family of Claudette Colvin to honor her legacy as someone who challenged Montgomerys segregated buses in the 1950s. Reed says more will be announced in the coming weeks. Colvin was a teenager when she was arrested on...
From the West Alabama Newsroom A Marengo County man is behind bars facing multiple drug charges. Linden Police Chief Robert Alston says 35 year old Jessie Phillips Jr. of Jefferson is charged with trafficking cocaine possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. Phillips was arrested in Linden Wednesday after an officer spotted a marijuana blunt in...
Two years ago on March 3rd 2019 at 2:03 pm, tragedy came down on lee county in the form of a 170 mile per hour tornado. When the storm was over, the tornado left nothing but destruction and loss in its wake. Now just two years after, Lee county is once again taking the time to remember that day and...