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Langford has been released from prison

Friday, Judge L. Scott Coogler of the Northern District of Alabama issued a ruling reducing the sentence of Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford to time served. Mayor Langford arrived at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham Saturday night. “We welcome him home to his beloved city and urge everyone to join us in prayers for Mayor … Continued
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December 31, 2018

Former Birmingham mayor Larry Langford is in critical condition

Former Birmingham Mayor Langford is in critical condition and has been moved to a hospital. His family has been notified of his deteriorating health and are at his side. Langford is 72 years old and reportedly suffering from several illnesses including end-stage pulmonary disease, emphysema and heart failure. Langford was convicted of bribery and is … Continued
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December 26, 2018
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A real “enemy of the people”

I’m pretty fortunate, in that I’ve got two great careers. I write for this great news organization each week, continuing the mostly political columns about Alabama I wrote for a more than a quarter of a century for The Birmingham News, back when The News was a newspaper. I also write the monthly back-page column … Continued
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December 20, 2018

Alabama Career Center System to host emergency meetings for Virginia College students, employees

Wednesday, the Alabama Career Center System, in cooperation with the Alabama Community College System, AIDT, the Southwest Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment (SWAPTE), and the Rapid Response Team (part of the Dislocated Worker Unit at the Alabama Department of Commerce) announced that there will be emergency information sessions for students and employees who have … Continued
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December 13, 2018

U.S. Marshals capture a suspect in the Galleria Mall shooting

A suspect in the Thanksgiving night Riverchase Galleria Mall shooting in Hoover has been arrested by U.S. Marshals near Atlanta. Twenty-year-old Erron Marquez Dequann Brown surrendered peacefully to US Marshals Thursday morning at a relative’s house in Fulton County, Georgia. He is being held in the Fulton County Jail pending extradition back to Alabama on … Continued
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November 30, 2018

Campaign for UAB exceeds billion dollar goal

Thursday, UAB President Ray L. Watts, M.D. and Vice President of Advancement Thomas Brannan announced that the Campaign for UAB has surpassed its $1 billion goal. The Campaign for UAB is the largest, most comprehensive fundraising effort in UAB’s history. “This is a landmark accomplishment for UAB, Birmingham and the state of Alabama,” UAB President … Continued
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November 30, 2018
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Sellouts are running Alabama’s environmental agencies. Why don’t you care?

There is contaminated tap water in north Alabama. There are no oysters in the Gulf. There is poison soil in Birmingham. There are polluted lakes and rivers throughout the state. There have been coal ash spills and a stalled poop train and imported toxic waste too dangerous for other states to allow. There’s a poison … Continued
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November 14, 2018