Jacksonville State University

Birmingham woman detained by ICE self-deports to Mexico

After a traffic stop led to ICE detention, a Birmingham woman agreed to leave the country due to a lack of medical care.

Jacob Holmes

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September 30, 2025

Speaker Ledbetter awarded honorary doctorate at JSU fall commencement

The resolution outlining the honor praised Speaker Ledbetter’s distinguished career.

December 18, 2024

Jacksonville State announces closure of DEI office

This is the first publicly known action from an Alabama university responding to the state's new anti-DEI law.

Jacob Holmes

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May 23, 2024

Alabama: The state where money does grow on trees

The forest products industry contributes more than $28.9 billion to Alabama’s economy.

March 21, 2023

Jessica Taylor promises to stop liberals “from destroying the American dream”

Republican Jessica Taylor promised to be Vice President Kamala Harris's "worst nightmare" if elected to the Senate.

Brandon Moseley

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August 4, 2021

Jacksonville State renaming historic Bibb Graves Hall

The 90-year-old structure and campus administration building will now be known as Angle Hall.

January 27, 2021

Administrators say UAB prepared for return of students, four other colleges posting COVID-19 data

Administrators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham say it’s not possible to remove all risk of COVID-19 but that the school has robust plans in place to keep students, teachers and staff as safe as possible. Classes there begin on Monday.  Meanwhile, four Alabama universities are already posting the numbers of COVID-19 cases on … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

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August 21, 2020

Jacksonville State considers renaming Bibb Graves Hall

As municipalities and schools across the South grapple with monuments devoted to the Confederacy post-George Floyd’s death at the hands of a police officer, Jacksonville State University looks toward its own Bibb Graves Hall, named for the former governor and Klu Klux Klan member.  Matthew Reeves, a 2020  graduate of JSU, started an online petition … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

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June 10, 2020

JSU student being tested for coronavirus. Classes move online Friday

A Jacksonville State University student was being tested for coronavirus and all class begining Friday would move online, the university announced Thursday.  “The student felt ill Sunday evening after returning from out-of-state,” the university said in a statement.  Since falling ill the student visited three locations on campus  – the weight training area at Kennamer … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

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March 13, 2020