Prattville councilman Gornto threatens legal action against critical citizen
The dispute began during Tuesday night's council vote on a contract for library services and continued in a series of events on Thursday.
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Prattville library will require children under 16 to be accompanied by parent/guardian
The board said this is in response to parents' request for more parental control of what their children read.
Inside Clean Up Alabama’s plan to jail librarians for giving LGBTQ+ books to kids
If Clean Up Alabama were to meet its goals, librarians would face up to a year in jail for having LGBTQ books on the shelf for minors.
Prattville council votes down library contract
Supporters of the library walked in opposition to the contract, and spoke out against moving books at the council meeting.
Tense Ozark library meeting spills into parking lot between undercover cop, LGBTQ speaker
The cop said he witnessed harassment by the woman; she says he didn't immediately identify himself, stoking fear.
Alabama Library Association condemns growing number of censorship attempts
ALA also noted an increase in public harassment, verbal attacks and threats to library employees and board members.
“I’ll bring a match”: Ozark library board member text evokes burning LGBTQ books
The text provided an explosive moment Wednesday during a special called meeting of the Ozark Dale County Public Library Board.
Dale County Commission delays budget vote after Ozark mayor calls to defund library
Commission Chairman Steve McKinnon said he does not anticipate a situation in which the library is not funded.
Ozark mayor calls for defunding library if LGBT books remain in YA section
Mayor Mark Blankenship posted on Facebook that he has been "trying to remove this trash from the kids section."
Inside the 44 books challenged at the Prattville Public Library
What exactly are the books that have been challenged by the Prattville group, which has now expanded its efforts statewide?