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State offers Becoming an Outdoors-Woman training

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) announced that registration is now open for the next Alabama Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop. The ADCNR sponsored event will takes place at the 4-H Center near Columbiana, Ala., on October 5-7, 2018. ADCNR said in a statement that BOW is a three-day workshop designed for … Continued
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August 10, 2018
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How we can make our schools safer

Education is the most important service our government provides, and one of the top issues impacting education is school safety. Unfortunately, it seems like every conversation about school safety always turns into a debate about guns, and nothing ever gets done. But there are a lot of things we can – and should – be … Continued
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April 12, 2018
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Protecting our children

For much of the year, the safety of our students rests in the hands of the faculty, staff, and resource officers at our schools.  Without a shadow of a doubt, the people who know best how to protect our schools are the teachers, parents, administrators, police officers, and students in their own communities. In February, … Continued
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March 20, 2018
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Active shooter on campus! Wasp spray may save us

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter I spent 90 minutes Tuesday afternoon in UAB’s Heritage Hall learning how to respond to an active shooter on campus. You know, some deranged individual out to cause as much mayhem has he can, shooting and killing and shooting. And killing. Yeah, it’s sad. But it’s today’s reality. I … Continued
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March 8, 2018

CAIR holds banquet in Birmingham

 By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, the Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations hosted its 2nd annual banquet featuring Linda Sarsour, a national Muslim Human rights activist and a key organizer of the Women’s March on Washington. Ms. Sarsour praised the Birmingham chapter of CAIR for the work that it has done … Continued
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November 6, 2017
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Our gun culture kills and kills again

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Once again, a mass shooting. A man using guns he shouldn’t have been able to legally obtain gunned down nearly 600 people at a music festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 before taking his own life in his 32nd floor hotel room 300 yards away. I’m already hearing the … Continued
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October 12, 2017

Recent school shooting proves Montgomery’s fragility

By Josh Moon  Alabama Political Reporter For the city of Ferguson, Mo., it wasn’t the shooting of Michael Brown that caused widespread rioting and looting and brought scrutiny from the Department of Justice; Brown’s death Ferguson, Mo., it wasn’t the shooting of Michael  – later ruled a justifiable shooting – was simply the spark that … Continued
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March 27, 2017

Alabama Reacts to Attack on Police in Baton Rouge

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Sunday, July 17, 2016: Three police officers are dead in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after another attack by militants. Four other officers were hit in the gun battle, that someone later posted a video of on the internet. One militant was also killed, and as of press time, authorities were … Continued
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July 18, 2016