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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
August 10, 2018

After Waffle House shooting, Zeigler says we need to be able to defend ourselves

On Sunday, a naked man walked into a Nashville Waffle House restaurant with an AR-15 style weapon and killed four people until desperate customers disarmed the shooter using physical force. The shooter, 29-year-old Travis Reinking, then fled the scene. Alabama state Auditor Jim Zeigler pointed out that Waffle House is a “gun free zone” that … Continued
April 24, 2018

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
April 12, 2018

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
March 20, 2018

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
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
November 6, 2017

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
October 12, 2017

Brooks and Palmer were among Congressmen targeted in assassination attempt

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, June 13, 2017, both US Representatives Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) were at the practice for the charity baseball game when a shooter attempted to gun down Republican members of Congress. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), his aide, a lobbyist for Tyson Foods, and the … Continued
June 15, 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
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
July 18, 2016