Sylacauga

Two years after the behavioral health care and psychiatric hospital system in South Alabama, AltaPointe Health, merged with the former Cheaha Regional Mental Health Center in Sylacauga, Alabama, the leaders of both organizations say the merger has been “highly successful.” Cindy Atkinson, the former director of Cheaha Regional Mental Health Center, said the merger has been … Continued

By Jim Zeigler Sylacauga, Alabama’s own Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) has died at 87. People who hear that I grew up in Sylacauga sometimes ask if I knew Jim Nabors growing up. For you yutes too young to remember, Jim Nabors was a nightclub singer who then became famous as Gomer Pyle on the Andy … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, June 2, Alabama Mental Health Commissioner Jim Perdue (R) was in Sylacauga for the first of a planned eighteen town hall meetings Commissioner Perdue told the estimated crowd of 70 gathered at the Sylacauga Chamber of Commerce, “I want to talk to people across the state about mental … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, July 2, Alabama Department of Mental Health Commissioner Jim Perdue (R) was in Sylacauga for the first of an anticipated eighteen town hall meetings across Alabama about the State of mental health services in Alabama. Commissioner Perdue also had a local issue to deal with in deciding on … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—State Sen. Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery) is working to move his historic legislation forward to establish an Alabama Innocence Inquiry Commission. An Innocence Inquiry Commission will hear a deathrow inmate’s case in lieu of a lengthy and costly appeals process, if there “…is physical evidence that can prove actual innocence, … Continued

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—For over two decades, William “Billy” Kuenzel has occupied a 8×5 cell on Alabama’s death row awaiting execution. Evidence withheld by prosecutors in his 1988 trial to came to light in 2010, showing Kuenzel did not murder Linda Jean Offord. On the night of November 9, 1987, in Sylacauga, … Continued