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Alabama Attorney General Applauds Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. United States

Attorney General Marshall Commends Supreme Court’s Commonsense Decision Affirming Enhanced Penalties for Career Criminals

Montgomery, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has commended the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Brown v. United States, which rejected an argument by a repeat offender under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The offender claimed that changes in the federal definition of cocaine should allow him to avoid full responsibility for his […]

Burgess Going Home

Anna Snider Burgess, seen here during her four years as an assistant coach at Alexandria, will be White Plains’ next head softball coach. (Submitted photo)

White Plains, AL – White Plains, seeking fourth softball coach in four years, turns to alum and former Jacksonville State player to lead program. By Joe Medley White Plains’ softball program could use stability, and its fourth coach in four years promises just that. The Calhoun County Board of Education on Friday approved the hiring […]

Children’s of Alabama Announces $3 Million Donation to Expand Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

QUARTERBACKING CHILDREN’S HEALTH FOUNDATION TO DONATE $3 MILLION TO CHILDREN’S OF ALABAMA FOR PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Birmingham, AL – Children’s of Alabama is excited to announce that the Quarterbacking Children’s Health Foundation has committed $3 million to help relocate and expand the hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The expansion project involves constructing a 50-bed unit on the 12th floor of the Benjamin Russell Hospital building, which is currently an unfinished […]

Calhoun County Woman Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash

Traffic Fatality

Calhoun County, AL – A two-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 2:05 p.m. on Friday, May 24, has claimed the life of an 83-year-old Wellington woman, Mary C. Rich. Rich was critically injured when the 2017 Toyota Camry she was a passenger in collided with a 1998 GMC Sonoma driven by William R. Haynes, 63, […]