Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,175 in the week ending June 22, down from 2,325 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 233,000 last […]
Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of an Alabama town that has not held elections in several decades, has spent the last four years fighting to be recognized. Finally, after an extensive legal battle, he and the town officials who refused to acknowledge him as mayor have reached a settlement, according to federal court documents. […]
Patrick Braxton is overwhelmed with gratitude. He’s been juggling a yearslong legal battle to serve as the lawful mayor of his hometown, Newbern, Alabama. After years of harassment, his rural town enters a new chapter: Its first Black mayor will finally get to serve. Braxton will be reinstated as mayor of Newbern, according to a […]
Jun. 25—June 24, 1949, in The Star: Just in time for the Fourth of July, Gov. James E. Folsom has signed into law a bill that outlaws the private sale, possession or use of fireworks throughout the state, everywhere. The only exemptions are toy cap pistols and public displays approved by the State Fire Marshal. […]
NEWBERN, Ala. (AP) — The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town, who said white officials locked him out of town hall, will return to the role under the terms of a proposed settlement agreement. Patrick Braxton will be recognized as the lawful mayor of the town of Newbern, under the terms of a […]
Three men drowned while swimming at a Florida beach on Friday after getting caught in a rip current, adding to a deadly week of swimming incidents along the East Coast and in the South. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office identified the three men on Saturday as 24-year-old Harold Denzel Hunter, 25-year-old Jemonda Ray and 24-year-old […]
Three young men from Alabama drowned while swimming Friday in the Gulf of Mexico in Bay County. Here’s what we know so far: Who drowned in Panama City Beach? Initially, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said only that the three victims were young men from Alabama. No other details had been released as of 10 […]
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,210 in the week ending June 15, down from 2,501 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 238,000 last […]
Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Alabama dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,210 in the week ending June 15, down from 2,501 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 238,000 last […]
Romanian and Alabama National Guard troops visited Washington D.C. on June 7, and had a chance to tour the area during Cyber Shield 2024. Through the State Partnership Program, the Romanian Armed Forces have been working with soldiers of the Alabama Defense Cyber Operations Element and others at Cyber Shield to foster knowledge sharing, cross-state […]
MORRILTON, Ark. – Authorities said the man arrested after a three-day manhunt in Morrilton will go before a judge on Friday. Authorities said 50-year-old Stacy Lee Drake is expected in the Conway County Courthouse Friday at 9 a.m. A judge will likely decide on extradition to Alabama or Oklahoma. Morrilton manhunt suspect Stacy Drake’s criminal […]
An Alabama man pleaded guilty on Tuesday after threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat for prosecuting and processing Donald Trump’s election interference charges in Georgia. The threats against Willis and Labat, who are both Black, are part of a disturbing trend of Trump supporters threatening violence against government officials who’ve […]