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The Prisoner of War (POW) and Missing in Action (MIA) Ceremony was held September 21, 2024 on the south lawn of the AL State Capitol. Linda Ruloff served as Master of Ceremonies. Veteran motorcyclists escorted the POW/MIA flag from the Central AL Veterans Health Care Center. The 151st AL National Guard Band played patriotic music including the National Anthem. Lela Brown, a vocalist sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic and God Bless America. Mrs. Sandra Lucas, Assistant Commissioner of Outreach...
LTC Eddie Compton: A Life of Service, From Battlefield to City Hall Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Eddie Digby Compton III, a man whose life has been defined by service, has dedicated an impressive 37 years to the U.S. military. His journey began with 10 years in the Alabama National Guard where he served as an enlisted soldier and NCO starting as a Medical Specialist and later transitioning to a Medical Laboratory Specialist. Driven by his desire to further serve his country, he attended Officer...
October 15, 2024 - Mobile - South Alabama played well defeating Troy in Mobile in the Battle for the Belt 2024. The Troy-South Rivalry had a national TV audience via ESPN+. Troy officially is "tied" for the youngest team of starters in NCAA D1 football. Same is offered as a basis to understand the individual play and Coaching factors with the uniqueness of the greatest inexperience. Yet there should be no credit taken from South Alabama with regards to team play and exceptional sports play of...
October 12, 2024 - The Alabama Gazette panel bounced back in Week 7 after a really bad Week 6. Alabama's performance versus South Carolina was disappointing; but they managed to come away with the win. Auburn took the week off to try to get right for the SEC home stretch. Georgia is continuing to work on its issues, while Texas thoroughly dominated its rival. The staff finished in a 5-way tie at 6 and 1 for the week. The SEC games in week 7 were: Vanderbilt 20, Kentucky 18 LSU 29, Ole Miss 26...
With just some four weeks to the big election day, we are going to hear more about the integrity of the election results on November 5th. Following the 2020 elections, there were a lot of questions around the Nation about potential voter fraud, including right here in Alabama . Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen is doing his part to stop any efforts to commit fraud at the ballot box. Allen has also aggressively worked to make sure only Alabama citizens can vote by working to remove names off...
October 17, 2024 – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) will be in the courtroom today in Tuskegee for the murder trial of the man who gunned down Lowndes County Sheriff 'Big John' Williams. William Chase Johnson pulled a 9 mm handgun and fired the shot that killed Sheriff Williams on November 23, 2019. That is not disputed by the defense. The defense claims however that Sheriff Williams did not identify himself as a law enforcement officer. Johnson – now age 22 – claims that he did n...
A medical team made history in September by performing the first fully robotic heart transplant at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Doctors spent two and a half hours controlling machines to replace the heart of a 16-year-old patient. The hospital claims the operation was less invasive than traditional heart surgeries, meaning the patient would feel less pain, be at less risk, and recover more quickly. Surgical procedures often require a high degree...
October 15, 2024 - I vaguely recall Walter Mondale’s unpopular choice to join him on the 1984 Democratic ticket. At the time, I did not comprehend the reason why the electorate held so much disdain for New York Representative Geraldine Ferraro. I do, though, remember picking up the vibe that a female seeking the vice presidency was taboo, but at seven, a kid doesn’t understand that. I have learned a lot since then. Geraldine Ferraro is known as a trailblazer for female politicians. Let us not...
As the U.S. presidential election approaches, tax policy is a critical topic for voters. The candidates' tax plans not only reveal their broader economic ideologies but also provide insight into how they will manage issues like income inequality, economic growth, and fiscal responsibility. To help you understand where each candidate stands, Wealth Enhancement compares the tax policy plans proposed by Vice President Kamala Harris (D) and former President Donald Trump (R). Overview of the...
October 17, 2024 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama) has published a new article at the FOX News website in which she criticized former President Bill Clinton (D) for his remarks in Columbus, Georgia, this week. During the event, President Clinton tried to blame President Trump's opposition to a Biden border proposal for the tragic murder of Laken Riley saying, "A young woman who had been killed by an immigrant. . . if they'd all been properly vetted that probably w...
October 17, 2024 - Birmingham – Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D- Selma) announced that Birmingham City Schools have been awarded $3.1 million from the U.S. Department of Education to expand student access to school-based mental health services. The grant is a part of the Biden-Harris agenda. The unprecedented expansion of federal involvement in the schools is intended to address youth mental health provided under the Biden-Harris Administration through the passage of the Bipartisan Safer C...
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) is offering a series of trapping education workshops during select weekends this fall and winter. The workshops provide instruction on the historical aspects of trapping, the biology of furbearers, and how to use trapping as a sound wildlife management tool. The workshops are open to anyone ages 7 and up. A $10 registration fee applies. To register, visit www.outdooralabama.com/trapping. Instruction begins on Saturdays with an...
October 17, 2024 – Atmore – the state of Alabama executed Derrick Dearman for the senseless murder of a family of five. On Thursday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) told Corrections Commissioner John Hamm that she would not exercise her clemency powers in the case of Derrick Dearman. Ivey directed Hamm to proceed with Mr. Dearman's lawfully imposed death sentence for the 2016 capital murders of Joseph Adam Turner, Robert Lee Brown, Shannon Melissa Randall, Justin Kaleb Reed, Chelsea Marie Ree...
October 18, 2024–If you’ve been following The Gazette recently, you’re aware that there were reports made on X (formerly Twitter) of allegations of sexual abuse made by underage boys against Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Operative word: WERE. They’re all gone now. As of late Thursday, the video of the supposed accuser that was posted Wednesday had been deleted from the posting account, @TheWakening. The video had been shared by @Carlos_Turcios, and thi...
Kamala Harris’s campaign is in free fall. Gaffes and poor performances plague her. Unpopular policies abound. Trump gains ground as time runs out. Her presidential dreams slip away. Voters aren’t buying what she’s selling. Her message, once thought to be clear and concise, now falls flat. Voters are increasingly skeptical of her proposed policies, and her attempts to explain them only worsen things. The enthusiasm that once surrounded her candidacy has given way to doubts and questions. Her a...
Fire. Equipment breakdown. Employee injury. Assault and battery. The day-to-day risks and threats restaurant small business owners face can feel never-ending. NEXT analyzed anonymized claims data to better understand the biggest risks and concerns of business owners, including tens of thousands of restaurants and other food service entrepreneurs. Read on for the most common and costly risks that restaurant owners face and how to protect your business. And for more restaurant insights into...
As the leaves turn and eerie decor starts to line the streets, one thing is as clear as a crystal ball: Halloween is just around the corner. As the spooky season rolls in, so does the demand for sugary treats, costumes, and decor. To understand the sweet confections people are enjoying and how they're enjoying them, Instacart calculated the share of grocery orders containing candy in October 2023 and commissioned an online survey conducted by The Harris Poll of more than 2,000 Americans. The...
October 18,2024 - MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Marty Redden announced today that Alabama's labor force participation rate for September held steady at 57.5%. The percentage of prime-age workers decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 79.3% over the month. Over the year, this number increased 1.3 percentage points from 78.0%. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years. "Month after month, we are continuing to see yearly growth in the number of prime age workers w...
From golden age movie musicals to Billboard-charting songs, diamonds are embedded in cultures throughout the world. Egyptians saw diamonds as symbols of power. Indian myths have the deity Krishna giving his beloved a diamond to reflect her beauty. Romans and Greeks thought diamonds were splinters of falling stars. Using data from the Kimberley Process, an international body meant to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the market, Jewel360 examined the growing lab-grown diamond industry and...
Similar to fashion trends and cultural entertainment, like film cameras or pedal pushers, food trends can also ebb and flow depending on Americans' ever-changing tastes, interests, and technological advancements only to fall out of favor. Cottage cheese was once a popular snack food in America (in the 1970s, the average American ate nearly 5 pounds of cottage cheese according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture). Consumption declined in the 1980s due to the popularity of yogurt—only to s...
October 18, 2024 - MONTGOMERY - the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), the Alabama Hospital Association, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama released a statement encouraging Alabamians to ask their physician about the flu shot and other vaccines as a part of a statewide Ask Your Doctor campaign. They provided more information and additional resources at https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/immunization/ask.html ADPH says that several vaccines are being recommended this...
October 18, 2024 - TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida is still waiting for floodwaters to recede, but the scale of devastation through much of the sunshine state is clearly enormous after Hurricanes Helene and Milton struck the state in rapid fashion. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is warning boaters that many of Florida's lakes and rivers are still hazardous. Boating restrictions remain in effect due to the flooding along the Suwannee/Santa Fe, St. Johns and Withlacoochee rivers...
Alabama native, Ezra Richardson, debuts as an actor in "Average Joe", a PG-13 rated movie now showing in movie theaters across the country. Richardson, a Birmingham native, realistically portrays the young rebellious, pugnacious, skipping school to play pool, troubled main protagonist of the motion picture, Joe Anthony Kennedy. Based on a true story, "Average Joe", relates the story of Coach Joe Kennedy, who after being given up for adoption as a child, seems destined to go through life as a reb...
October 18, 2024 – the Alabama Gazette panel has released their picks for Southeastern Conference week 8. Both Alabama and Auburn are on the road this week. Auburn goes to Missouri; while Alabama visits Tennessee. Alabama is fighting to stay in position to stay relevant in the SEC hunt. Auburn is just trying to win its first SEC game. The big game of the week for the SEC and the nation is Georgia at #1 Texas Auburn at Missouri Alabama at Tennessee South Carolina at Oklahoma Texas A&M at M...
October 18, 2024 – MONTGOMERY – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) has called an emergency meeting of Governor Kay Ivey this morning called a special meeting of the State Board of Veterans Affairs for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. to consider the immediate removal of Kent Davis as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to notifying the Board members, the governor sent a letter, along with enclosures, to Admiral Davis and members of the press. Ivey said in...
