MABEL MONTGOMERY HILL

Mabel Madaline Montgomery Hill passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 in her home on her farm in Southwest Adair County. She was the age of 105 years and 4 months at the time of her death. She was born January 29, 1920, in South Gifford, Missouri,...

How Alabama’s REACH Act is transforming adult education

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WTVY) - Alabama’s recently passed Restoring Educational Advancement of Completing High School (REACH) Act is providing a new pathway for former high school students looking to complete their education. It expands the High School...

Pine Grove Baptist in Centre welcomes new student and education pastor

Eric Gargus is the new student and education pastor of Pine Grove Baptist Church, Centre. He earned a master of divinity degree from West Coast Bible College and Seminary, Waco, Texas. During the past 29 years, Gargus has served churches in...

Juneteenth festivities in Indianapolis highlight Black history and culture

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A powerful Juneteenth celebration happened Thursday in the heart of Indianapolis, honoring Black history, resilience and freedom through film, music and storytelling. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas...

Alabama family fights for mom detained by ICE: ‘They are tearing families apart’

The son of a Fort Payne woman detained by immigration authorities is fighting to bring her home. David Miguel says his mother, Micaela Pascual, was detained in early May while trying to renew her work permit. She is now being held in Louisiana and...

Arizona's Tommy Lloyd moves quickly to build culture with USA's U19 World Cup team

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Once USA Basketball trimmed to 18 finalists earlier this week, that’s when Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd really went to work. For the first few days of the U19 training camp on the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Canter...

A Workforce Training Standard in Rural Alabama

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions...

Inside The Schomburg Centennial Festival: Harlem Celebrates A Mecca Of Black History And Culture

One hundred years ago, the Afro-Puerto Rican bibliophile and archivist Arturo Schomburg donated his personal collection to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints at the 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library in Harlem....

Alabama lawyer calls Trump legal aid cuts ‘a war on the poor’ as thousands face losing help

Alabama lawyers are raising the alarm about a provision in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget that would make it harder for low-income families, veterans and senior citizens to receive legal aid in court cases. The Legal Services of Alabama,...

Alabama leaders praise Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care

In a consequential ruling issued Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law restricting gender-affirming medical care for minors, signaling implications for other states with similar bans, including Alabama. Chief Justice John...

55 Illegal Aliens Busted in ICE Raid on Alabama Cockfight

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement teamed up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other law enforcement partners to execute search warrants in Alabama related to illegal game fighting. The operation netted the arrest of 55 illegal...

Alabama advocates react to SCOTUS ruling on gender-affirming care for minors

Alabama finds its QB; Ryder Lyons is set to announce: What I'm hearing on recruiting trail

June official visits are more than halfway over, and the dominoes are starting to fall on the recruiting trail. Nearly half of the nation’s top 100 prospects have issued a commitment, and more announcements are coming this week. So what’s going on...

Who Is Alabama Barker Dating? Her Latest Romantic Update

Alabama Barker, the 19-year-old daughter of Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and former beauty queen Shanna Moakler, has officially gone public with her new romance, putting an end to months of speculation about her love life. The young influencer...

Alabama Voters Banned Prison Slavery — But Prisoners Say It Hasn’t Stopped

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. In 2022, Alabama became one of the first states in the nation to ban slavery without...

Montgomery Juneteenth Parade Canceled Amid Ongoing Celebrations

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Juneteenth parade and march in downtown Montgomery set for 2 p.m. Wednesday has been canceled, as announced by state Rep. Patrick Sellers. The cancellation comes as part of the broader conference taking place in the city...

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender treatments for kids; Alabama has similar law

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on transgender medical treatments for minors. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald...

Alabama to verify citizenship of registered voters with SAVE program

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to gain access to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, a...

Koutsourades steps down from Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery school board

As he prepares to step away from his role on the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery Central School District’s Board of Education – a position he has held since 2013 – Fort Montgomery’s Gus Koutsourades was honored at last week’s board meeting. “Gus is...

Local business owner appointed to AlabamaWorks Board

By Carrie McLendon Karla Johnson, owner and CEO of Johnson Labs, Inc., in Troy, has been appointed to serve on Gov. Kay Ivey’s newly established Region 6 Southeast AlabamaWorks Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Local Workforce...