After the storm, opening our eyes
The sound of a train barreling over our bedroom woke us. “Do you hear that?” my wife and I asked each other simultaneously. Outside the window, the sky was illumined by lightning so frequent that …
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Woman steals almost 90k from church for gambling, gets 18-month sentence
Carmen Ramer Davis, a resident of Opp, Alabama has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing almost $90,000 from a Methodist church. This huge financial loss led to the closure of the Brooklyn …
Samaritan’s Purse provides tornado relief in Mississippi and Alabama
Samaritan’s Purse, the Christian humanitarian relief organization, has sent relief supplies and equipment to the victims of the catastrophic series of tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama that took place on the night of March 24. …
Republicans seek to define race on voting maps
Members of the Republican-dominated legislatures in Alabama and Louisiana are caught up in a legal battle over the definition of race and how it relates to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The law limits …
Former Alabama church secretary confesses to embezzling $209,000
Sharon Collins, the former financial secretary of an Alabama church, pled guilty to embezzling approximately $209,000 from the congregation over several years. Collins was employed by First Baptist Church of Foley from 2007 to 2019. …