On July 4, 1863 Confederate Lieutenant General John Pemberton surrendered the Mississippi town of Vicksburg and the Confederate fortifications there to Major General Ulysses S. Grant....
33 states across the country have taken steps to criminalize female genital mutilation. However, Alabama and Mississippi remain the only southern states to have no legislation...
Marine life along the Gulf of Mexico is not doing well. Vast numbers of oyster, blue crab, shrimp, and fin fish off coastal Louisiana, Mississippi and...
Retired U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, died Thursday following a long illness. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, released a statement regarding the passing of his former...
Thursday, the Alabama State Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would replace the state ’s State Board of Education and replace it with a new...
Over the past few weeks, I have written a number of stories and columns detailing the specifics of potential lottery bills and what their effect on...
A battle over abortion is raging around us and more and more states are taking their stand. Some states, like New York and Virginia, seem intent...
Today, the State of Alabama will honor two men. One was a man who advocated for peace and justice, who led peaceful protests and demanded non-violent...
Friday, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced that they are increasing Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) sampling surveillance efforts in northwest Alabama after deer...
U.S. Sens. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced that their bipartisan Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act has passed the Senate with unanimous...
