Tag Archives: Alabama

Alabama Set To Allow No-Permit Concealed Carry

The Associated Press reports: Alabama on Jan. 1 will become the latest state to allow people to carry a concealed handgun without a state permit that requires a background check. The new state law ends the requirement for a person to get a permit to legally carry a concealed handgun in public. The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, …

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AL Youth Pastor Arrested On 215 Child Porn Charges

The Daily Mail reports: A former children’s minister was arrested in Alabama on 215 counts of possession of child-pornography after police were given a tip. Steve Robert Wukmer, 66, was taken into custody on Monday at his job in Fort Payne, Alabama near the Alabama-Georgia border. Before moving to Alabama, Wukmer lived in Ohio and worked as a children’s minister. According …

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Alabama Baptist Pastor Charged With Child Molestation

Birmingham’s CBS affiliate reports: A pastor of a Jefferson County church has been arrested and charged with a child sex offense, Blount County Sheriff Mark Moon confirmed. Kenneth Daniel, 64, was booked into the Blount County Jail on the felony charge Wednesday night. A seven-year-old victim told her grandfather that Daniel, who is a pastor at First Baptist Church of …

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AL Pastor Arrested On Multiple Child Rape Charges

Mobile’s Fox affiliate reports: A former Citronelle pastor was back behind bars Tuesday night after he was indicted on child sex abuse charges. Investigators said Gregory Adams, 64, lured young women in his churches and sexually abused them, dating back decades ago. Adams was indicted on three counts of sodomy, two counts of sexual abuse, and three counts of rape. …

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Alabama GOP Chairman Used Homemade ID To Vote

The Birmingham News reports: When you vote in Alabama, state law requires you to show a photo ID at the polls. For most folks, this means a driver’s license, but other forms of government-issued ID are permitted — a military ID, a passport or a college student ID, among others, will do. But the last few times Alabama Republican Party …

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Ex-College Football Player Sues Teammate, Coaches For Alleged Anti-Gay Abuse, Sexual Assault With Pool Cue

The Birmingham News reports: A former Troy University football player is suing one of his former teammates and three coaches, alleging a pattern of abuse that he says culminated in a sexual assault with a pool cue. The 29-page federal lawsuit, filed on July 25 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, names three Troy football coaches …

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Alabama Pastor Charged With Sexual Abuse Of Child

Huntsville’s CBS affiliate reports: A man has been arrested for sex abuse of a minor on Monday. Authorities say that David Andrew Brown, 65, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old. On two social media accounts, Brown lists himself as the human resource director at Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville …

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Anti-Gay Youth Pastor Gets 10 Years For Molesting Boys

Huntsville’s CBS affiliate reports: A former Florence pastor who admitted to having inappropriate relationships with young boys in a pulpit confession has been sentenced, according to the Lauderdale District Attorney’s Office. John Thomas Martin pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree sexual abuse on June 23, 2022. He was sentenced to serve 10 years in the Department of Corrections on …

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Trump Endorses Mo Brooks’ Challenger For US Senate

Newsweek reports: Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Katie Britt’s GOP Senate primary race against Alabama U.S. Representative Mo Brooks almost three months after rescinding his endorsement of Brooks. Brooks has denounced Britt’s candidacy, citing support from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as evidence that she does not fit the “MAGA” agenda, while recently begging for Trump to endorse him …

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Mo Brooks Barely Makes Runoff In AL Senate Primary

The Associated Press reports: Alabama’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate is going to a June runoff between Katie Britt and U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, who overcame losing former President Donald Trump’s endorsement to remain a contender for the GOP nomination. The candidates are seeking the Senate seat now held by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, who is retiring. Britt is Shelby’s …

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Prison Guard In Inmate Escape Dies In Hospital [Video]

CNN reports: Former Alabama corrections officer Vicky White has died from injuries after she and escaped inmate Casey White were arrested in Indiana earlier Monday, Sheriff Dave Wedding of Vanderburgh County told CNN. She was hospitalized earlier with self-inflicted gunshot wounds after being taken into custody following a car chase in Evansville, Indiana, US Marshals previously told CNN. Her wounds …

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Fugitive Inmate And Prison Guard Nabbed In Indiana

The Birmingham News reports: Casey White is in custody and Vicky White is in a hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound suffered during a police chase in Indiana, according to U.S. Marshal Marty Keely. During the chase, a vehicle overturned, Keely said. Vicky White’s condition was not available. No law enforcement officers fired their weapons, Keely said. “We got a …

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AL Jail Official Sought In Escape Of Murder Suspect

The Birmingham News reports: A felony arrest warrant has been issued for the Lauderdale County assistant director of corrections that has been missing with an inmate charged with capital murder, Sheriff Rick Singleton said at a Monday morning press conference. The charges related to Vicky White involve assisting the inmate, Casey Cole White [no relation], escape from the jail, Singleton …

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Alabama Signs Deal To Build Prison With COVID Funds

NPR reports: Alabama officials have signed a contract to build a new state prison — part of a $1.3 billion construction plan partly using pandemic relief funds — but have not released many of the details. A spokeswoman for Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey confirmed the state signed a contract with Caddell Construction Co., effective April 15 for construction of a …

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DOJ Files Challenge To Alabama’s Anti-Trans Law

From the Justice Department: The Justice Department today filed a complaint challenging a recently enacted Alabama law, Senate Bill (S.B.) 184, that denies necessary medical care to children based solely on who they are, and that threatens criminal prosecution and jail time to doctors, parents, and anyone else who provides or “causes” that care. The United States’ complaint alleges that …

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Alabama Students At LGBTQ-Friendly School Called Slurs After Ad By GOP Gov Candidate Shows Their Faces

Birmingham’s CBS News affiliate reports: The principal of Magic City Acceptance Academy is fighting back against what he calls a “disgusting” television advertisement by Tim James, a Republican candidate for Alabama governor. Michael Wilson, the founding principal of Magic City Acceptance Academy, said he was shocked when he saw the ad, which uses images from a school fundraiser showing the …

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Alabama Gov: “Liberals Stole The Election From Trump”

“The fake news, Big Tech and blue state liberals stole the election from President Trump. But here in Alabama, we are making sure that never happens. We have not, and will not, send absentee ballots to everyone and their brother. “We banned corrupt curbside voting, and our results will always be audited. I’m Kay Ivey. The left is probably offended. …

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Alabama Gov Signs “Don’t Say Gay” And Anti-Trans Bills

The Birmingham News reports: Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday signed a pair of controversial anti-LGBT bills into law, a day after the state Legislature passed the legislation along party lines on the last day of the legislative session. Ivey signed SB184, which criminalizes gender-affirming surgeries for trans youth. The governor also signed HB322, dubbed by opponents as the ‘Don’t Say …

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Alabama Senate Approves “Don’t Say Gay” Law After Rep Sneaks In Amendment To Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill

The Birmingham Herald reports: The Alabama Senate passed its own version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law Thursday after a surprise amendment to a transgender bathroom bill. At the start of debate Thursday, an amendment was offered that would stop K-5 elementary teachers from “instruction” on sexuality and gender. The Senate cut off debate on the amendment after several minutes …

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GOP Alabama Bill Requires Women To Present Negative Pregnancy Test Before Buying Medical Weed [VIDEO]

The Birmingham News reports: An Alabama bill that would require all women between the ages of 13 and 50 to show a negative pregnancy test before being able to buy medical marijuana is “clearly unconstitutional,” advocates say. The bill, introduced by practicing OB/GYN and state Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, would require “all women of childbearing age” to either test negative …

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