Child protective services stepped into Bobbi Beverly’s life within days of her daughter’s birth in 2012. After the birth, Beverly tested positive for opiates and […]
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Doctors come home to hardscrabble Birmingham neighborhood
The afternoon was hot, the damp air thick with the threat of rain. But the cracked parking lot behind the newly-opened Cahaba Medical Care clinic […]
Jailed for smearing ketchup on what may be Alabama’s worst, yet still protected, monument
It only took two bottles of ketchup to land Jon Broadway in jail. Broadway, a 74-year-old Montgomery native, had never been behind bars before. But […]
What happens when a religious boarding school gets raided in Alabama? It ends up in Missouri.
Deputies raided Pastor Gary Wiggins’ religious boarding school in rural Alabama after two boys escaped to a neighbor’s house and said they were victims of […]
A profile on Kay Ivey, Alabama governor
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey wouldn’t speak to me for the AL.com profile (we profiled all 2018 gubernatorial candidates), so I took a page from Gay […]
Paddling is legal, but teachers still get arrested for it
In 2015, the assistant principal at Escambia County Middle School was indicted for child abuse after paddling a fifth-grader. The boy had been disruptive during […]
Teachers talk school safety in era of mass shootings: ‘I would take a bullet for them’
“Teachers, we’re going into lockdown.” When Brittney Etheridge, a teacher at Dawson Elementary School in Huntsville, hears those words over the school intercom, she knows […]
Locals prepare for holidays in tiny Alabama town that lost its only grocery store
Tommy Pounders greets his regulars by name, welcoming them out of the rainy December day into the warmth of JJ’s, a tiny diner on U.S. […]
Moore accuser Tina Johnson tells her story to AL.com
A Gadsden woman says Roy Moore grabbed her while she was in his law office in the 1990s. Read the full story on AL.com.
Gadsden locals discuss Roy Moore’s behavior at mall, restaurants
Shortly after The Washington Post first reported that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore was accused of inappropriate behavior, I spoke with Gadsden residents about their […]