‘A deadly price’: State senators say Alabama could lose out on COVID vaccines
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
WWII veteran and POW Lee Elm Creel, 94, of Snow Town, Alabama gets his vaccine from Precious Reynolds, an RN with the VA Hospital in Birmingham. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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This story was updated at 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 19 with response from the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Four Alabama lawmakers two of whom were hospitalized with COVID-19 themselves have signed a letter saying the state’s slow rollout and inconsistent reporting could result in the state getting fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses in the future.
Legislators face decisions on lottery, casinos after Alabama gambling report
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 02, 2021
VictoryLand casino in Macon County, shown in 2016, offers electronic bingo under a constitutional amendment approved by the county s voters. The Supreme Court has ruled the games don t fit the definition of bingo and are illegal. The state s lack of uniform enforcement of gambling is one of the issues covered in the report by Gov. Kay Ivey s Study Group on Gambling Policy. (Mike Cason/mcason@al.com)
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The COVID-19 pandemic stopped any chance for legislation to propose a lottery in Alabama in 2020, but decisions about that and other forms of gambling await lawmakers in the new year.
In the early 1970s, young aspiring Black musicians were scattered throughout Beaver County, western Pennsylvania and, of course, the entire greater Pittsburgh region.
This was an era when they targeted their passions and concentrated on becoming the area’s premier musicians. Unlike today s counterparts, yesterday’s young were not fixed on becoming top videogame rompers. Instead, good musicianship provided a viable alternative to youngsters who may have failed on the hoop court, gridiron or simply lacked athletic prowess.
In Beaver County, the probability of becoming a professional musician was a devout reality, whereas so was becoming a professional athlete considering the acclaim of Hopewell Township’s Anthony “Hawk” Dorsett, Aliquippa’s Mike Ditka and Beaver Falls’ Joe Willie Namath. In music, Beaver Valley Musician Union Hall of Famers Henry Mancini and the Steals brothers, Melvin and Mervin, also come to mind.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers tests positive for COVID-19
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, said Thursday he had tested positive for COVID-19, the second Alabama congressman this month to announce a coronavirus diagnosis.
“I immediately consulted with the Office of the Attending Physician and am currently self-isolating,” the congressman wrote in a tweet. “I am experiencing mild symptoms but otherwise I am in good spirits and looking forward to getting back to work soon.”
Rogers, first elected to the U.S. House in 2002, represents an east Alabama district that includes portions of north and eastern Montgomery County. He won re-election last month.