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Former Alabama Insurance Commissioner Mike Weaver Dies at 70 April 29, 2021 Mike Weaver, who served as Alabama Insurance Commissioner under Gov. Guy Hunt from 1988 to 1993, passed away Sunday after an extended illness. He was 70. Weaver was a longtime resident of Randolph County, a graduate of Randolph County High School and Auburn University. For 28 years he was owner of Weaver and Associates Insurance Consultants. From 1973 until 1988, Weaver was involved i...

Former Alabama AG Jimmy Evans dies at 81 Former Alabama AG Jimmy Evans dies at 81 By WSFA Staff | February 15, 2021 at 9:21 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 10:41 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Family members of former Alabama Attorney General Jimmy Evans confirms he died Monday morning. Family members say he died at the hospital following complications with pneumonia and a heart attack. He was 81 years old. following complications with pneumonia and a heart attack. The University of Alabama ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Attorney General Jimmy Evans, who successfully prosecuted the state’s governor in an ethics case in the 1990s, died Monday. He was 81. His death was confirmed by Brian T. Gallion, the operator of Southern Memorial Funeral Home which is handling the funeral arrangements for the family. Gallion said he was not authorized to give a cause of death. Services will be held Monday. Evans was Alabama’s attorney...

Evans’s name would become forever linked with the Hunt prosecution that led to the ouster of the state’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction.

January 18, 2021 291 Today is Tuesday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2021. There are 346 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 19, 1981, the United States and Iran signed an accord paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months. On this date: In 1861, Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union. In 1915, Germany carried out its first air raid on Britain during World War I as a pair of Zeppelins dropped bombs onto Great Yarmout...

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2021. There are 346 days left in the year.

Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.

Relationship with one big german company, mercedes-benz. mercedes chose tuscaloosa, alabama, for a new car plant back in the 90s. alabama almost didnt make it because mercedes was aware of the racial history. the confederate flag flew atop the state capitol in montgomery until 1993. it was a point of such contention that in 1988 14 african-american state legislatures tried to break into the state capitol and physically remove the flag themselves. they got into trouble for that. but the flag was ...

Relationship with one big german company, mercedes-benz. mercedes chose tuscaloosa, alabama, for a new car plant back in the 90s. alabama almost didnt make it because mercedes was aware of the racial history. the confederate flag flew at top the stap capitol in montgomery until 1993. it was a point of such contention that in 1988 14 african-american state legislatures tried to break into the state capitol and physically remove the flag themselves. they got into trouble for that. but the flag was...