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PINKARD, Ala (WDHN) — On Thursday, February 16, the town of Pinckard held a ceremony to officially rename Randolph Street to Mack M. Matthews Street. According to Pinckard Mayor Bobby Borland, Mack Matthews, born in 1902, played a pivotal role in the education of African-American children in Dale County. Matthews attended Lomax-Hannon College and received […]

PINKARD, Ala (WDHN) — On Thursday, February 16, the town of Pinckard held a ceremony to officially rename Randolph Street to Mack M. Matthews Street. According to Pinckard Mayor Bobby Borland, Mack Matthews, born in 1902, played a pivotal role in the education of African-American children in Dale County. Matthews attended Lomax-Hannon College and received […]

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>> hell hear from his mother and the team ahead on abc 7 news coming up at 5:00. >> and were learning about the gunman who killed six people before police shot him to death. hes identified as 40-year-old wade michael page. they say page was unknown to them before this attack. >> abc news learned the gunman served six years in the army. after a search of his apartment, many questions remain unanswered. >> there is a lot of information to decipher and put together before we can tell you ...

have been involved in the shooting. the latest violence comes as they up hold a gang injunction in another part of the town. well have more for you on that tonight at 6:00. in oakland abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and we have another example of the violence that seems to hit oakland every day. take a look. the home security camera captured what happened on 63 street in oakland. a man gets out and begins shooting. we cant see who he is shooting but there were plenty of shots fired. the g...

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