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Alabama News Senators Clyde Chambliss and Bobby Singleton are sponsoring a bill that will take funds from the statewide property tax that is tied to the confederacy, to help preserve and promote black history. Alabama First Created this tax to help confederate soldiers and their widows after the war. The state has continued to collect taxes ever since. Most of the revenue is used for other purposes, but 1% goes to the state’s Confederate Memorial Park  in Mountain Creek. The two senators want to sponsor a bill that will preserve park funding, but also require that Alabama spend an equal 1%...

Alabama News Updated: Political Analyst Steve Flowers is awaiting campaign announcements.. just like the rest of us in Alabama. For Senator Shelby’s seat, Flowers says the state doesn’t need someone who’s already retirement age, but someone much younger. ” You really need someone young to take senator Shelby’s seat because seniority is so important in Washington, that it is more than likely that its going to take someone 10 to 15 probably 20 years before they have any power. So if you send someone over 60 up there they are never going to have any seniority and they’re never going...

Alabama News Family and friends gathered in the Lowndes County Courthouse today to honor the life and legacy of sheriff big John Williams Sheriff “Big John” Williams was a well loved sheriff in the Lowndes County community. Local law-enforcement and family members gathered in the courthouse in remembrance of his life, Wednesday afternoon. Williams was murdered back in November 2019 and because of the pandemic the county was not able to honor him sooner. His family was given awards on his behalf for his service to the Community Williams, who was 62 at the time of his death, spent more than...

Alabama News The State mask mandate is set to end Friday, April 9th after 5 p.m. The Montgomery City Council voted to extend the mask mandate for the city  for an additional 30 days. Once the mandate is lifted, local small businesses will have the ability to regulate if they want masks to be required for consumers to wear in their establishments.  

Alabama News Updated: Downtown Wetumpka hosted a Community Market, Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This event kicks off the first “Linger Longer” weekend. The weekend also includes an Art Walk that will take place Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. More than 30 artists, including many well-known local artists, and some from out of state, will showcase their work. The Community Market will take place the first Thursday of each month until November. Organizers say the event featured up to 45 vendors in the downtown area. Vendors sold a variety of things including crafts, produce, food, arts and e...