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Whataburger announces groundbreaking for new Huntsville restaurant Image from Whataburger.com Posted: May 14, 2021 3:26 PM Posted By: Josh Rayburn A groundbreaking ceremony for the Huntsville location of Whataburger is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday. Whataburger and the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce will take part in the ceremony at the future site of the restaurant, 11701 South Memorial Parkway. The restaurant is scheduled to open in the fall, creating 100 jobs. Whataburger opened this week in Decatur. A groundbreaking ceremony for a restaurant in Madison will take place this summe...

"Generally, we’re talking about an extended period of time," Kenney said of consent decree timelines.  In 1994, Congress gave the Department of Justice the power to address a pattern and practice of police misconduct within departments and to sue cities for civil relief. Consent decrees can involve any government agency, but are most commonly used with police departments. Since that time, how many investigations and decrees are started each year has become somewhat political. While President Barack Obama was in office, there were 25 investigations launched, resulting in 15 consent decrees...

BlogsCommunityMusicArtsScreenEat & DrinkLegals The List: Reasons Columbus police aren’t getting vaccinated today A recent article in the Washington Post reported that only 28 percent of Columbus police officers had received at least one shot. We thought we’d take some guesses as to why. Washington Post article documenting the national phenomenon of police spurning the COVID-19 vaccine, the paper revealed that just 28 percent of the Columbus Division of Police had reported receiving at least one shot, among the lowest uptakes for any of the included major cities. (Only Phoenix, at 23 per...

“This is not about one particular officer, policy, or incident; rather, this is about reforming the entire institution of policing in Columbus," Ginther and Klein said in Wednesday's letter. "Simply put: We need to change the culture of the Columbus Division of Police.” It’s not unusual for mayors or local law enforcement leaders to ask the Justice Department to review an agency’s record. Those requests sometimes are made when city officials anticipate a federal probe is looming regardless of their wishes. When the Justice Department does launch such a review, city officials can do li...

© Getty City leaders in Columbus, Ohio, have requested a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into its police department following a series of police killings of Black people, The Associated Press reported. This request from Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and City Attorney Zach Klein comes shortly after the death of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant, who was fatally shot by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon. “This is not about one particular officer, policy, or incident; rather, this is about reforming the entire institution of policing in Columbus,” Ginther and Klein said in a le...