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About 100 people attended a service to honor the memories of five people who were lynched in the county more than a century ago.

A memorial was held last Saturday morning at the Chatham County Industrial and Agricultural Fairgrounds to mourn the victims of lynchings.

The next battle in Alabama: equalizing the vaccine Updated on Mar 16, 2021; Published on Mar 16, 2021 Uniontown Mayor Chris Jones says many people in his town are unwilling to get a vaccine Sarah Whites-Koditschek Twitter Share Ketrice Burrell sits in her car in the parking lot of the local Family Dollar store, one of the only businesses in Uniontown. She chats through the driver-seat window with friends who pass by. Burrell was scheduled to get a vaccine at a clinic down the street earlier in the day. “I just changed my mind about it,” she said laughing. “My aunt is a nurse in Detr...

Feb 24, 2021 4:59 PM EDT “‘Are we going to be guinea pigs for the vaccine?’” For months, Dr. James Hildreth’s sister had been asking questions like this. While public health officials were urging Americans to take measures to help stop the coronavirus, high rates of infection within Black communities fueled his sister’s mistrust, said Hildreth, the president of Meharry Medical College, an historically Black institution in Nashville. She had no desire to be vaccinated, and thought officials wanted people like her — Black people — “to prove the ...

Alabama man extradited from Michigan on rape charges Updated Feb 04, 2021; Decatur police say a Falkville man is back in Alabama on charges related to a rape last July. Michael Lee Tyson, 20, was arrested in Michigan Jan. 20 and returned to Decatur Tuesday. He is being held in the Morgan County Correctional Facility on $15,000 bond. According to police, the investigation began after a report was filed last July 7 on the alleged rape of a juvenile. The investigation determined Tyson, 20, who was 19 at the time, was the perpetrator. On Sept. 4, police obtained two warrants for Tyson, charging ...