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Alabama responds to rise in homelessness during pandemic Courtney Chandler © Provided by Montgomery-Selma WSFA Lydia Pickett, executive director of the Mid-Alabama Coalition for the Homeless, discusses homelessness in Alabama. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Homeless advocates say those who are homeless are normally private people. “I wouldn’t say they’re anti-social but they want to remain invisible,” case manager Patrick Aitken said. The homeless population is growing due to the pandemic and is becoming more visible under bridges and in abandoned buildings, and shelter...

When people talk about Richard Williams, their thoughts turn to the characteristics that have made the young Montgomery pastor stand out in his short time in the city. For Yeteva Johnson, it was how he treated the staff at the Capitol City Grille when she first met him. “He spoke to them with the same respect as he would the mayor,” she recalled. For Father Manuel Williams of Resurrection Catholic, it was when he saw Richard Williams operate a forklift, moving pallets of food set to be distributed to families amid the pandemic. As a pastor for decades himself, Manuel Williams understands ...