Tag: Alabama

Bill Filed to Prevent Employers From Mandating Microchips in Alabama

A pre-filed bill in the Alabama House would prevent an employer from requiring any employee to be implanted with a microchip. Microchips are defined by the proposed legislation as a “device subcutaneously implanted in an individual that is passively or actively capable of transmitting personal information to another device using radio frequency [RFID] technology.” The…


Alabama Delays Mandatory Parole for Some Inmates Following Attorney General’s Lawsuit

A lawsuit filed by the Alabama attorney general on Monday has reduced the number of inmates being immediately released on mandatory parole as required by a new state law. On Monday, the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (ABPP) confirmed to The Epoch Times that 412 inmates were being process for discharge from the Alabama…


Alabama State Law Requires Department of Corrections to Releases Nearly 400 Inmates on Tuesday

The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (ABPP) has confirmed to The Epoch Times that it will be processing up to 400 inmates discharged from the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) on Tuesday in accordance with state law. AL.com reported that it obtained a notice that had been sent to law enforcement throughout the state but…


Alabama Legislators Propose Bill to Ban the Teaching of ‘Divisive Concepts’

Alabama legislators have prefiled a bill that would ban the teaching of subjects considered to be divisive in public schools. House Bill 7 (pdf) would prohibit public entities such as state agencies, local boards of education, and public institutions of higher education from promoting or endorsing, or requiring affirmation of, certain “divisive concepts relating to…


For 10 Years, Alabama Man Secretly Helped Pay for Prescriptions at Local Pharmacy

Though not a wealthy man, Hody Childress was rich in heart. After he died at 80 years old on Jan. 1, 2023, it became known that Childress had been making monthly donations of $100 to the local pharmacy in the small town of Geraldine, Alabama, for 10 years. Brooke Walker, the owner of Geraldine Drugs,…


Police Identify Remains of Missing Girl, Arrest Father

OPELIKA, Ala.—Since 2012, the remains of the small child found behind a mobile home in Alabama were known only as “Baby Jane Doe.” On Thursday, police in Opelika announced that they have identified the girl as Amore Joveah Wiggins and arrested her father as a suspect in her death. Opelika Police Chief Shane Healey said…


Alabama Police Identify Girl’s Remains Found in 2012, Arrest Father

OPELIKA, Ala.—Since 2012, the remains of the small child found behind a mobile home in Alabama were known only as “Baby Jane Doe.” On Thursday, police in Opelika announced that they identified the girl as Amore Joveah Wiggins and arrested her father as a suspect in her death. Police Chief Shane Healey said investigators identified…


Alabama Withdraws From Voter Registration Data-Sharing Group

The first official act in office from Alabama’s recently elected Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican,  was to remove the state from a voter registration data-sharing group. Allen, who was sworn in as the state’s 54th secretary of state on Monday, made the promise to voters to withdraw from the Electronic Registration Information Center…


Coach: Alabama ‘Grieving’ After Teammate Charged With Murder

Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Monday the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide is going through “kind of a grieving process” after player Darius Miles and another man were charged with capital murder following a fatal shooting near campus. Speaking at a news conference, Oats said he couldn’t discuss any specifics related to the case. He…


Alabama Basketball Player, 2nd Man Charged With Murder

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been charged with capital murder after a fatal shooting near campus. Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy said that the shooting occurred early Sunday morning in the Strip off University Blvd. near campus. He said Jamea Harris, 23, of the Birmingham area was shot and killed….