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  • Officers Facebook posts under fire

    DOTHAN — The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take at least two to three weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by police. The board held a four-hour hearing Thursday in the case of Cpl. Raemonica Carney. She turned to the board after she was suspended for 10 days without pay and put on probation for two years for Facebook posts that department ...

  • Obama honors victims of 1963 Birmingham church bombing

    On hand for Friday's signing ceremony with President Barack Obama are, from left, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, sponsor of the legislation; victims' relatives Lisa McNair, Thelma 'Maxine' Pippen McNair and Dianne Braddock; and the Rev. Arthur Price Jr., pastor of the 16th Street Baptist Church, the site of the bombing. / ...

  • Bentley signs bond issues campaign bill

    King said the governor also approved a $50 million bond issue to purchase equipment for technology training programs in public schools. The technology programs are part of the State Board of ...

  • Crimson Tide softball falls to Vols in NCAA Super Regional series opener

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Much like the regular season series against Tennessee, the Alabama softball team had its chances but fell by a single run, this time 3-2, in the first game of the Knoxville Super Regional, Friday night at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. With the loss, the Crimson Tide moves to 45-14 on the season while the Lady Vols improve to 48-10. The Tide stranded nine runners on base but ...

  • Alabama joining investigation of recalled drug

    The Alabama Department of Public Health is working with other health agencies to investigate an injectable anti-inflammatory drug prepared by a compounding manufacturer in ...


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Movie Review

Titus [DVD]

Titus [DVD]

William Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" was pure Grand Guignol 300 years before Oscar Mtnier invented the infamous Parisian theatrical concoction of overwrought melodrama, twisting plotlines, and outlandish gore effects. Featuring rape, murder, mutilation, decapitation, sacrifice, torture, feigned insanity, and the biggest taboo of them all--cannibalism--"Titus Andronicus" left no ... ...

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  • Alabama womens golf finishes 7th at NCAA Championships USC cruises to title

    ATHENS, Ga. -- The No. 2 Alabama women's golf team struggled to the finish in the final round of the NCAA Championships on the par-72, 6,372-yard University of Georgia Golf Course Friday. The Crimson Tide posted a 37-over 1,189 to finish seventh. UA shot a season-high 28-over-par 316 to slide from a tie for third as winds gusted and swirled through a difficult UGA Golf Course. ...

  • Police arrest 28-year-old man for Thursdays fatal shooting in southwest Birmingham

    fatal shooting in Birmingham's West End Thursday. Christopher Gunn, 28, of Birmingham, has been charged with murder for the shooting death of 20-year-old Carlos Mims. Mims was found shot to death inside a home located at 729 23rd Street Southwest at approximately 11:45 a.m. Gunn is currently being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $100,000 ...

  • Drug maker recalls meds in 13 states

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Department of Public Health is working with other health agencies to investigate an injectable anti-inflammatory drug prepared by a compounding manufacturer in ...

  • SEC Baseball Tournament Alabama blows late lead eliminated by LSU

    SEC Digital Network HOOVER, Ala. -- Second-seeded LSU rallied from a one-run deficit with two outs in the top of the ninth inning Friday to defeat seventh-seeded Alabama, 3-2, and advance to the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament Semifinals at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. LSU (50-9) advances to face third-seeded Arkansas in the first SEC Tournament Semifinal on Saturday with first ...

  • SEC baseball tournament still a fan favorite

    Many of you are packing up heading to the lake, the beach, or maybe to the ballpark for this Memorial Day weekend. Hoover will host the SEC baseball tournament through at least 2016. This year's lower attendance thus far has some asking if the tournament has lost its luster. Those with a stake in Hoover's success say no. This is a huge economic boost the city. Robert Yeager, ...

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