Warren Averett is proud to announce that two men in Montgomery, Joshua Bowen and Barry Prim, have been promoted to Members of the Firm. Warren Averett is extremely proud of these individuals’ demonstrated commitment to the Firm and its values.
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The Montgomery County Board of Education honored four of its employees during the most recent board meeting for stepping up in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Loveless Academic Magnet Program (LAMP), Booker T. Washington Arts Magnet High School (BTW) and Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School (BrewTech) are consistently ranked among the highest performing high schools in the state – and, indeed, in the nation – by educational ranking sources, inc…
Huntingdon College President J. Cameron West announced recentlyy his appointment of Ms. Leanne Mallory Carroll ’05 and Ms. Stephanie Hicks to new leadership roles at the College. Effective immediately, Ms. Carroll will serve as the Vice President for Strategic Academic Initiatives and Ms. Hi…
Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law was just named to The Princeton Review’s 2021 Best Law Schools list.
Sports
GIRLS BASKETBALL
St. James heated up in the second quarter, using its transition game to generate offense while holding Trinity to one field goal in the quarter en route to a 49-43 win over the Wildcats in the Capital City Conference junior varsity boys basketball tournament on Monday at Trinity.
Brewer Welch hit a trio of 3 pointers over the first three quarters to help Montgomery Academy built a lead and the Eagles held on to claim the Capital City Conference middle school boys basketball tournament championship with a 46-40 win over Catholic in the Trinity gym on Monday.
Opinion
As the 2021 Regular Legislative Session looms, the 800-pound gorilla in the room is the prison issue. The situation has grown more dire and imminent because the U.S. Justice Department has now filed suit against the State of Alabama.
Steve Flowers
Contributing Writer
I keep a little file of funny quotes (funny to me) by politicians and other figures and that file is likely to grow larger in the near future with one of the most gaffe-prone politicians still in circulation taking the oath of office this week.
Brian Hodge
News Editor
A small vision will never influence big people. If you have a small-sized vision, ask God to help you supersize it to His God-sized vision for you. While a God-sized vision might seem impossible, and even improbable, it can become inevitable when we’re willing to see it, seize it, and surren…
John Ed Mathison
Contributing Writer
I write to you today on behalf of myself and the thousands of Alabamians who were utterly embarrassed and painfully ashamed by your involvement and incitement of today’s deplorable, harmful actions at our U.S. Capitol building.
Josh Moon
Contributing Writer
The Whirl
Society, Leisure and Weddings
During the week of Thanksgiving 2020, Mia and Jon drove to the Dunton Hot Springs Resort in the San Juan mountains of Colorado for the four-ye…
Rachel Harrison Lee and Thomas Isaac Edmiston were united in marriage on August 8, 2020 at First United Methodist Church Montgomery. Rachel is…
Wilson “Pierce” Lewis turned eight on Sunday, June 14th. Because of the COVID-19th pandemic, his birthday was scaled down, but no less joyful.…
A & E
Join the Montgomery Symphony this Friday, December 18th, at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 pm at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre (MPAC) for the annual Joyce Caddell Holiday Pops. Don’t miss this chance to ring in the season with memorable selections ranging from “The Grinch” to “Sleigh Ride” and m…
This week marks Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 35th anniversary in Montgomery. From its founding as a summer theatre festival in Anniston in 1972 to its designation as the State Theater of Alabama in 1977 to the stunning performing arts complex in Montgomery (built in 1985), ASF has been a l…
Former Birmingham News reporter and Alabama House of Representatives legislator Charlie Grainger has published his compelling memoir that chronicles eight decades of U.S. history through the eyes of a southern country boy. Peppered with imagery that highlights the South's charm and distinct …
Julie Parker Garrett
Lifestyle Editor