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Alabama Set to Execute Jeffery Lee as Death Penalty Dispute Continues
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is scheduled to execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee by lethal injection this week in a case that brings renewed attention to the state’s former judicial-override system, its shifting execution practices and continuing litigation over how it may put prisoners to death. Gov. Kay Ivey set a 30-hour execution window beginning…
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USDA Plans Alabama Rabies Vaccine Airdrop
GADSDEN, Ala. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to distribute about 1.36 million oral rabies vaccine baits across portions of Alabama next month, part of a long-running wildlife vaccination effort intended to limit the spread of the raccoon strain of rabies. The largest Alabama operation, based in Gadsden, is expected to distribute about 712,000…
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Alabama Board Member’s List Puts Trans-Related Library Books in Crosshairs
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama Public Library Service board member has circulated a list of more than 8,800 public-library catalog listings involving transgender and gender-identity terms, escalating pressure on local libraries as they face a fall deadline to comply with a state rule that restricts access to such materials for minors. The list, assembled by…
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Walker County Commission Bans Flock Cameras on County Rights of Way
JASPER, Ala. — The Walker County Commission has voted to remove Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers from county rights of way and property, making Walker County the first Alabama county reported to take such action. The commission approved a resolution Tuesday titled “Revocation of General Use Contract and/or Privilege for Automated License…
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Woman Charged in Fatal Hoover Pool Fight Over Cellphone
HOOVER, Ala. — A 30-year-old Hoover woman has been charged with murder after a 70-year-old woman was found unresponsive in a community swimming pool Sept. 3, authorities said. Hoover police responded at about 9:32 p.m. to the 2200 block of Little Valley Road after receiving a 911 call about a person in distress in the…
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Alabama Absentee Ballots Go Out as Trump Administration Presses Mail-Voting Restrictions
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama election officials are scheduled to begin mailing absentee ballots Wednesday as the Trump administration asks the U.S. Supreme Court to allow new federal restrictions on mail ballots to take effect before the November midterm elections. The timing places Alabama among the first states to send ballots to voters while the administration’s…
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