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The Boyfriend Quiz: Will He Kill You?
All right, single ladies, let's take the boyfriend quiz no. 97 - Will He Kill You?1. My boyfriend was arrested for domestic violence before I met him...a. My boyfriend? Neverb. Oncec. Two or more...
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CLC Files Two Ethics Complaints Against Roy Moore
The Campaign Legal Center, usually referred to as CLC, has filed a second ethics complaint against Republican senate nominee Roy Moore. The CLC had previously filed a complaint in September claiming...
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The Widderspoon Wonder...or Not Very Original, Is It?
First a quick quiz:This photo depicts... a. Audwin McGee's 2011 statuary premiseb. Craig R. Widderspoon's 2017 statuary premisec. Kryton of Red DwarfThis photo depicts... a. Audwin McGee's 2011...
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Language for Fun, Profit, and...Ridicule
Years ago we heard of a Colbert County woman who, while addressing a PTA meeting, stated: I told my son if he said "ain't" again I was gonna whup him. At least her intent was in the right place even if...
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How Callus (Drunk) Was Kevin Doherty's Killer?
Cloyd Boulevard is narrow, dark, heavily traveled, and with limited sight for those who drive on it. The speed limit is set intentionally low, and the city has debated for over 30 years (since the...
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Just Who Is Craig Construction Using to Build New $38 Million Dollar School?
Say 38 million and most of us think more money than we could ever imagine in a budget. Say Craig Construction and most of us think of a local Florence firm established over two generations ago. Now...
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Laws: Break, Wink At, or Change?
If you don't like a law or support it, is it all right to break it? We've always gone on record to support all laws, but also supporting the attempt to change one if it's inherently wrong. We were...
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Christina Marie Carroll - All the Glamour is External
In August 2009, Christina Marie Carroll was living with her mother on Lingerlost Lane in Killen when state troopers charged her with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and driving under the...
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Five Assaults This Term at UNA Frat Houses
There are currently 13 fraternities at the University of North Alabama. Of these 13, we don't know how many are involved in the five reported assaults that have occurred since the beginning of the fall...
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Answering Hugo Dante/ALDOT
We received a Facebook comment from UNA SGA president Hugo Dante. In the interest of fairness, as well as in the interest of replying to two specifics in his comment, we're reposting it here in its...
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Opioid Town Hall Was a Bust?
From a reader who attended the Opioid Town Hall meeting at UNA:Johnny Mack in one sentence confused methadone with methamphetamine. When a professor from UNA was touting the benefits and need for...
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The Foundation for Moral Law Does What?
It's easy to say that all laws are based on morals, but of course they aren't. Many of our laws, and in our drug ridden culture perhaps most of them, are based on public safety. Think Trump's travel...
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Did Roy Moore Buy Those Twits...er, Tweeters?
Look to our left sidebar and you'll see how to follow us on Twitter...or not; we're not going to pay you. Yet perhaps someone will.The Alabama political world is buzzing over Roy Moore's Russian...
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Count Down to Shelter/Hackers?
We want to give three rousing cheers to Mayor Steve Holt along with new Florence council members Kaytrina Simmons, David Bradley, and Michelle Eubanks for their efforts to kick start the work on the...
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Body Is Not That of Shawn Childers
A body found earlier this week is not that of missing Florence man Robert DeShawn Childers. Authorities are not publicly releasing the name of the man they believe was found in a field in Tuscumbia,...
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Roy Moore & Some Common Sense
Are you embarrassed that Roy Moore has been elected to state office not once, but twice? We are. His latest faux pas is telling Time magazine that it's a federal law to stand for the national...
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Truth Behind Fatal Killen Chase?/Voting ID
Here is a link to an interesting article concerning voters whose ballots didn't count in the last presidential election in Wisconsin. Valid IDsWhat the author of the article didn't address is that you...
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Our Ninth Anniversary!
From our first blog on the Tuscumbia dog ordinance until yesterday's on a fatal Killen police chase, we've been here (most days) to offer up fodder for criticism, thought, and political change. We're...
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Mistrials & Recusals?
Unfortunately, not everything in the criminal justice system goes according to plan or script. What about the Alfonso Jarman trial? We thoroughly believe Jarmon is guilty of cold-blooded murder and...
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Serving with Distinction? How?
We read a lot these days about stolen valor. Those two words, or especially the latter one, can convey more than one image to most of us. Is it purchasing military medals online and wearing them? Is it...
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