[ Dear Annie: My 96-year-old mother has two children — me and my older sibling, “Jennifer.” Our mother’s trust originally had Jennifer as trustee, but she moved to the West Coast, about 2,000 miles away. A year and a half before Jennifer moved, she tried to steal some small, expensive pieces of jewelry from our … Read more
[ The race in Alabama’s new 2nd Congressional District, which once had 21 candidates, is down to two finalists. Shomari Figures, who worked for the Obama administration and in the U.S. Justice Department, has defeated Alabama House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels in a runoff for the Democratic nomination. Caroleene Dobson, an attorney and first-time candidate, … Read more
[ The mayor of Andalusia has issued an apology to a woman who was arrested after refusing to show a police officer her identification. ““On behalf of the City of Andalusia and the Andalusia Police Department, I would like to apologize to Twyla Stallworth for her arrest in February,” Mayor Earl Johnson said in a … Read more
[ The FBI has launched a website for anyone with information on the explosive device that detonated at Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office to submit tips. The device detonated outside Marshall’s office in Montgomery early Saturday morning. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation received a notification of a suspicious package at … Read more
[ An Alabama native held in a Russian prison for the past two years was sentenced to 21 years in a penal colony Tuesday on charges for which he had previously been exonerated in the U.S. David Barnes, 66, was found guilty by a Russian judge of abusing his two sons in Texas, according to … Read more
[ DEAR ABBY: I let a friend who was going through a hard time stay on my couch when he would get too drunk to drive. Eleven years later, he’s still here. I told him from the beginning not to get hooked or fall in love with me, because I knew I would never feel … Read more
[ There isn’t any police video footage to help answer questions about what happened on the day an undercover officer shot and killed Tristian Clark during a traffic stop late last year in Tuscaloosa, an attorney for his family said. Birmingham attorney Reginald McDaniel told AL.com that police told him and Clark’s family that during … Read more
[ DEAR ABBY: My youngest son married and moved across the country to the West Coast. They did this because his wife is very controlling — her mother lives there and she pressured him into it. They then had three children, who, because we live on the East Coast, we unfortunately rarely see. My son … Read more
[ DEAR ABBY: My son, age 31, dated a woman for a month. On a couple of occasions, she got drunk and became very nasty. He decided to end the relationship and did it in person. Unfortunately, during their short time together, he divulged some personal issues he’s working on. She contacted him a few … Read more
