Author: Jay Reeves
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‘New information’ prompts US to reopen Emmett Till case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A year after a book on the brutal slaying of black teen Emmett Till revealed that a key figure in the case acknowledged lying, the federal government has reopened its investigation of the 1955 crime that helped build momentum for the civil…
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These are the lives lost in the Florida high school shooting
When a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 at a large high school in south Florida, the 17 dead included students and school workers, young and old. Here is a look at the 17 confirmed dead by authorities in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: COACH AND SECURITY MONITOR Assistant football coach Aaron…
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‘You were always there’: Las Vegas shooting victims mourned
Through tears and in heart-wrenching tributes, relatives and friends are remembering the dozens of people killed in the shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip. Co-workers gazed silently into flickering candles at a vigil for one victim, a former cheerleader from California who loved country music. Relatives of another victim waited for hours before getting…
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Seniors fight post-hurricane heat with Popsicles, compresses
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Florida seniors shuffled out of stifling assisted-living centers Thursday while caregivers fought a lack of air conditioning with Popsicles and cool compresses after eight people died at a nursing home in the post-hurricane heat. Dozens of the state’s senior centers still lacked electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, and several facilities…
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We’re still fighting, more than 150 years after Appomattox
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — When the Civil War was over, when the dead were buried and the union was reunited, it came time to tell tales and write history. In reunion gatherings and living rooms alike, differing versions of the causes of the conflict became as hardened as sunbaked Georgia clay. More than a century and…
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Trump supporters say they are happy with immigration order
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Don’t talk about airport protests in Trump Country. In the places that propelled Donald Trump to the White House, the president’s fans couldn’t be much happier with his executive order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries. Trump promised to put America first during the campaign, his supporters say,…
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Doctor indicted after drug death of 3 Doors Down guitarist
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama doctor is accused of illegally prescribing drugs that contributed to the overdose death of longtime 3 Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts earlier this year, court documents show. Newly unsealed records show Dr. Richard Snellgrove of Fairhope, Alabama, is charged with illegally prescribing Fentanyl, an opioid pain medication, and another drug…
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Man held in 5 slayings blames massacre on drugs
CITRONELLE, Ala. — Under arrest and shackled following the slaying of five friends in a rural home, a Mississippi man professed his love for the estranged girlfriend whose family and friends were massacred and blamed the killings on drugs. Speaking with reporters as he was escorted to jail by deputies in Mobile, Alabama, Derrick Dearman…
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Body of boy snatched by gator found in Disney lagoon
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was snatched off a Walt Disney World beach by an alligator and dragged underwater was recovered Wednesday, ending a ghastly search at one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. Divers found the body of Lane Graves about 16 hours after authorities…
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It’s a frog, it’s a gorilla? No, it’s Pig the dog
It’s impossible not to stare at Kim Dillenbeck’s dog Pig. Born in Atlanta with severe deformities and adopted by the Alabama woman, the 8-month-old mutt has gangly legs, a body that appears to have been chopped in half and no neck. Pig looks like one of those fake animals created with Photoshop to draw clicks…