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Rashional Thoughts: Appreciating the 4th, family visits as we speed through summer

June 28, 2024

Jennifer Rash reflects on the 4th of July and summer opportunities to make the most of a busy season.

Christian singer knows ups, downs of journey all part of God’s plan

June 28, 2024

BET’s Sunday Best and America’s Got Talent participant Bay Turner didn’t win either competition, but they were part of God’s plan to get him to where he is now.

While trending down, violence in Alabama prisons sees slight uptick in latest report

June 27, 2024

A total of 163 assaults were documented within Alabama’s prisons in April, a new report says. That’s a slight uptick when compared to the previous month. More generally, instances of prison violence have been on a downward trajectory …

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Unwinding: Medicaid continues to shrink rolls in post-COVID status checks

June 27, 2024

Alabama Medicaid enrollment dropped from its peak of 1.38 million in June of 2023 to 1.15 million in April of this year.

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Bail denied for Christian charged with blasphemy

June 26, 2024

Young mother in Pakistan charged with “intentionally outraging religious sentiments” and “intentionally causing fear in the public and harming public tranquility.”

Woman dies in second car crash at St. Clair County church in a week

June 26, 2024

Days after Riverside Baptist Church in St. Clair County was reduced to rubble following a fiery car crash that killed the driver, a woman reported to be the dead man’s girlfriend died in a similar crash on June 23.

Alabaster church finding new life after replant from Chelsea congregation

June 26, 2024

The replant effort seeks to help Southside Baptist Church in Alabaster be able to stand on its own financially, utilize its own resources and then one day pour into other congregations like Liberty Baptist Church in Chelsea is doing.