Sponsor calls Alabama lottery bill ‘dead’

August 26, 2016

“The lottery bill for the 2016 special session is dead,” announced the measure’s sponsor, Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, on Aug. 26 after the Senate voted

What Are You Reading? Robert Martin

August 25, 2016

FRANKLIN L. KIRKSEY Pastor, First Baptist Church, Spanish Fort “Beyond Far” by Robert Martin In a day when many treat fact like fiction and fiction

‘No currently approved medical use’ for marijuana

August 25, 2016

WASHINGTON — Despite medical marijuana’s legality in most states and the District of Columbia, the Obama administration announced Aug. 11 the drug will continue to

Marine court-martialed; refused to remove Scripture

August 25, 2016

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In a decision likely to influence how the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) applies to military service members, the military’s highest

US sees continuous decline in heavy smokers

August 25, 2016

WASHINGTON — There’s less lighting up in the United States as people who smoke a pack a day or more of cigarettes has declined over

Nearly half of 2016 refugees to US are Muslim

August 25, 2016

WASHINGTON — According to a recent Pew Research Center analysis of data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center, of the more than 63,000 refugees

Olympic athlete relies on Lord in midst of grief

August 25, 2016

Nathan Schrimsher fulfilled a dream when he competed in the modern pentathlon event at the 2016 Olympics. He’s been working toward this goal for years,