Commentary
One Woman’s Opinion
Thanks to Speakin Out News and to our many dedicated readers. Time is passing fast and we are losing many of our loved ones. Give thanks everyday for Life, Health, Faith, Family and Friends. These […]
Month: October 2021
Sports
Time to make moves in SIAC, CIAA
LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor There are just three weeks left in 2021 regular season football for the CIAA and SIAC who both have championship games scheduled for November 13. That pretty much means if teams […]
City News
RECLAIMING THE BONES: Slave descendants purchase plantation cemetery
Specially submitted to Speakin’ Out News What was “Reclaiming the Bone” about? The once enslaved descendants of the Bone-Wilbourn Plantation, located in Madison County, Alabama, recently purchased the plantation’s slave cemetery. The Bone Family Descendants […]
Headline News
IN MEMORIAM: Former Huntsville City Councilman Richard, Sr. Dies
By Paul Gattis Richard Showers, who served almost 30 years on the Huntsville city council, has died. The city of Huntsville on Saturday announced Showers’ death. He was 73. Council members Bill Kling and Devyn […]
AAMU
SPIRIT OF THE HILL
Homecoming 2021 Recap Where does one begin? There are so many pieces that somehow pull themselves together to form a magical Homecoming experience. That happened again on The Hill, and there was nothing COVID (nor […]
Health
Alabama school district warns of food shortages, asks for parent help after deliveries fail
By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes Alexander City Schools has asked parents to start feeding their children breakfast at home or to send them to school with a snack because the district has not received food deliveries from their […]
Religion
Progressive Union Missionary Baptist Church Installation Services
Submitted by Gregory D. Miley, SON Staff Writer The Progressive Union Missionary Baptist Church installed its sixth pastor in the church’s history; on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. Reverend Dion Jamar Watkins started […]
Commentary
OP-ED: Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap to Help Break the Cycle of Health Bias
By Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC) NNPA NEWSWIRE — I have been vocal about ensuring that we address this injustice as we structure the Build Back Better Act. I am imploring my colleagues to address […]
State News
Nivory Gordon Jr. to be Alabama’s first Black state USDA director, Biden Administration announces
By William Thornton The Biden Administration today announced that Nivory Gordon Jr. has been chosen as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s state director for Alabama. Gordon is the first Black person to hold that job, according […]
City News
Group says Huntsville police should be held accountable in Christina Nance case
By William Thornton A group pushing for criminal justice reform says Huntsville police “should be held accountable for its negligent behavior” in the case of Christina Nance, whose body was found in an unused police […]