The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from July 1 to 3 1863. The Union victory was decisive turning point in the Civil War.
Listen to 1819 News Editor-in-Chief Ray Melick on News & Views with Joey Clark as they discuss the new 1819 Sports Editor Steve Irvine, the Bibb County officer shooting, questioning why the state resorted to a bond issue when they had cash for the mega prisons, 1819 The Podcast with Richard Simmons, the Hovey/Whatley election challenge, the Family Court judge in Montgomery who lost custody of her children for excessive punishment, and the recent SCOTUS string of conservative decisions.
“The Prattville Police Department sends our prayers to the family of Deputy Bradley Johnson of the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. He was mortally wounded in the line of duty yesterday and is currently on life support so that he may continue to save lives through the organ donor process. The person responsible for this has since been captured and will hopefully face justice for this unspeakable act of cowardice and evil. "
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Thursday morning that the man wanted in connection to the shooting of two Bibb County Deputies has been captured.
Last week President Joe Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months. What was Governor Kay Ivey’s response? She called it a “gimmick, plain and simple.”
Just because Trump’s own Justice Department, as well as his former attorney general, William Barr, did not find any evidence of widespread fraud, does not necessarily mean they looked very hard, or that the many allegations of voter fraud and cheating never occurred. Personally speaking, I would not put it past Marxist-Liberal Democrats to cheat in order to limit President Trump to one term in office.
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act is one of those. The PRO Act would cause sweeping economic consequences across the United States by repealing right-to-work laws in 27 states, including Alabama. Workers in our state would no longer have the choice of whether or not to join unions and could be forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment.
A new online accelerated degree program for Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences will begin this fall and is intended to produce teachers for Alabama’s First Class Pre-K program.
The Alabama Republican Party has granted a motion for a rehearing of Saturday's election contest in State Senate District 27. The motion was granted based on new evidence from ALEA about a disputed ballot. The committee on Saturday declared the race between Sen. Tom Whatley and Jay Hovey a tie. Hovey won the race by one vote, according to election results certified by local election officials.
Arizona Marshalls have confirmed the arrest of an Alabama man who overpowered a deputy and stole an ambulance on June 22.
1819 News is proud to announce that long-time Alabama sportswriter Steve Irvine will become Sports Editor of 1819 News, beginning July 1.
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) joined 13 Republican House colleagues in a letter sent to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack calling for the USDA to rescind the policy.
During an appearance on "Rightside Radio" on Wednesday, Attorney General Steve Marshall told host Phil Williams that last week had been a "seminal moment" for the conservative legal movement.
“This inmate was not appropriate for work release then, and he was not supposed to be out of prison now,” Zeigler said of Austin Patrick Hall. Hall is the subject of a manhunt for allegedly shooting two Bibb County Sheriff's Deputies. Hall is considered armed and dangerous.
The Miss Alabama competition is underway with the crowning scheduled for Saturday night,
Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA has already created and will continue to create thousands of direct advanced manufacturing jobs as well as supplier jobs in north Alabama. These are sought-after careers that will provide wages Alabamians can live on with global companies that consistently invest in their workforce and communities. Toyota and Mazda’s monumental presence in Alabama highlights how our state leads the nation in the automotive manufacturing industry,” Nicole Jones said.
ALEA has issued a Blue Alert to notify the public of Austin Patrick Hall. They have deemed the safety risk “extreme.”
Despite politically charged calls for packing the court, I don’t believe we’re witnessing a Constitutional crisis at all; recent SCOTUS rulings actually assert that our system works when judicial activism is left idling in the minority. That will work for people on both sides of the aisle if we have patience to let it. However, I do believe that what we’re witnessing is a crisis of a love of self and a love of statism.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office announced the capture of an escaped inmate from Chattanooga, Tenn.
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin came to the Medical Forum Building at the BJCC on Tuesday to address safety during the upcoming World Games 2022.
Greater amberjack recreation fishing season will reopen later this year in the Gulf of Mexico. This year, fishermen will have an opportunity to win $250 if they catch one of these saltwater fish.
The worst thing about abortion? It’s not just that 60 million lives have been lost. It’s also the wretched lies that we’ve believed.
Attorney General (AG) Steve Marshall continues to offer elucidation on Alabama’s abortion law that took effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.
Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced the conviction and sentencing of Paige Taylor Smith for theft from residents of a Shelby Co.and Montgomery Co. nursing home while she was employed as a business office manager at the facilities.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be in Birmingham on Thursday hosted by Congresswoman Terri Sewell.
State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur), the chief sponsor of the 2019 Human Life Protection Act, suggests the state improve upon its existing adoption resources and protocol.
According to the story from Bloomberg's Amanda Albright and Danielle Moran, underwriters for Alabama's $725 million bond issuance were "short around $200 million of orders on the bond deal."