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Gannett drops AP, cutting newswire for Montgomery Advertiser, Tuscaloosa News, Gadsden Times

Gannett, a nationwide network of 200 local newspapers and USA Today, announced Tuesday that it will no longer use the Associated Press. In Alabama, Gannett owns the Montgomery Advertiser, the Tuscaloosa News and the Gadsden Times.

Jim 'Zig' Zeigler | 03.20.24

Mae West, who has come to England to star in her first London stage play, her own play Diamond Lil, is seen after her arrival at Southampton on Sept. 17, 1947, aboard the liner Queen Mary from New York. Alabama News

Montgomery reporter Azbell interviews Mae West one-on-one in her hotel room

Montgomery Advertiser city editor Joe Azell interviewed Hollywood legend Mae West in her hotel room at the Jefferson Davis Hotel. Just the two of them. She was wearing a negligee of some sort.

Jim 'Zig' Zeigler | 02.06.24