A group retracing the steps of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March made it to the Alabama state Capitol.
Martin Luther King III on stood near the place his father addressed marchers 50 years ago and called for fewer restrictions in voting.
Governor Bentley addressed the crowd, but was met with some boos and chants of "Medicaid now," calling for expansion of the health care program. Bentley was also booed by some in the crowd at the 50th anniversary commemoration event in Selma last Saturday.
Dozens of people made the 54-mile trek to Montgomery and were joined by a few hundred at the Capitol.
Rain interrupted a planned voting rights rally. The program was moved inside the nearby church where Martin Luther King, Jr. was pastor.
A state appeals court has upheld a murder conviction and death sentence in a killing that happened 17 years ago in Baldwin County.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals refused Friday to overturn Charles Gregory Clark's conviction in the slaying of William Fuller Ewing.
Ewing was found stabbed to death at his convenience store on the Fort Morgan Peninsula in Gulf Shores on Valentine's Day 1998.
An investigation found $14 in gasoline missing from a pump outside the store, but more than $600 in cash remained in the victim's wallet afterward.
Police found Clark covered in blood and arrested him.
Clark's appeal claimed among other things that Clark's trial lawyer wasn't effective and presented too little evidence while trying to avoid a death sentence. The appeals court disagreed.
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t until next Tuesday. But, that’s not keeping fans of all things Ireland from wearing the green starting tonight.
The Birmingham Irish Cultural Society is holding its annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration dinner this evening. The fundraising event is to benefit the Kid-One charity which gives children and expectant mothers rides to doctor appointments.
Marty Connors is chairman and co-founder of the Birmingham Irish Cultural Society. He says the group sponsors a different charity each year…
“We’ve raised money before for ovarian cancer research at UAB. We’ve raised money to send the UAB marching band to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day. So, it’s really whatever hits us that year as a charity we work on.”
There will be St. Patrick’s Day parades in Birmingham as well as Huntsville and Mobile. The city of Madison is holding a parade and pet walk on Sunday.