Lacey Alexander
Digital InternLacey Alexander is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. She holds two bachelor's degrees (Theatre and Journalism) from Troy University, where she is a proud alumna of the Troy Public Radio internship program. She earned second place in the “Best Radio Journalist” category at SEJC’s “Best of the South'' awards, and is currently pursuing a masters in Journalism at the University of Alabama.
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Cryptocurrency scams are on the rise in the state of Alabama according to the Better Business Bureau. -
The state is seeing teachers leave their profession due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers are considered alarming. More than half the educators in a recent survey from AL dot com say they were thinking leaving their jobs. Teachers cited burnout and low pay as major reasons for leaving or wanting to leave. -
A women’s rugby club in Jefferson County is seeking new members this season. -
The Professional Bull Riders organization will be holding its only Alabama-based event in Dekalb County this weekend. -
A ceremony was held in Montgomery on Wednesday to honor Ashley M. Jones, who was named Alabama’s first Black poet laureate earlier this year. -
A week after police found several FedEx packages dumped on an Alabama roadside in Blount County, more packages were found tossed aside in Chilton County Wednesday morning. -
A monument depicting Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer that refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955, was unveiled in downtown Montgomery on Wednesday. -
Authorities in Blount County say that they have questioned the ex-FedEx employee they believe was responsible for dumping over 400 packages out into a wooded ravine in Hayden.
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A jury in Mobile County awarded a Semmes woman $2.1 million dollars in damages today after the woman was arrested for shoplifting that she claims never took place. -
For the third year in a row, the rate of inmates in Alabama being granted parole has dropped.
