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Butler Native Serves Aboard U.S. Navy Floating Airport
NORFOLK, Va. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristin Taylor, a native of Butler, Alabama, serves aboard USS Nimitz, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier operating out of Norfolk, Virginia. Taylor graduated from Jackson High School in 2021. “Growing up, I learned the golden rule of treating people how you want to be...
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Wilcox Co. Sheriff’s Office investigates fatal shooting in Alberta
A man is dead — and another is behind bars — following a shooting in the Alberta community of Wilcox County. Capt. Kenny Hardin with the Wilcox Co. Sheriff’s Office says 65 year old Eddie James Jones is charged with murder in the case. He says Jones...
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Police make capital murder arrest in Eutaw homicide investigation
EUTAW, Ala. (WBRC) - Officials in west Alabama have announced a breakthrough in a homicide investigation in Eutaw. Authorities said they have arrested 25-year-old Marion Xavier Carter on capital murder and attempted murder charges. The charges are connected to a shooting that happened in the Branche Heights neighborhood on Sept....
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Opportunity Zones for Selma and Wilcox, Hale, Greene and Montgomery counties approved by feds
The federal government has approved Opportunity Zones to attract investment in 141 places in Alabama, including several in the Black Belt News Network coverage area. Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced that Alabama’s Opportunity Zones 2.0 nominations have been approved by the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. The Opportunity Zones Program encourages long-term private investment in economically distressed communities through tax incentives.