Month: May 2015

An Alabama grandmother was sentenced May 11 to life without possibility of parole for running her granddaughter to death outside her rural home. Nine-year-old Savannah Hardin had apparently told a lie about eating candy. During the trial earlier this year, prosecutors showed video of Joyce Hardin Garrard telling her granddaughter’s school bus driver that “She’s … Read moreAlabama Woman Sentenced for Running Granddaughter to Death

On May 6, the Alabama House committee gave the green light to three bills that seek to restrict reproductive rights for women, specifically regarding abortions in the state. The first bill, HB 405 sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur), is better known as “The Fetal Heartbeat Act” and it prohibits physicians from performing an abortion … Read moreThree Controversial Reproductive Rights Bills Pass Alabama House Committee Vote

A team from Woodville, AL, has taken first place in an Environmental Protection Agency competition for reducing energy usage. The five-building team beat out 100 teams and almost 5,500 individual buildings in the fifth annual Energy Star Battle of the Buildings Competition: Team Challenge. The team, named “Going Blue for Woodville,” was made up of … Read moreAlabama Team Triumphant in National EPA Energy Savings Competition