Tag: Johnny Ford
Hearing set on bid to dismiss suit over Confederate memorial
A hearing is set for early next year on a bid by a Confederate heritage group to dismiss a lawsuit over the...
1st elected Alabama Black Republican: GOP ‘open to everyone’
The first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction said Wednesday that his election to represent a heavily white suburban...
Confederate monument damaged but still stands in Tuskegee
A council member using a saw cut into a 115-year-old Confederate memorial at the center of historic Tuskegee on Wednesday but failed...
Longtime Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford loses re-election bid
Tuskegee Hills will have a new mayor.
City councilman Tony Haygood won the Aug. 23 municipal election with 62 percent — 1,401 votes to 865 — over...
Ala. AG Luther Strange clarifies state’s position on electronic bingo
On Wednesday, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange released a copy of his response to a request from United States Attorney George Beck, who asked for...
Birmingham mayor William Bell endorses Hillary Clinton in 2016
Birmingham Mayor William Bell was among 50 African-American city leaders to endorse the Democratic presidential bid of Hillary Rodham Clinton ahead of next year's elections.
Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford...