BY STEPHANIE SMITH, PRESIDENT/CEO OF ALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE OPINION —When the debate over vice laws, those governing drugs, gambling or...
OP-ED: The myth of the moral vacuum: Why every law is a moral choice
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Opinion: Ahead of Lee County Sheriff race, I remember my son
OPINION —On Aug. 15, 2014, my 23-year-old son, Jamie Hubbard, died while in the custody of the Lee County Detention Center. Jamie was a good person...
Letter to the editor: Jay Jones is on the ballot twice
OPINION —During the sheriff candidate forum [last month], Jay Jones stated more than once that the sheriff's most important job is keeping the...
OPINION — Send in the Marine
OPINION — It is often said that nothing is harder or more important than being a parent. As the mother of four young children, this is not a mere...
Letter to the editor: One woman’s experience getting a STAR ID
OPINION — I am contacting you to share my recent experience with being denied a STAR ID.I hope this information may help other married women who...
Letter to the editor
OPINION — Six years after Aniah Blanchard was murdered, the the jury found Ibraheem Yazeed guilty of felony murder and one count for murdering Aniah...
Letter to the Editor
Opinion: We need a new sheriff in town OPINION — The last time Jay Jones wasn’t the Sheriff of Lee County, I was 13-years-old. The most important...
Letter to the editor | The demise of Jordan-Hare
OPINION — I remember the blue haze of dissolving paper shakers when Auburn beat Alabama in the first time ever game in Jordan-Hare, the prayer at...
Letter to the Community
. OPINION — In the last four days, three major criminal acts have taken place in Lee County. Families have been devastated and our prayers are for...