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A traffic congestion on eastbound Interstate 10 as it approaches the Wallace Tunnel in downtown Mobile, Ala., on Monday, June 21, 2021. (John Sharp/[email protected]). So far no major projects are identified by the state for funding through the federal $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan Congress approved in November. Existing projects, such as the Northern Beltline in Birmingham, will receive dire...

Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the US Coast Guard, speaking at an event in 2017 before becoming a four-star service chief. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Stanton) WASHINGTON: Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the US Coast Guard, said today he would give his “full-throated” support for the US to back the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, but acknowledge...

Runners get a fast start at the beginning of the Boldmen Hero 5K race to honor South Florida's first responders. The inaugural race attracted over 200 participants. (Emmett Hall) The inaugural Boldmen Initiative Hero 5K race at Hollywood’s T.Y. Park brought out members of the community and law enforcement to support the brotherhood in blue. Over 200 participants laced up the running shoes to ...

New Times Photo-Illustration. Source Photos: Getty Images. After all of this, all of us could really use a drink. It has been a long road for restaurants over the past two years, but cocktails-to-go have become a reality and for proprietors and a new stream of cash for the state. It only took a global pandemic, a lawsuit brought by angry bar owners, and a change in state law for it to happen....

BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD)- The Southern University Law Center’s (SULC) regional accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), has reaffirmed the institution’s accreditation for the next 10 years. “We are proud of the hard work of our faculty and staff to achieve SULC’s accreditation reaffirmation,” said John K. Pierre, chancellor of the...

SAULT STE. MARIE — Local law enforcement was called to Sault Area High School Thursday morning to investigate a possible threat, which turned out to be from a student in another city. Amy Scott-Kronemeyer, superintendent, issued a press release explaining that Sault Area High School administration received information of a possible threat. The information included social media threats of a ...

It is an open secret that law as a profession has been a boys’ club for a very long time. As the field opens, it’s apparent that it’s a family affair too. I remember siting in Anheuser-Busch Hall as a job offer-less 2L overhearing my classmates mention that their lawyer dad helped them with their cover letter or that they snagged an internship at their mother’s firm. I love my mom, and she su...

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (WBTW) — Area police officers have been disciplined after a South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy audit found that officers were skipping training videos. Officers with the Bennettsville Police Department, Darlington County Sheriff’s Office, Florence County Sheriff’s Office, Hartsville Police Department, Horry County Police Department, Conway Police Department and Aynor Pol...

Stanly County Sheriff's Office Deputy Darnell Almond (left) and North Carolina State Trooper Michael McCormick visit with Ameliah Reign Harris this past week. Ameliah came home after spending several weeks in the hospital. (Photo by Charles Curcio/staff) A Stanly County sheriff deputy and a state trooper who helped save the life of a baby in Badin who underwent cardiac arrest last month recei...

Phyllis Taite and Timothy Hsieh join OCU School of Law faculty  City-sentinel