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Bloody, naked man arrested after drug-fueled Calera crime spree, police say
A 36-year-old man is behind bars after he was found naked, bloody and damaging vehicles and homes in Calera.
Caleb Jon Sims was taken into custody early Friday and remains held without bond in the Shelby County Jail.
Calera police officers were dispatched about 2:30 a.m. to Camden Cove after a resident called 911 reporting a naked man was damaging vehicles and homes.
Chief David Hyche said all available officers responded and began searching for the suspect. Additional calls came in reporting the suspect in a different part of the neighborhood.
Hyche said “the very large male suspect” was naked and found covered in blood. It appears he injured himself during the rampage, police said.
Sims moved toward officers, refusing their commands, and was hit with a Taser stun gun and taken into custody, Hyche said.
Sims admitted to being under the influence of a controlled substance, was placed under arrest and transported to the hospital.
Hyche said at least 18 victims with property damage have been identified.
Sims is charged with public intoxication, public lewdness and disorderly conduct. Many more charges are expected for the property damage.
“This man admitted to being under the influence of drugs and is very fortunate that a citizen or officer didn’t have to use deadly force for their own protection,’’ Hyche said.
“To all those who have argued with me over the years that drugs are a victimless crime and criticized law enforcement for enforcing drug laws,’’ he said, “families in Camden Cove with property damage and those terrorized by this event would disagree.”
“The suspect also could have easily been a victim of his own choices this morning,’’ Hyche said. “He is very lucky that our officer had the opportunity to safely deploy his taser to get him under control long enough to apply handcuffs. I also see the damage that drug use does to the families of users. They are victims as well.”
If you discover damage you believe was caused by Sims, you are asked to call Calera police at 205-668-3505.
Read MoreAlabama schools hit with whooping cough outbreaks: What parents need to know
Pertussis cases continue to pop up across Alabama as public health officials confirm a drastic increase in 2024.
This week, Creekside Elementary School in Harvest notified parents that a case of pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, was reported at the school, according to News 19.
This follows at least four other cases that have been reported in Alabama schools over the last few weeks.
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) previously confirmed whooping cough outbreaks in schools in Limestone, Madison, Jackson and Lauderdale Counties.
The agency told News 19 it has received reports of 124 cases of the disease so far this year, compared to the 41 cases reported in 2023.
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that whooping cough cases were climbing back up to pre-pandemic levels.
As of October, 18,506 cases of whooping cough had been reported so far in 2024, according to the CDC. That’s the most at this point in the year since 2014, when cases topped 21,800.
Whooping cough is caused by bacteria infecting the mouth, nose and throat and is spread through the air by coughing. Symptoms can appear 5 to 21 days after infection and can usually be treated by a five-day antibiotic course, according to the ADPH.
Schools are advising parents to take their child to a physician if they have cold symptoms followed by a cough.
The ADPH and the CDC also strongly recommend that parents look into the new whooping cough booster “Tdap,” for children 11 years and older.
In Alabama, the “Dtap” Pertussis vaccine is given until 7 years of age and vaccine protection begins to fade in older children. The booster helps increase protection for adolescent students, who public health officials say are getting hit the hardest this year.
Read MoreAnders Carlson makes quick return to the NFL
After kicking in the San Francisco 49ers’ past two games, Anders Carlson might kick for the New York Jets on Sunday.
The 49ers released Carlson on Tuesday with regular kicker Jake Moody ready to return from an ankle injury. San Francisco had used the former Auburn kicker as a practice-squad elevation for two contests.
On Friday, the Jets released kicker Riley Patterson and signed Carlson for their practice squad. Either Carlson or Spencer Shrader will kick for New York when it plays the Arizona Cardinals at 3:25 p.m. CST Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
After making 35-of-38 field-goal attempts last season for the Jets, Greg Zuerlein went 9-of-15 in New York’s first eight games this season. The misses included a potential game-winner from 50 yards in the closing seconds of a 10-9 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sept. 29 and misfires from 32 and 43 yards in a 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 14.
The Jets placed Zuerlein on injured reserve with a left knee injury on Oct. 30 after he had missed a 44-yard field-goal attempt and an extra-point try in a 25-22 loss to the New England Patriots in New York’s previous game.
The Jets signed Patterson and Shrader for the practice squad and used Patterson the next day in a 21-13 victory over the Houston Texans on Oct. 31. Patterson made his three kicks – all extra points. Houston returned four kickoffs for 106 yards after New York’s opponents had returned five kickoffs for 111 yards in the first eight games.
As a practice-squad elevation, Carlson made all five of his field-goal attempts and 3-of-4 extra-point tries while kicking for San Francisco in a 28-18 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 20 and 30-24 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 27. Carlson made a career-long 55-yard field goal against Kansas City.
When he signed with San Francisco, Carlson had been a free agent since Aug. 27, when the Green Bay Packers released him after he served as the team’s kicker in the 2023 season.
Carlson joined the Packers as a sixth-round selection from Auburn in the 2023 NFL Draft. He displaced 16-year veteran Mason Crosby as Green Bay’s kicker and became the first rookie in league history to make a field goal in 17 regular-season games. But with the playoffs included, he also had the most misses on extra points with six and on total kicks with 13 in the NFL in 2023.
In his first NFL season, Carlson made 27-of-33 field-goal attempts and 34-of-39 extra-point tries in the regular season and 2-of-3 field-goal attempts and 7-of-8 extra-point tries in two postseason games.
In 2024, Green Bay had an offseason/training camp/preseason kicking competition between Carlson and Greg Joseph, who had been the Minnesota Vikings’ kicker for the previous three seasons. But when the time came to set the regular-season roster, the Packers cut Carlson and Joseph and claimed Brayden Narveson after he had been waived by the Tennessee Titans. Narveson has since been replaced by veteran Brandon McManus.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.
Read MoreComic-book icon loves Alabama football as much as superheroes
The titular caped crusader in “Absolute Superman” doesn’t appear in the new DC Comics series’ debut until two-thirds of the way in. It’s deft, immersive and patient storytelling. And reminiscent of how director Steven Spielberg didn’t reveal the shark until deep into classic blockbuster “Jaws.”
Jason Aaron, the acclaimed comic book writer helming “Absolute Superman, explains his pacing: “I think you know, part of it is that this is a big story, right? Like this is not Superman fully formed in issue one. He’s still struggling to kind of figure out who he is, how he fits in here, still working to understand his powers and what they can do and to control them. And so this is a raw version of Superman, and that will continue to be the case for a while.”
The cover art of “Absolute Superman” issue one. (Courtesy DC Comics)DC Comics
“Absolute Superman” is a return to the beginning. Not just for Kal-El — Superman’s given name on his home planet Kypton, before taking on his Earth name, Clark Kent — but Aaron, too.
“Superman was such a big part of me becoming a comic book fan as a kid,” Aaron, an Alabama native and longtime Kansas resident, says during a recent video call. “I just moved recently, so I’m still in the process of setting up my office and filling it with toys and trades and stuff I’ve collected over the course of 50 years of being a nerd. And there’s so much Superman stuff from when I was a kid.”
There’s a Superman nightlight. A Superman lamp, too. And a chunk of “kryptonite” Aaron bought in the early ‘80s after clipping an offer out of an issue of “DC Comics Presents” and sending it off to receive a spray-painted green rock in return by mail.
“The first comics I ever read,” Aaron says, “were Superman books off the spinner rack from a drug store in Jasper. The ‘Superman’ film in ‘79 was a big deal for me. So, Superman is one of the big reasons why I’m here, why I fell in love with comics and why I pretty quickly realized I want to do that someday.”
Aaron made his name writing Marvel Comics titles like “Wolverine,” “Black Panther,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “Captain America.” But during his 15 years at Marvel, wanting to get a shot at Superman was always in the back of his mind. Especially during Aaron’s legendary run on “Thor,” which saw long-running supporting character Jane Foster pick up the God of Thunder’s hammer, powers and persona.
“Then this opportunity came along,” Aaron says, “and I was like, ‘Well, I can’t say no to this,’ because this is the kind of thing that won’t happen every day. The chance to not just do Superman in an ongoing series, but to do my own take on Superman. How to reinterpret that character as If I was creating him today — you know, not 1939 [the year the character debuted], but 2024. What does that story look like?”
“Absolute Superman,” featuring artwork by Rafa Sandoval and Ulises Arreola, looks amazing. The visuals strike a balance between classic and contemporary.
“I think the average person maybe doesn’t understand how many people might be involved in making one comic book,” Aaron says. “I’ve worked on so many different projects where you might have four or five different countries represented in the creative team on one comic.
“You can be born in, you know, in small town in the backwoods of Alabama, and work with artists in Serbia and Spain and Australia, and just every place on the planet you can think of. These people from wildly different places coming together, to sort of tell this same story and make this thing happen.”
And turn-around those those stories on quickly. Unlike Hollywood superhero movies, which involve years to produce, comic books are serialized monthly.
“One of the things,” Aaron says, “that’s really cool and magical and so gratifying about comics is the immediacy of it. I sit down and write a script which is similar to a screenplay, it’s just broken down into specific images, and then there’s a whole team of people who pick up the ball after that and run with it.”
A page from “Absolute Superman” issue one. (Courtesy DC Comics)DC Comics
Aaron’s script for the debut issue of “Absolute Superman” mixes relatable themes of working-class struggles, corporate greed and exploitation with the exotic settings and fantastical powers essential for page-turning escapism.
“If you boil the story of Superman down to its core,” Aaron says, “it’s the story of an immigrant, right? Really, the original version is more like the story of Moses, where it’s this child in a basket sent down the river who comes here. This version of the origin is very, very different. And doing a story of an immigrant in 2024 is different than 1938, so Kal-El’s path has been a lot darker and more troubled, and he did not have that idyllic upbringing in Kansas [as in the character’s traditional origins].
“The one big part of this story that’s the same as all the other Superman stories is Kal-El is very much the last son of Krypton. So when he comes here, he is alone. He is in a place where he is not welcome, where he has no connections of family or friends. Nothing. He’s the only person alive who remembers his home, remembers his parents, and the lessons and warnings from the destruction of Krypton. The question when the story starts, is, what does he do with all that? Where does he go from here? Is there a place for him on Earth, and if so, where is I and how does he get there?”
In addition to his impressive superhero credits, Aaron Aaron’s known for Vertigo Comics’ Vietnam War-themed “The Other Side,” Native American crime series “Scalped” and Image Comics’ “Southern Bastards,” set in his home state in fictional Craw County. In February, he’ll debut his latest creator-owned series “Bug Wars,” via Image.
“Since I was a child playing in my backyard in Piney Woods Alabama, I have made up stories,” Aaron says. “Back then, it was me with Star Wars toys and He-Man toys, setting them up in the weeds in the woods, and coming up with these elaborate fantasy stories that never existed anywhere except in my own head. That’s what I did for fun, it’s what I loved to do, and that grew into writing.”
During our video call, Aaron looks as you’d expect a comic book writer to. Glasses. Wizard-worthy beard. His T-shirt’ depicts the “Empire Strikes Back” vehicle AT-AT Walker. Aaron speaks in a raspy hushed tone born to describe other realms.
But the eyes can deceive, for his other lifelong passion is decidedly un-nerdy. Aaron’s a huge University of Alabama’s football fan.
“There’s not always a big crossover between those two,” he says, “but I think when you look at them both, there’s a lot of similarities. In football, like in comics, there’s heroes and villains. There are the teams you love, the teams you hate. There’s stories. Story of a game, story of a season, story of career.
“When you when you paint your face and get decked out to go to a game, it’s not that different than somebody dressing up like Batman or Harley Quinn to go to a comic convention. I’ve got my framed Daniel Moore paintings, Alabama shakers and helmets and Nick Saban prayer candles, all kinds of football related toys, just like I do my Marvel and DC toys. So that I think fans are not that different between those two.”
Read MoreGamecock buzz: Jax State looks to extend winning streak in matchup with Louisiana Tech
WHAT: Jacksonville State at Louisiana Tech.
WHEN: 3:30 p.m., Saturday.
WHERE: Joe Aillet Stadium, Ruston, La.
SERIES: Jacksonville State leads 1-0.
TV: CBS Sports Network.
LINE: Jacksonville State by 10.
THIS GAME WILL DETERMINE: If Jacksonville State can clinch bowl eligibility and win its sixth straight game.
THREE THINGS TO LOOK FOR
1. Will Tre Stewart continue to dominate?
It’s beginning to sound like a broken record, but Stewart shined once again in last week’s game against Liberty, which pitted two of the best Group of Five running backs against each other. In Jax State’s four conference games, Stewart has run the ball 93 times for 694 yards and 11 touchdowns, being one of three FBS players with multiple games of running for four touchdowns; he’s run for over 100 yards in all four of those games and has eclipsed 200 in the last two. He’ll face a Louisiana Tech run defense that’s allowed the 28th-least rushing yards of the 134 FBS teams.
2. How will Jax State’s offensive line fare against Kolbe Fields?
If there’s one player who’s filled up the stat sheet this season, it’s Fields at linebacker. The LSU transfer currently sits at a team-high 57 total tackles (30 solo) to go along with 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble, a pass breakup and an interception. The linebacker, who sat out last season after transferring to the program, has been the program’s highest-graded starter, according to PFF, and has excelled in the team’s run defense.
3. Will Jax State remain red hot?
After three straight losses to open its season, Rich Rodriguez‘s group has rattled off five straight wins and sits tied atop Conference USA with Western Kentucky at 4-0 in conference play. In the five-game span, the Gamecocks have totaled 2,649 yards of total offense (529.8 yards per game) and outscored opponents 234-85. Should Jax State win this game, it’ll clinch bowl eligibility for the second straight season and give the program its longest win streak since the 2017 season, when it won seven straight. Will the Gamecocks continue their dominant success on the road this Saturday?
KEY MATCHUP
Louisiana Tech receiver Tru Edwards vs. Jax State’s secondary
Edwards has been one of the most productive receivers in the conference, already having doubled his catches from last season with four games left on the schedule. The wideout has hauled in 46 catches for a team-high 566 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 12.3 yards per catch and over 70 yards per game.
BY THE NUMBERS
464.9 — The number of yards Jax State’s offense is averaging per game, which ranks atop Conference USA and 12th among all FBS teams.
Read MoreCommunity health workers spread across the US, even in rural areas
Kelly Engebretson was excited to get fitted for a prosthetic after having part of his leg amputated. But he wasn’t sure how he’d get to the appointment.
Nah Thu Thu Win’s twin sons needed vaccinations before starting kindergarten. But she speaks little English, and the boys lacked health insurance.
William Arce and Wanda Serrano were recovering from recent surgeries. But the couple needed help sorting out their insurance and understanding their bills.
Engebretson, Win, Arce and Serrano were fortunate to have someone to help.
They’re all paired with community health workers in Huron, South Dakota, a city of 14,000 people known for being home to the state fair and what’s billed as the world’s largest pheasant sculpture.
Three workers, employed by the Huron Regional Medical Center, help patients navigate the health system and address barriers, like poverty or unstable housing, that could keep them from getting care. Community health workers can also provide basic education on managing chronic health problems, such as diabetes or high cholesterol.
Community health worker programs are spreading across the U.S., including in rural areas and small cities as health providers and state and federal governments increasingly invest in them. These initiatives gained attention during the coronavirus pandemic and have been found to improve people’s health and access to preventive care while reducing expensive hospital visits.
Community health worker programs can address common barriers in rural areas, where people face higher rates of poverty and certain health problems, said Gabriela Boscán Fauquier, who oversees community health worker initiatives at the National Rural Health Association.
The workers are “an extension of the health care system” and serve as a link “between the formality of this health care system and the community,” she said.
The programs are often based at hospital systems or community health centers. The workers have a median pay of $23 an hour, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Patients are typically referred to programs by clinicians who notice personal struggles or frequent visits to hospital emergency departments.
South Dakota is among the states that have recently funded community health worker programs, developed training requirements for the workers, and approved Medicaid reimbursement for their services. The state’s certification program requires 200 hours of coursework and 40 hours of job shadowing.
Huron Regional Medical Center launched its initiative in fall 2022, after receiving a $228,000 federal grant. The program is now funded by the nonprofit hospital and Medicaid reimbursements.
Huron, a small city surrounded by rural areas, is mostly populated by white people. But thousands of Karen people — an ethnic minority from the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar — began arriving in 2006. Many are refugees. The city also has a significant Hispanic population from the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central and South America.
Mickie Scheibe, one of Huron’s community health workers, recently stopped by the house of client Kelly Engebretson. The 61-year-old hadn’t been able to work since he had part of his leg amputated, due to diabetes complications.
Scheibe helps with “the hoops you’ve got to jump through,” such as applying for Medicaid, Engebretson said.
He told Scheibe that he didn’t know how he was going to get to his prosthetic fitting in Sioux Falls — a two-hour drive from home. Scheibe, 54, said she would help find him a safe ride.
She also invited Engebretson to a diabetes education program.
“Put me down as a definitely absolutely,” he replied, adding that he’d invite his mother to tag along.
The same day, Scheibe’s co-worker Sau-Mei Ramos visited the apartment where William Arce and Wanda Serrano live. Arce was recovering from heart surgery, while Serrano was healing from knee and shoulder operations.
The couple, both 61, moved three years ago from Puerto Rico to be near their children in Huron. Ramos, who’s also from Puerto Rico, coordinated their appointments, answered their billing questions, and helped Arce find a walker and supplemental insurance.
Ramos, 29, handed Arce a pamphlet about heart health and asked him to read the section on angina, the pain that results when not enough blood flows to the heart.
“Qué entiende?” she said, asking Arce what he understood about his condition. Arce, speaking in Spanish, responded that he knew what angina was and what symptoms to watch for.
Later that day, Paw Wah Sa, the third community health worker in town, met with client Nah Thu Thu Win, who moved to Huron in February from Myanmar with her husband and twin 6-year-olds. The Win family, like Sa, are part of the local Karen community, whose people have been persecuted under the military rulers of Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma.
Win, 29, had assumed the kids would qualify for Medicaid. But unlike most other states, South Dakota does not immediately offer coverage to children who legally immigrated into the U.S. The boys’ father hopes to eventually add them to his work-sponsored insurance.
Sa didn’t want the kids to have to wait for health care. The 24-year-old previously took the twins to a free mobile dental clinic in Huron. It turned out they needed more advanced dental work, which they could get free only in Sioux Falls. Sa helped make the arrangements.
Many Karen residents and people from rural parts of Latin America had little access to health care before moving to the U.S., Sa and Ramos said. They said a major part of their job is explaining what kind of care is available, and when it’s important to seek help.
The three community health workers sometimes take clients grocery shopping, to teach them how to understand labels and identify healthful food.
Boscán Fauquier, with the National Rural Health Association, said that because community health workers are familiar with the cultures they serve, they can suggest affordable food that clients are familiar with.
Rural America’s overall population is shrinking, but the 2020 census showed it has become more diverse as people representing ethnic minorities are drawn to jobs in industries such as farming, meatpacking, and mining. Others are attracted by rural areas’ lower crime rates and cheaper housing.
Boscán Fauquier said many rural community health worker programs serve people from minority groups, who are more likely than white people to face barriers to health care.
She pointed to programs serving Native American reservations, the Black Belt region of the South, and Spanish-speaking communities, where the workers are called promotoras. But community health workers also serve rural white communities, such as those in Appalachia impacted by the opioid crisis.
Medicare, the federal health program for adults 65 or older, has been reimbursing community health worker services since January. Boscán Fauquier said advocates hope more state Medicaid programs and private insurers will allow reimbursement too.
Engebretson said he’s happy to see community health workers across South Dakota, not just in big cities.
The more they “can branch out to the people, the better it would be,” he said.
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Read MoreMan found unresponsive after possible stabbing in southwest Birmingham
A man was found assaulted and unresponsive Friday at a Birmingham apartment building.
West Precinct officers responded at 8:50 a.m. to a report of an assault in the 400 block of Tuscaloosa Avenue S.W.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald said they found the victim near the entrance to an apartment. Officers were unsure how he had been wounded.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service rushed him to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The preliminary investigation suggests the victim was involved in a physical altercation with another man that he knows. That information came from a witness.
“We believe he was stabbed,’’ Fitzgerald said. “Officers are at UAB Hospital and will be able to let detectives know how he was injured.”
No arrests have been announced.
Read MoreKatie Britt vows to work with Trump on Space Command, protecting Vulcan Materials in Mexico
Alabama U.S. Sen. Katie Britt outlined her priorities for working with President-elect Donald Trump and a new Senate majority, including two specific to Alabama – moving the headquarters of the Space Command to Huntsville and protecting the interests of Vulcan Materials in Mexico.
Republicans won control of the Senate on Tuesday and could retain control of the House if undecided races fall their way.
A primary focus for the senator in the next Congress will be renewing and enhancing tax cuts passed during Trump’s first term in 2017.
“I am excited to work with President Trump to get America back on track,” Britt said in a statement.
“Together, we will secure our southern border, grow opportunity and prosperity for hardworking Americans, unleash U.S. energy dominance, restore peace through strength, and put our families back in the driver’s seat. I am confident our best days are ahead of us.”
Trump received 65% of the vote in Alabama on Tuesday, topping his dominant wins in the state in 2016 and 2020, when he got 62%. Britt has been a supporter of Trump, as has Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
Britt, Tuberville, and other members of Alabama’s congressional delegation, including House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, have said they expect Trump to move the Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville.
Winning the base will mean at least 1,600 new jobs for Alabama and more as the command and its missions grow. Trump supported the Air Force’s decision in January 2021 to put the headquarters at Redstone Arsenal for the headquarters. Biden overturned that decision and picked Colorado.
“Under the Trump administration, I also expect Space Command to come home to Alabama where it belongs,” Britt said.
“There is no doubt that Redstone Arsenal should be home to the permanent Space Command Headquarters. Huntsville finished first in the Air Force’s Evaluation Phase and Selection Phase and had the most advantages in the decision matrix.
“President Trump will cast aside President Biden’s partisan political considerations and restore the Air Force’s merit-based decision to select Redstone Arsenal as the permanent basing location for Space Command HQ.”
Britt, Tuberville, and four other senators are sponsoring legislation that would penalize Mexico if it attempts to profit from the port facility owned by Vulcan Materials Co., which the Mexican government seized in March 2023.
“With President Trump back in office, credible American deterrence will be restored—forcing countries like Mexico to respect U.S. interests abroad,“ Britt said.
”I look forward to the Trump administration – from a place of strength – engaging Mexico regarding the unlawful expropriation of Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials’ port and property in Quintana Roo.“
Britt said she will advocate for bipartisan legislation to help fix a shortage of affordable child care for families in Alabama and nationally. Britt and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, introduced the bills in July.
Read more: Alabama child care dilemma means lost work, bankruptcy: ‘Just trying to survive’
The Child Care Availability and Affordability Act and the Child Care Workforce Act will help make child care more affordable and accessible by strengthening existing tax credits to lower child care costs and increase the supply of child care providers, Britt’s office said in a statement.
The statement said Britt will also work to promote American energy dominance, raise real wages for American workers, and increase the labor force participation rate.
Asked if she expected to be considered for a cabinet seat in the new Trump administration, Britt’s office said, “Senator Britt is committed to serving the people of Alabama in the U.S. Senate. She looks forward to serving as a partner to President Trump in that role, getting things done, and delivering real results for Alabamians.”
A reporter for Reuters posted on social media that Tuberville was being considered as a candidate for Secretary of Transportation. Tuberville’s communications director, Mallory Blount Jaspers, told AL.com he would remain in the Senate.
But in a statement to Yellowhammer News, Jaspers said Tuberville is not ruling out serving in the administration.
“Senator Tuberville has communicated that if there was a position where he could be more impactful for both Alabama and the country that he would listen, but he believes that President Trump needs a sledgehammer in the Senate and right now he is focused on playing that role,” Jaspers said.
Read MoreBasketball roundup: Huntsville bench lifts Panthers past Bob Jones in opener
Huntsville High began the 2024-25 high school basketball season with a 63-48 win over Bob Jones at home on Thursday night with the Crimson Panthers’ bench contributing 35 points. Huntsville, coming off last season’s 32-3 finish, never trailed in the season-opener for both teams.
Huntsville jumped out to a 20-7 lead before Bob Jones closed out the quarter with 4 unanswered points to trail 20-11 headed into the second period. The Patriots outscored the home team 13-11 in the second to trail 31-24 at the half.
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