‘A deadly price’: State senators say Alabama could lose out on COVID vaccines
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
WWII veteran and POW Lee Elm Creel, 94, of Snow Town, Alabama gets his vaccine from Precious Reynolds, an RN with the VA Hospital in Birmingham. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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This story was updated at 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 19 with response from the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Four Alabama lawmakers two of whom were hospitalized with COVID-19 themselves have signed a letter saying the state’s slow rollout and inconsistent reporting could result in the state getting fewer COVID-19 vaccine doses in the future.
Four Alabama sites added to the National Register of Historic Places
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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Four Alabama buildings have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, a list of culturally and historically significant sites worthy of preservation, according to the Alabama Historical Commission.
The national register added Macon County High School in Notasulga, the Mobile Seamen’s Club Building, Firehouse No. 12 (Ashland Place Fire Station) in Mobile and the South Central Bell Building in Birmingham. Alabama has more than 1,250 places on the register, according to the commission.
“Through the advocacy of citizens and the Alabama Historical Commission, we hope these cultural resources and their legacies remain for generations to come,” said State Historic Preservation Officer Lisa D. Jones. “National Register properties in Alabama tell an incredibly rich and diverse story of how our citizens and state have changed the world,” said Lisa D. Jones, St