Woman killed, four children injured in Alabama Easter Sunday shooting
Birmingham native Rickey Smiley is offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in the fatal shooting
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A tragic shooting on Easter Sunday left one woman dead and several injured when shots rang out in a neighborhood park.
According to
WSFA 12 News, the shooting took place at Patton Park in Birmingham, Alabama where hundreds were gathered to celebrate the religious holiday. Gunfire erupted around 7 p.m. and one person,
Areyelle Yarborough, was killed. She was pronounced dead at the scene near her vehicle door.
A 21-year-old, a 17-year-old, a 16-year-old, a 15-year-old, and a five-year-old were also shot during the chaos.
Founder Melanie Few talks the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration If God is for you, who can be against you?
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Melanie Few, who was raised in both a Baptist and African Methodist Episcopal household, is the benevolent Black girl boss behind the extravaganza known as Super Bowl Gospel Celebration.
Nearly twenty-two years ago, the established marketing executive had a vision to bring the joy and inspiring aura of gospel music to the National Football League and though she was rejected seven times, the eighth seemed to have been the charm.
This year, as founder and executive producer, Few has wrangled up some of the industry’s most sought after names in gospel including
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Options abound for those skipping Big Game
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
The Super Bowl is usually one of the top-viewed programs of the year, so Sunday is a big day for TV with Super Bowl LV coverage beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sunday on CBS with the game itself starting at 6:30 p.m.
But football isn t for everyone. If you re not interested – even in the commercials – here are some other things you might want to watch Sunday.
Local streams
• Performances from Namen Namen and Moser Woods recorded on the Embassy Theatre stage can be streamed for $10 each at ShowTix4U.com.
Faith leaders and religion influencers who died in 2020
Losses in the religion world included people known for their contributions to preaching, civil rights or music. Coffins are lined up on the floor in the San Giuseppe church in Seriate, one of the areas worst hit by coronavirus, near Bergamo, Italy, waiting to be taken to a crematory, on March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Losses in the religion world included people known for their contributions to preaching, civil rights or music.
Luminaries from entertainment, politics and sports, such as Chadwick Boseman, Little Richard, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Kobe Bryant, were known for work unrelated to faith but nevertheless lived lives connected to religion. The suicides of pastor Darrin Patrick and Marilane Carter, a pastor’s wife, prompted outpourings of grief and alarm over clergy mental health.