Drew Taylor
Digital Managing Editor at WIAT-TV (Birmingham, AL)
Digital Managing Editor at @CBS_42. Formerly @tuscaloosanews, @MGMAdvertiser, @oanow and a now-defunct weekly in southeast Alabama. Email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
wdhn.com | Maddie McQueen |Drew Taylor
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Peter Mohler has been named as the 30th president of the University of Alabama. On Monday, Mohler was announced as the newest president of UA. Mohler, who served as acting president at Ohio State University in 2023, will succeed Stuart Bell, who led the university for almost a decade before announcing he was stepping down earlier this year.
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2 weeks ago |
cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WIAT) — The Jefferson County Department of Public Health shut down the Jimmy John’s in Vestavia Hills Monday. Jannese Covington, environmental health program manager at the JCDPH, said that on Monday, the department had received a complaint that the sandwich shop, located near the Vestavia City Center on Kentucky Avenue, had no hot water, something that was later confirmed by an inspector.
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2 weeks ago |
whnt.com | Drew Taylor
WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith and his second in command have been arrested and indicted by a grand jury for hiring people who were not eligible to serve in law enforcement. According to court documents, Smith and Chief Deputy Ralph Williams were both indicted Monday morning.
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2 weeks ago |
cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith and his second in command have been arrested and indicted by a grand jury. According to court documents, Smith and Chief Deputy Ralph Williams were both indicted Monday morning. Smith is indicted on six counts of law enforcement qualifications while Williams was indicted on one count of false and/or misleading information.
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3 weeks ago |
theglobeandmail.com | Drew Taylor
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A grand jury is asking that e-cigarettes not be sold to inmates at the Walker County Jail anymore. Despite generating an estimated $20,000 per month for the Walker County Sheriff's Office, they've caused a few problems over the years. https://t.co/7WRIN5k8lG
Michael Anderson, whose lifelong attention to both detail and aesthetic lent themselves well to careers as a florist, a decorator and, most notably, a photographer who became a common sight along the streets of Birmingham over the years, has died. https://t.co/ZSFvqR8XHw
Alireza Doroudi, a student from Iran who was studying mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama before being detained by ICE on March 25, left the United States Sunday, his attorney has confirmed. https://t.co/whA0UrLOLx