
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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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Fannie Flagg, the world-renowned writer who used her childhood in Alabama to tell the story of those on the margins in “Fried Green Tomatoes,” will release a new book this summer. Flagg, who grew up in Birmingham and aspired to be an actor before she found her voice in writing, has finished a new collection of short stories, “Something to Look Forward To,” which will be published Aug. 19.
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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
SMITHS STATION, Ala. (WIAT) — A piece exploring the life and death of F.L. “Bubba” Copeland, a pastor and mayor of Smiths Station who took his own life days after a conservative news website outed him for wearing women’s clothing under an online pseudonym, has been given one journalism’s highest honors.
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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
The following report was written by John Goolsby, sports editor of the Trussville Tribune. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Stallions (4-2) bounced back in dominating fashion on Sunday afternoon, defeating the San Antonio Brahmas (1-5), 26-3 inside Protective Stadium. Birmingham’s defense put together another standout performance, holding San Antonio’s offense to only 178 total yards, including just 24 yards on the ground.
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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
VANCE, Ala. (WIAT) — Mercedes Benz will make a new car at its plant in Tuscaloosa County, although what this new “core segment” vehicle will be or what it looks like is anyone’s guess. In a statement released Thursday, the car manufacturer announced it would build a new car at its Mercedes-Benz U.S. International plant outside Tuscaloosa. Currently, the plant puts out the GLE and GLS; the EQE and EQS SUVs and the Mercedes-Maybach line of EQS and GLE vehicles.
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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
by: Drew Taylor Posted: May 2, 2025 / 11:01 AM CDT Updated: May 2, 2025 / 11:01 AM CDT SULLIGENT, Ala. (WIAT) — Ricky McDaniel, chief of the Sulligent Police Department, has been arrested. McDaniel, 58, was booked in the Fayette County Jail at midnight Thursday, according to jail records.
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Mark Warren was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for a piece in Esquire about Smiths Station Mayor "Bubba" Copeland, who killed himself after he was outed by a conservative news outlet for his secret life online. https://t.co/15Is2aXyHl

I’ve been lucky to have had a parasocial/on-a-few-occassions social friendship with Tom Arenberg, whose journalistic perspective, especially on Alabama news, I’ve always trusted. AL(dot)com’s new paywall is this week’s new topic. https://t.co/FAK94vwlXG

With the new trailer out for the upcoming “The Smashing Machine” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, I did a piece on Mark Kerr and how his journey to the top of the UFC began in Birmingham, Alabama. https://t.co/fqfHVhxFou