
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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whnt.com | Scott Minshall |Drew Taylor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A member of the Brighton City Council was arrested Monday and charged with tampering with evidence, specifically relating to a video showing two people who were shot dead in the town last winter that he allegedly released to the media while police were investigating the case. Jerome Edward McMullin Jr. was arrested after 10 a.m. Monday, where he was charged with tampering with evidence, a Class A misdemeanor, and obstruction of government operations.
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1 week ago |
cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — During an emotional immigration hearing May 8, Alireza Doroudi made the decision to self-deport back to Iran.
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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
ALABASTER, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabaster Police Chief Curtis Rigney is retiring following a 12-year run leading the department and 34 years total with the city. Rigney, who started with the department as a patrol officer in 1991, served his last day as chief Thursday, where he was honored at City Hall for his contributions to the city.
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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A local version of the popular online dating show “Pop the Balloon” is filming in Birmingham and looking for people to take part in its first season. The show, “The Krush Edition: Pop The Balloon,” is hosted by Koko Dennis, red carpet correspondent for the Stellar and Trumpet Awards, and TV personality with People TV, BeeTV, and Mawh Productions. “We’re bringing love, laughs, and surprises to the screen with ‘Pop the Balloon,'” a press release stated.
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cbs42.com | Drew Taylor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Jason Hamric, a multi-hyphenate creative who ran Substrate Radio, a 24-7 internet radio station that has run for over a decade in Birmingham, has died. He was 53 years old. Jackie Lo, Hamric’s wife and fellow radio host at Substrate, confirmed the news on social media Wednesday afternoon.
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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