Friday, May 24 2013 11:13 PM EDT2013-05-25 03:13:47 GMT
Charges have been upgraded on the George County man accused of setting his dog on fire. Since the dog has died, Brandon Pierce, 20, is now charged with aggravated animal cruelty.More >>
Charges have been upgraded on the George County man accused of setting his dog on fire. Since the dog has died, Brandon Pierce, 20, is now charged with aggravated animal cruelty.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 12:10 AM EDT2013-05-24 04:10:35 GMT
After several days of worries that Alabama could be dealing with the outbreak of a potentially new illness, the Alabama Department of Public Health is confident they've solved the mystery.More >>
After several days of worries that Alabama could be dealing with the outbreak of a potentially new illness, the Alabama Department of Public Health is confident they've solved the mystery.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:37 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:37:25 GMT
The City of Hattiesburg is increasing the sewer rates for Petal and some Lamar County customers who use their wastewater lagoon. Petal residents are concerned and voicing their opinions after finding outMore >>
Petal and Hattiesburg residents are voicing their opinions after finding out the City of Hattiesburg is increasing sewer rates. More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:09 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:09:56 GMT
It is official, Boy Scouts of America must accept all male youth no matter their sexual orientation. On Thursday, more than 60-percent of the Boy Scouts of America's 14-hundred-members voted for theMore >>
It is official, Boy Scouts of America must accept all male youth no matter their sexual orientation.More >>
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."More >>
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him....More >>
1870: Hiram Revels Becomes First Black U.S. SenatorMore >>
February 10, 1992
'Roots' Author Alex Haley Dies at Age 70
Alex Haley spent 20 years in the Coast Guard before beginning a second career as a writer and editor. His most famous work was Roots, a fictionalized, but fact-based, version of his family history tracing back to a Gambian youth named Kunte Kinte, Haley's first slave ancestor. A 12-hour TV miniseries based on the best-selling book set ratings records.
Among Haley's other endeavors, he authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X, based on interviews Haley conducted as an editor at Playboy magazine. Alex Haley died on this date in 1992, and is buried at his boyhood home in Henning, Tenn. (Haley was born in Ithaca, N.Y. on Aug. 11, 1921 but the family soon moved to Tennessee, the state Haley came to consider home.)
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