Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is advocating a Presidential pardon on behalf of Alice Marie Johnson, 63, currently held at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) Aliceville. Johnson is serving a sentence of life in prison with no parole for a 1996 conviction of drug conspiracy and money laundering.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is requiring all public housing agencies across the nation, including Alabama, to be smoke free by July 31, 2018. In November of 2016, HUD announced its final rule requiring all public housing agencies to implement smoke-free policies over the following 18 months.
Milton Ball, 41, of Aliceville, pled guilty last week to the charge of Robbery 1st Degree. The charge stems from a home invasion near Aliceville on January 12, 2018.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
Mrs. Washington’s Fourth-Grade Class shows off their “Yackers” before shopping at the last Accelerated Reading/Positive Behavior Rewards Store of the 2017-2018 school year.
Aliceville Elementary School has had another successful year at the Accelerated Reader (AR)/Positive Behavior Rewards Store for 2017-2018. Students are given “Yellow Jacket Yackers” to spend in the store for different types of games, toys, puzzles, and merchandise once every six weeks. The “yackers” come in $1, $2, $5, and $10 increments and are earned through reading at or above grade level, and by showing positive behaviors such as helping others, improving schoolwork, good attitudes, being peacemakers, and exhibiting leadership qualities.
BY GENA HUFF, Editor
Jordan Nicole Kesler and Christopher St. Pierre
Billy and Hazel Kesler of Columbus, Miss. are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jordan Nicole Kesler to Christopher Allen St. Pierre, son of John and Brenda St. Pierre of Columbus, Miss.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late James S. Jordan, Dixie G. Nickoles and Leon Kesler and Shirley Kesler of Columbus, Miss. She is a 2010 graduate of Caledonia High School, attended one year at EMCC, and is currently employeed at Handyland Exxon in Hinesville, Ga.
Christopher Chase Britt and Luci Danielle Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lewis of Aliceville announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Luci Danielle Lewis to Christopher Chase Britt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chad Britt of Carrollton.
Miss Lewis is the granddaughter of Lucy Gates and the late Earl Gates, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lewis, all of Aliceville.
BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former corrections officer at the federal prison for women in Alabama to 1½ years in prison for committing a sexual act with an inmate and lying about his contact with her while he worked at the facility. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Miami Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Bourbon announced the sentence.
Former Pickens County Circuit Judge, Ira “Benny” Colvin, has been denied reinstatement of his law license by the Alabama State Bar. Colvin, who was convicted of drug-related charges in 2007 in both Mississippi and Alabama, was removed from office and disbarred from the practice of law after his arrest and eventual conviction.
