Ben Hillyer, Author at Alabama Now

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Alabama city prepares to host the world at championship Domino tournament

The eyes of Dominoes competitors across the globe are on Alabama this weekend. The Andalusia Rotary Club is set to host the 48th World Championship ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 5:31 pm

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Alabama Shakespeare Festival tells tales of power and death

With William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” — which opened last Thursday on the Festival Stage for Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s 50th season — director Rick Dildine is ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Sunday, February 13, 2022 7:21 am

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Retired Alabama deputy killed in shooting recalled fondly

Madison “Skip” Nicholson retired from his job as a deputy with the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Department, but he never really left. He was still around ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Thursday, December 2, 2021 12:26 pm

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Alabama researchers closing in on site of pivotal battle that changed course of Southern history

For a century, researchers have searched for the spot where Hernando de Soto’s Spanish explorers clashed with Chief Tascalusa’s warriors in a devastating battle that ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Sunday, November 21, 2021 5:57 am

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It’s a girl! Alabama elementary school students adopt a calf

Every year, John S. Jones Elementary School in Rainbow City celebrates Milk Day, a school day where students are taught about the importance of milk ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Sunday, October 31, 2021 6:01 am

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Alabama woman gets life sentence for helping husband plan killings

An Alabama woman received a life sentence Wednesday for helping her husband plan the 2015 killings of his estranged pregnant wife, her unborn child and ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 3:44 pm

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Second suspect faces charges in ‘ambush’ killing of Alabama officer, attempted murder of officer’s girlfriend

A second suspect faces charges in the death of a Selma police officer. Andrevious Quinton Carter, 22, was arrested Monday night on a charge of ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:53 am

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Bar known to two generations of Alabama students closing

\A dive bar known to two generations of University of Alabama students, football fans and music lovers is closing. Egan’s Bar is shutting down this ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Sunday, August 1, 2021 6:28 am

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Reward offered in Alabama killing of Georgia prison worker

An anti-crime group offered a $2,500 reward Wednesday for information that leads to an arrest in the death of a Georgia prison worker who was ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Thursday, June 24, 2021 6:13 am

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Ryan Morrison makes a living as a bagpiper…in Alabama

Before Google, YouTube and Facebook, Ryan Morrison was a Birmingham teenager – a self-described “punk rock kid playing guitar” – who became somewhat obsessed with ... Read more

by Ben Hillyer, Sunday, May 30, 2021 6:49 am

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