WHITE HALL, Ala. — As Ruby Rudolph walks around to the back of her brick ranch house, there's a noticeable stench. "You smell that?" she asks. "I don't even come back here no more." On this breezy day ...

A landmark environmental justice agreement is aimed at fixing long-standing sanitation issues in a rural, predominantly Black Alabama county. Residents say help has been slow to come, but they hope ...

WHITE HALL, AL (WSFA) - Tensions between the mayor and city council members in White Hall have brought town business to a standstill. Some are calling the government dysfunctional and now, the mayor ...

Gladys Maull lives in the rural community of Hicks Hill, Ala. on land that's been in her family for generations. The on-site septic system is collapsing, and she can't afford a new one. (Debbie ...

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A landmark environmental justice agreement is aimed at fixing longstanding sanitation issues in a rural, predominantly Black Alabama county.... Black residents in rural Alabama demand sanitation ...