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Alabama Governor (1951–1955) Gordon Persons. On July 22, 1954, a limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, by Governor Gordon Persons.The county, particularly Phenix City, had become lawless, and Persons lost faith in the local law enforcement, which had been implicated in illegal gambling syndicates, political corruption, and the murder of Albert Patterson, the ...
Phenix City is located at (32.472822, −85.020121 It is the easternmost settlement in the state of Alabama as well as the Central Time Zone, but it and some other nearby areas unofficially observe Eastern Time, as these areas are part of the metropolitan area of the considerably larger city of Columbus, Georgia, which is in the Eastern Time Zone and adjacent to the city across the ...
Albert Love Patterson (January 27, 1894 – June 18, 1954) was an American politician and attorney in Phenix City, Alabama.He was assassinated outside his law office shortly after he had won the Democratic nomination for Alabama Attorney General on a platform of reforming the rife corruption and vice in Phenix City.
The Phenix City-Russell County NAACP chapter said in a Facebook post the school board’s meeting was called “for the removal” of the superintendent ‘My work speaks for itself.’
Dirty water from the Phenix City waste water treatment plant flowing into the Chattahoochee has allegedly exceeded allowed contamination levels on and off for years.
Political consultant Hank Sheinkopf says “Jimmy Walker was forced to resign by the Seabury Commission after exposing corruption in city agencies, police department and other places unheard of ...
Hugh A. Bentley (1909–1984) is known for launching a cleanup drive to get rid of crime and corruption in Phenix City, Alabama, in the early 1950s. [1] [2] He was beaten, and survived an assassination attempt with a dynamite bomb. [3]
Three current or former City Council members have been indicted or pleaded guilty to corruption charges. Former lawyers at the city attorney’s office are facing prison time in a legal scandal.