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🌱 AIDB Foundation returns worker's $30,000 donation amid questions

Talladega, Alabama Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good day Talladega! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • AIDB Foundation returns worker's $30,000 donation amid questions
  • Arrest made in fatal shooting at Talladega's Sykes Park
  • FBI investigates inmate's death at Talladega federal prison

Also on today's calendar: Pro Shop Hours and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 65, low: 39.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and cooler, with a high of 54 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. AIDB Foundation returns donation after questions arise (sylacauganews.com) — The AIDB Foundation has returned $30,000 donated by a nearly 85-year-old worker with an intellectual disability, amid questions about whether he understood the donations. The gifts, made over two years, exceeded a year's salary. DHR and other entities are questioning his awareness, and he participates in a financial management program.
   

2. Georgia man charged with murder in shooting at Talladega park (wbrc.com) — Police have charged a Georgia man with murder in the Oct. 25 shooting that killed Talladega resident Nyles Ahmad Ashley at Sykes Park. Jamal Keiishaun Solomon, 25, was arrested Monday. A second Talladega man was wounded in the shooting and later released after treatment.
   

3. ASU Department of Theatre and Dance will present the Unbound 2026 Fall Dance Concert (wvasfm.org) — The FBI is investigating the death of an inmate at Talladega's federal prison. Christopher Maynor, 57, was found unresponsive November 8 and pronounced dead at a local hospital. The report gives no cause of death and says he was booked in July on drug charges.
   

4. Childersburg Chamber Coffee highlights Kiwanis projects, city improvements, and holiday events (sylacauganews.com) — Talladega residents can attend an heirs' property and estate planning session Thursday, Nov. 12, at the downtown County Extension office from 9 a.m. to noon. A free legal clinic runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The programs were announced at a Childersburg Chamber gathering that also highlighted city improvements and holiday events.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Talladega

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