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Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alabama Bar and Lounge owner receives eviction notice
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The owner of Alabama Bar and Lounge, Joseph Johnson, was given an eviction notice to leave in 10 days. Vigor High School seniors earn over $16 million in scholarships The bar has been the subject of controversy since a deadly shooting in February and outraged citizens speaking out at a county commission meeting in March. Johnson said despite the outrage, he's not going anywhere. It was a normal Tuesday afternoon for Joseph Johnson when he went to his bar to conduct regular business. He found an eviction notice taped to the door. 'There's no way I could be out of here in ten days and find another place,' Johnson said. 'There's no way. It's impossible. I have six months left on my lease until October, and that's how long I plan to stay.' Confused and frustrated, Johnson feels he is being targeted to close his bar down after a deadly shooting in February and complaints from residents to the county commission a month later. 'They're lies, and I have proof that they're lies,' he pressed. The eviction said Johnson breached several conditions in his lease including conduct that is 'notorious, offensive, destructive, and excessively loud….' He feels like he has to take the blame for things that he can't control. 'We can't change the character of people if your character is to go pull a gun on someone, how can we change that?' he questioned. 'How can I be responsible for that?' Even though Johnson said he plans to stay until the end of his lease, finding a new space to rent has been challenging. 'They ruined my reputation,' he pleaded. 'I can't rent a building anywhere right now. I've been trying. I've been turned down a dozen times because of this county commission meeting.' Parishioners gather for Stations of the Crosses service observed on Good Friday Johnson has since retained a lawyer and plans to fight the eviction. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Feeding the Gulf Coast plans to expand Milton facility
MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) — One in six people, including children, are food insecure along the central Gulf Coast. Parishioners gather for Stations of the Crosses service observed on Good Friday Feeding the Gulf Coast needs a facility that can keep up. That's why plans are in the works to expand their Milton facility. 'We just want to be able to make a bigger impact and we think this addition will help us do that,' President & CEO of FTGC, Michael Ledger, said. With an addition of about 6,000 square feet, Ledger said they'll be able to process more food through the facility and also provide additional resources to the community. 'We're going to be able to add a kitchen which we're going to preparing for meals for children and we're going to be able to start offering nutrition education classes in the facility,' Ledger said. Last year, FTGC provided 37 million meals along the central Gulf Coast. 14 million of those meals were provided to families facing hunger in the Florida Panhandle. 'The need unfortunately continues to grow,' Ledger said. 'You know during COVID it exploded. We had hoped that it would start to recede, it wouldn't happen over night but that it would slowly start to decrease, unfortunately it's continued to increase.' Ledger said they hope to start construction on the expansion in the fall. 'It's going to allow us to reach more people and the need is greater than ever,' Ledger said. Okaloosa County deputies respond to sinkhole delaying traffic in Destin Resources for those facing food insecurity can be found here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
