About 6,000 voters in a new congressional district formed to boost Black representation received postcards with incorrect voting information ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.

A 5-year-old child is dead after allegedly being forced onto an Alabama highway as punishment. 35-year-old Bryan Starr will be charged with reckless murder for the death of 5-year-old Austin Birdseye. According to Russell County officials, Starr was driving on Highway 165 Sunday evening when he told the child, his girlfriend’s son, to get out of the car for being “unruly.”Conditions were dark and rainy at the time, and Starr reportedly told officials he lost sight of Austin until he saw cars stopped in the road. The 5-year-old was hit by an oncoming car and was transported to Piedmont Columbus Regional, where he was later pronounced dead. “I can’t imagine the mother’s grief that she’s going through,” said Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor.”Officials say they don’t anticipate charges for the driver who hit Austin Birdseye.

The Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission's Evan Feinman did not recoup $210,000 Chuck Lessin owed the state, according to a report from the Office of the State Inspector General. The commission gives performance-based grant or loan money to local governments through the Tobacco Region Opportunity Fund. When AP asked for details, the commission backtracked, saying the project had met its goals and no repayment was due after all. Appalachian Biofuels spent $210,000 on project-related costs but stopped using the grant money after a drop in oil prices, according to commission documents and the watchdog report. The company provided a list of expenses to the tobacco commission that show significant spending on travel or lack much detail.