Longtime Alabama news anchor Mel Showers, who broke racial barriers, dies

MOBILE, Ala. – Alabama broadcaster Mel Showers, who broke racial barriers in a Deep South newsroom and became a beloved and trusted newsman along the state’s Gulf Coast, has died. He was 78. WKRG-TV, the station where he worked for 50 years, announced his death over the weekend….

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