Mayor Attacked With A Sawed Off Baseball Bat

Talladega Mayor Larry Barton is continuing to recover at University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a former friend and radio and television cohost. Barton, 74, has identified his alleged attacker as Benny J. Green, 71. Green is a local business owner who has appeared with Barton on the radio and cableaccess versions of the show In The Interest of the People. According to a release from the Vestavia Hills Police Department, Green, of Irondale, was charged Monday m