{"id":82,"date":"2025-07-25T14:33:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/?p=82"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:26:36","slug":"highway-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/highway-robbery\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Members of the Shiloh, Alabama, community fight for their quality of life after the state expands a nearby highway, causing disruptive flooding to their property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Paigetalksaboutherexperience.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shiloh property owner Page Jones talks to Melissa Williams about the problems caused by flooding from Highway 84 while her longtime friend Aretha Wright listens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2520\" height=\"1890\" data-id=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SecPeteWillieHorsted-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-312\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MelissaListenstoBamaAudio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Melissa Williams listens to audio from her interview with Bama Flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3206\" data-id=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShilohWashingtondelegation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timothy Williams, his daughter Melissa, Robert Bullard and Willie Horstead Jr travelled to Washington to lobby federal officials to help Shiloh resident. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2880\" height=\"2160\" data-id=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TimDaughters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timothy Williams and his four daughters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3888\" data-id=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TImBobWillie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-304\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tim Williams, Robert Bullard and Willie Horstead Jr. awaiting Sec Peter Buttigieg&#8217;s visit March 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ArethaWrightspeaks-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aretha Wright was forced to live with a friend after Highway 84 flooding damaged her home. <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BamaFlowerspointsoutdamagetoMelissa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flowers points to where the flooding is damaging his Shiloh property.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ShilohfromtheHighway.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Since Highway 84 was widened the roadway sits elevated adjacent to the Shiloh community. After heavy downpours, torrents of water flood nearby homes next to the  eastbound lanes.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1620\" data-id=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WillieListenstoMelissa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willie Horstead Jr. talks to Melissa Williams about his flooding troubles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Paigetalksaboutherexperience.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shiloh property owner Page Jones talks about flooding impacts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" data-id=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/cejm.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ArethaWrightspeakswhilePagelistens.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-333\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aretha Wright speaks as her friend Page Jones listens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Shiloh, Alabama, community fight for their quality of life after the state expands a nearby highway, causing disruptive flooding to their property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cejm.media\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}