Former US senator Maryon Allen dies at 92

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Maryon Pittman Allen, one of only two women to serve as a U.S. senator from Alabama, has died. Allen’s nephew, state Sen. Trip Pittman, says his aunt died Monday. She was 92. Allen was a journalist who married state politician Jim Allen, who died while serving in the Senate in 1978. … Continue reading Former US senator Maryon Allen dies at 92