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“The Wonder Years” Casting Begins in the Capital City

WONDER YEARS – “Episode TBD” (ABC/Erika Doss)DULƒ HILL, SAYCON SENGBLOH, LAURA KARIUKI, ELISHA WILLIAMS   The ABC TV show “The Wonder Years” is getting a reboot and filming in the Capital City. The production is looking to cast background actors while they are filming October 11-15th. The positions are paid and open to all ages, races, and backgrounds. “It’s nice…

Toyota Plant Adds 450 Jobs to Alabama

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – A Toyota factory in north Alabama will add 450 jobs as the sole North American manufacturer of engines for the 2022 Tundra pickup truck. The company says employment at the Toyota Alabama plant will increase to 1,800 people. And the company says it plans to spend $288 million on the project, which is separate from a…

Man Found Shot to Death in Parking Lot of Mobile Mall

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Authorities have identified a man found shot to death over the weekend in the parking lot of a south Alabama shopping mall. 21-Year-old Bryan Maynard died at a hospital after he was found wounded in the parking lot of the Shoppes at Bel Air Mall on Saturday. Police on Sunday released his name but provided few…

Second Alabama Man Dies in Floodwaters after Heavy Rain

HAZEL GREEN, Ala. (AP) — A north Alabama man who was kayaking with his children following heavy rains saved the kids when the current became too strong but couldn’t get himself out of the water and drowned. The Madison County coroner says 35-year-old Johnny Henderson III of Hazel Green was pronounced dead after emergency workers located his body in floodwaters…

Ex-Armored Truck Driver Sentenced to 2 Years in Fake Robbery

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A former armored truck driver admitted he staged a phony robbery with two others in Alabama was sentenced to two years in federal prison Monday. Jonah Bessard, 26, had pleaded guilty earlier this year to the Jan. 5 scheme. The sentencing judge, U.S. District Judge William Steele, also recommended that Bessard participate in a substance abuse…

Alabama State University is Getting a New Track

The university will be resurfacing the track at the Old Hornet Stadium. Head coach Ritchie Beene says that although it will take some time before the track is finished he is looking forward to the benefits this change will bring to the program and the university.