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Pay It Forward: Brenda Peacock of Troy

    Several years ago, Brenda Peacock started painting angels to sell. “We had a local child that had cancer that I did a little fundraising for. After that, I thought that worked pretty good, I need to keep this up,” said Peacock. And she did keep it up. Painting angels would soon become her mission. Helping to end children’s…

Fred Exiting; Hot August Weather Ahead

Fred made landfall along the Florida Panhandle yesterday and has been working north through Far East Alabama overnight with wind and rain for areas east of Intestate 65. Fred has is now a tropical depression….The depression is moving toward the north-northeast near 14 mph, and this motion with an increase in forward speed is expected to continue for the next…

Mother and Boyfriend Charged in Death of Toddler

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Police in Mobile say child abuse by a mother and her boyfriend killed a three-year-old boy. Tatanya Edwards turned herself in on Friday and Abraham Hatch turned himself in on Sunday, Mobile police charge Edwards with felony murder and Hatch with capital murder. Both remain jailed Monday. The boy died Wednesday in a Mobile hospital after…