Montgomery Public Schools is having to close another school due to COVID-19. Capitol Heights Middle School will be closed for 14 calendar days starting Wednesday, September 1. The school is scheduled to reopen on Wednesday, September 15. During the closing, MPS officials say the school will be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized before students and staff return. Officials say teachers will…
An Alabama lawmaker has pleaded not guilty to theft charges related to his former employer. Court records show Rep. Will Dismukes entered the innocent plea during a Monday hearing in Montgomery. Dismukes is accused of taking property valued at over $2,500 from his former employer, Weiss Flooring. Dismukes has said he expects to be exonerated. Dismukes’ attorney Trey Norman has…
The American Red Cross of Alabama & Mississippi has given Alabama News Network an update on its response to Hurricane Ida.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Mike Richards is out as executive producer of “Jeopardy!”, days after he exited as the quiz show’s newly appointed host because of past misogynistic and other comments. Richards is also no longer executive producer of “Wheel of Fortune,” according to a memo to staff that was confirmed by Sony, which produces both of the shows. Suzanne…
A person with knowledge of the move says the New England Patriots have released quarterback Cam Newton, who was the Heisman-winning quarterback for Auburn in 2010, when the Tigers won the BCS National Championship.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | The Alabama State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced that five teams will be honored throughout the course of the 2021 season as the Hornets celebrate 120 years of football this fall. For more ASU Hornets news, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
U.S. home prices jumped by a record amount in June as homebuyers competed for a limited supply of available houses, the latest evidence that the housing market remains red-hot. A 20-city home price index jumped 19.1% in June compared with a year earlier, the largest increase on records dating back to 2000. The annual price gains in June were higher…
JEMISON, Ala. (AP) – A state worker was killed after being hit by a car in a road construction zone on a state highway. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said 33-year-old Brandon F. Barber of Prattville was killed. in the Monday morning accident. Barber was struck when a car failed to yield to the traffic control sign he was holding…
Jeremy Hodges climbs up the side of his family’s destroyed storage unit in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Houma, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are facing a new danger: the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region’s power…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a new high for the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care, although the total number of hospitalized coronavirus patients remains slightly below the winter peak. The state on Sunday had 884 COVID-19 patients in intensive care, according to the Alabama Hospital Association, the highest number since the pandemic began. Dr. Don Williamson,…
