Construction has begun on the 40,000-square-foot facility on Samford Avenue, just outside Auburn University’s campus.
A rare mid-summer front continues to slowly sink south through the state and was the focal point for numerous showers and storms yesterday across the area, where thousands of lightning strikes occurred and rainfall was measure in inches in many locations. For today, the front inches farther south, and showers and storms become more scattered in nature. The sky will…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a man who was mistakenly released from an Alabama jail by posing as another inmate has turned himself in. Authorities are investigating how 31-year-old Darren Jermaine Chipman was released in Madison County. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office says he turned himself in Sunday. Authorities say the Huntsville man was released prematurely – on Saturday…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman last heard from when she left for Europe a few years ago has been located days after relatives issued a public plea for information. Relatives said Nicole Denise Jackson, 24, was safe and healthy when she was found on Friday. Jackson was 21 when she left for Germany in 2018 with a man…
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A longtime Alabama sheriff has been removed from office, the attorney general’s office said, after jurors on Monday found him guilty of charges of theft and using his office for personal gain. Jurors convicted Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakley of two counts but found him not guilty of eight others. After nearly 40 years in office,…
MONTGOMERY (AP) – The number of coronavirus patients in Alabama hospitals has risen to its highest levels in six months. Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday released a video with State Health Officer Scott Harris encouraging people to get vaccinated. Harris said the delta variant is so infectious that anyone who contracts COVID-19 is likely to spread it to three or…
The union that tried, and failed, to organize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama may get a do-over. On Monday, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union said that a hearing officer for the National Labor Relations Board has recommended that the vote by workers in April to overwhelmingly reject the union be set aside and that another vote be…
Montgomery Fire/Rescue spent part of Monday afternoon battling an apartment fire. The fire happened just before 4:00PM at the Elevate 5050 Apartments in the 5000 block of Bell Road. Lt. Jason Selman with Montgomery Fire/Rescue said fire investigators have not be able to get into the building to determine the cause of the fire, but due to Monday’s severe weather,…
Former President Trump has announced that he will appear at a rally in Cullman later this month.
Alabama coach Nick Saban will make $11.5 million in the final year under a new eight-year contract that’s worth at least $84.8 million.
