BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Prosecutors say a former Chick-fil-A manager in Birmingham has pleaded guilty in a scheme that defrauded customers of nearly $500,000. Larry James Black Jr. worked as hospitality director at a restaurant in downtown Birmingham. A statement from authorities says he pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud. The 37-year-old Center Point man…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday blamed crumbling infrastructure for the state’s prison problems as she prepares to call lawmakers back to Montgomery for a special session on prison construction. “The main issue contributing to these struggles is that our prison infrastructure is growing worse, day by day and is not capable of truly rehabilitating inmates,”…
Councilman Mitchell along with a few others have been tackling a safety issue at a number of apartment complexes for months. Some have cooperated while others have been a constant no-show.
Gov. Kay Ivey and more than two dozen other Republican governors want answers from the Biden administration about how it will handle the crisis at the U.S. border.
The U.S. Department of Education has named MacMillan International Academy in Montgomery a “National Blue Ribbon School.”
The Alabama Hospital Association has released its daily statistics on the status of Alabama hospitals in treating people with COVID-19. The numbers show another drop in hospitalizations.
WONDER YEARS – “Episode TBD” (ABC/Erika Doss)DUL 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…
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…
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…
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…
