The Supreme Court has decided unanimously that the NCAA cannot enforce rules limiting education-related benefits that colleges offer to student athletes – things like computers and paid internships. Monday’s ruling will help determine whether schools decide to offer athletes tens of thousands of dollars in those benefits for things including tutoring, study abroad programs and graduate scholarships.
It’s that time of year again: Amazon is back with its summer cyber sale, earlier than ever before. Prime Day is Monday, June 21 and Tuesday, June 22.Â
Governor Ivey has issued a state of emergency in response to Tropical Storm Claudette to aid in any recovery efforts. The state of emergency went into effect Friday, June 18. The state of emergency includes: Baldwin, Butler, Cherokee, DeKalb, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Tuscaloosa.
A law firm based in Montgomery is doing their part in helping mold the youth. The Serious Injury Law Firm has awarded over $52,000 in scholarships to high school students across the state of Alabama. Twenty-one students received scholarships.
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say an armed 20-year-old man was fatally shot during a standoff with sheriff’s deputies and Alabama state troopers. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency troopers identified the slain man as Jeff Melvin of Salem, an unincorporated community that’s part of the Auburn metropolitan area. Sheriff Jay Jones said deputies received a call early Saturday morning about a…
Summer is now officially here, but the good news is that temperatures look to stay a little cooler than average this week as highs will range throughout the 80s. Today will feature a good chance of scattered to numerous showers and storms in Central Alabama. The sky will feature more clouds than sun with highs reaching the mid to upper…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A city-owned museum in Alabama will return works of art to two Alaskan Native American tribes that requested the items back in 2017. A vote by the Birmingham City Council cleared the way for the Birmingham Museum of Art to return items to the Tlingit and Haida tribes. The groups requested the pieces under a 1990…
Tuscaloosa is ordering most water customers to use less, saying a leak is reducing how much water it can pump out. On Sunday, Mayor Walt Maddox ordered conservation measures south of the Black Warrior River, including the University of Alabama and the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant. Officials believe pipes carrying untreated water are leaking somewhere. But floodwaters from Tropical Storm Claudette…
Debris sits along a creek and roadway in Northport, Alabama, Sunday, June 20, 2021. Tropical Depression Claudette has claimed 12 lives in Alabama as the storm swept across the southeastern U.S., causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes.(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) ATLANTA (AP) – Tropical Depression Claudette is regaining strength and expected to return to tropical storm…
As Tropical Storm Claudette moves out of our area, general clearing is expected throughout the day, with a passing shower or two possible in the afternoon due to remnants of Claudette. Temperatures will stay slightly below average, hovering in the mid to upper 80s for the weekend, with lows in the low to mid 70s.
