The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics are shaping up as a TV-only event with few fans being allowed when they open in just over two weeks.
Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has been training to run the 800 meters for a promotional event. He’s riding his Peloton bike and running lap after lap. But the 34-year-old world record-holder insisted he isn’t leaving the door open for a comeback. Those days are over.
The Montgomery Police Department is seeking the identity of two suspects in a Theft of Property investigation.Â
Two men convicted of robbing two Lowndes County banks have been sentenced. On Thursday, July 1, a judge sentenced Bennie Ray Carpenter, Jr., 42, of Town Creek, to over 154 months (over 12 years). A day later, a judge sentenced Hunter Lee McPherson, 21, of Greenville, to 130 months (over 10 years).
Women In Training founders, Brooke and Breanna Bennett, were one of the 16 winners of over 230 applicants to win this year’s T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge. Their “Let’s End Poverty. Period!” project won them $5,000 along with skills training and mentorship from T-Mobile executives. Brooke and Breanna will be heading to Washington state in October to meet with the executives, who…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say a Birmingham police officer was arrested on charges of rape and drug possession after investigators searched his home following a complaint about allegations of misconduct. Officer Matthew Wilcox, 37 was arrested and relieved of duties. Records show he was released from the Jefferson County Jail on a bail of $26,000 on Sunday. A statement…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said critics shouldn’t “demoralize” the country’s founding even if the country didn’t immediately meet its ideal of equality. Sessions spoke Sunday at an Independence Day program at First Baptist Church of Huntsville. Sessions addressed what he called an encroachment on religion and discussed the Trump administration’s decision to intervene on…
Moisture levels continue rise tomorrow, and we will have widespread and numerous showers and storms in the forecast today, especially this afternoon and evening. The moisture will continue to increase and with an approaching upper trough, clouds and rain become the main feature in our weather. Today, tomorrow, and Thursday we will see more clouds than sun with scattered to…
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) – A kayaker paddling the Tennessee River in north Alabama found a body in the water. The remains of a white male who appeared to have been in the river a couple of days were located near a landing located north of the unincorporated community of Valhermoso Springs. Morgan County Coroner Jeff Chunn says the cause of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Statistics show that about one-third of Alabama’s counties are at very high risk for COVID-19 as vaccination rates continue to lag. Overall caseloads and hospitalizations remain far below levels when the pandemic was at worst early this year. But state health statistics show the potential for infection remains elevated in areas including Birmingham, Huntsville, and Montgomery….
