A woman is in critical condition in a Montgomery hospital after being shot Sunday night. Police and fire medics were called to the 700 block of Golden Gate Drive around 10:30 Sunday night in reference to a shooting. On the scene, authorities located an adult female with a life threatening gunshot wound. She was taken to a local hospital for…
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site held a group bike ride at Moton Field to honor fallen Tuskegee Airmen. The ride began with a program, emphasizing the importance of Memorial Day and its connection to the Tuskegee Airmen. The route stretched from Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site to Tuskegee Lake and back. Participants biked eight miles, lasting for two hours. Sixty-six…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama baseball earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 as the Crimson Tide was selected as one of four teams that make up the Ruston Regional hosted by Louisiana Tech University. The Crimson Tide will be joined in Ruston by No. 2 seed NC State and No. 4 seed Rider long with…
President Joe Biden has laid a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery to honor America’s war dead on Memorial Day, and he extolled their sacrifices for the pursuit of democracy.
A local potter in Prattville has created a Memorial Day exhibit featuring handmade clay poppy flowers. Julianne and Steven Hansen started the Alabama Poppy Project last year. The first poppy was placed in honor of Steven’s son, an Air Force pilot, who passed away suddenly in 2017. This year, they made over 2,000 clay flowers that will stay on…
For many people, lazy days mean lounging around with a good book.
Wouldn’t it be great if hurricanes could be stopped or steered away from land?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in Alabama has fallen to a level not seen since the earliest days of the immunization campaign even though less than 30% of the state’s population is fully vaccinated. Statistics from the Alabama Department of Public Health showed Friday that the number of people getting shots in recent days was similar…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say an Alabama man Friday was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Corey L. Maze sentenced 49-year-old William Jason Walker, of Childersburg, and ordered him to pay $51,000 in restitution to the victims. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona said in a news release that Walker…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Tuscaloosa is working to establish a mental health court inside the city’s municipal court. Mayor Walt Maddox, on Friday, said such a court would help people with mental health needs get the treatment and help they need instead of jail time. Maddox recently appointed five people to a committee to provide recommendations that would help set…
