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FedEx Driver Shot in Birmingham in Apparent Case of Road Rage

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Police say a FedEx driver has been shot and wounded in an apparent case of road rage on an interstate in downtown Birmingham. The gunfire happened Monday on Interstate 59/20. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service said the FedEx driver was shot in the leg and taken to UAB Hospital. Officer Truman Fitzgerald says it appears that…

Not as Stormy Today

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…

Alabama Inmate, Wanted in Georgia, Released from Jail Early

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…

Alabama Woman Located after Family’s Plea

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…