I read this story the other day about a hiker in a forest in California who became lost. After screaming for help for several hours and trying to find something that looked familiar, the 45-year-old man took a photograph of his surroundings and texted it to a friend. Fortunately, maybe miraculously, someone seeing the photo being shared by a sheriff’s…
I don’t envy this year’s graduating class. It’s rarely easy, simple, or quick to land that first job out of college but this year and the last are historically tough. The good news is that the situation is improving. According to a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, companies plan to hire more college graduates this year…
Drew and Gina struggle in their new relationships + Norma plans a trip to Italy with Gina. Watch a new episode of B Positive TONIGHT at 9:30/8:30c on your local CBS 8!
Greenville Police Department The Greenville Police Department says an armed robbery suspect has been identified and is in custody. On Monday, April 26. The Purple Cow gas station on 1007 Fort Dale Road in Greenville was involved in an armed robbery. The store clerk told authorities that a black male wearing a mask entered the store and pointed a gun…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – After COVID-19 disrupted two years, Alabama lawmakers are weighing a pause in an upcoming state requirement for third-graders to pass a reading assessment before moving up to the fourth grade. The requirement is set to begin next year. On Wednesday, the House Education Policy Committee debated the Senate-passed bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would…
TODAY/TOMORROW: Clouds will increase later today across the state as a frontal boundary approaches the state overnight tonight. Today will remain dry and very warm with highs again well into the 80s. Rain will return to Alabama tonight as a band of showers pushes through the state early tomorrow morning. Little instability and weak dynamics means some rumbles of thunder…
Marche Johnson is now the newest member of the Montgomery City Council. Johnson won the special election runoff for the District 3 seat Tuesday. She replaces Tracy Larkin who held the seat for 17 years before his death in January. Johnson, who is a Montgomery native says that she is more than happy to now be representing the very district…
A judge has sentenced a teenager for the 2019 crash that killed Auburn University sports announcer Rod Bramblett, who was known as “The Voice of the Auburn Tigers”, and his wife Paula. The sentence for 18-year-old Johnston Taylor was not released because he had been granted youthful offender status earlier this month. Taylor faced a maximum sentence of three years….
Alabama will remove anti-gay language from the state’s sex education law. For decades, the law said students should be taught that homosexuality is both socially unacceptable and illegal. Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill sponsored by Rep. Laura Hall (D-Huntsville) and approved by the Alabama Legislature which will remove a section of the 1992 sex education law that said…
On Wednesday, April 28, Montgomery County District Daryl Bailey announced an arrest in a 2019 cold case homicide. Montgomery County authorities charged Si’Keris Miles, 21, with the 2019 shooting death of La’Quintin Brown. Police say on July 25, 2019, Brown was shot and killed in the 4700 Block of Park Towne Way. Authorities say brown was shot when he stepped…
