Two people have been arrested in the death of a man whose body was found in Brundidge last week. Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas and Brundidge Police Chief Marquez James say 23-year-old Raven Brassell of Springhill and 22-year-old Joshua Devon Peterson of Clayton face capital murder charges. The body of 44-year-old Cordero Ousley was found on Floyd Street in Brundidge on…
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – An 88-year-old man and his 95-year-old wife have been identified as the victims of a Birmingham house fire. Eunice Johnson Grubbs, and her husband, John Fletcher Grubbs, were identified Monday by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office as the two victims discovered in the fire. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service officials say firefighters began to put out…
A house is totally destroyed after a tornado touches down south of Birmingham, Ala. in the Eagle Point community damaging multiple homes, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Authorities reported major tornado damage Thursday south of Birmingham as strong storms moved through the state. The governor issued an emergency declaration as meteorologists warned that more twisters were likely on their way. (AP…
This combination of April 29, 2011 and April 16, 2021 photos shows a water tower in Hackleburg, Ala., on April 29, 2011, after a tornado destroyed much of the city and the scene a decade later. While some homes have been rebuilt and businesses recovered, the city still lacks adequate housing and retail businesses. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, Jay Reeves)…
APRIL 27, 2011, TORNADO OUTBREAK: The 2011 Super Outbreak spanned multiple days and affected 26 states across the southern and eastern United States with 216 confirmed tornadoes, and some 348 deaths. Alabama was the hardest hit, as several waves of tornado and wind damage producing-storms swept through the state beginning before sunrise and continuing well past sunset. Over an 18…
An upper ridge is in place over the region and that means nice and warm days with more sun than clouds. Highs today will be in the mid 80s, while Wednesday and Thursday will be in the upper 80s, very warm for the final week of April. Nights will be fair and comfortable with temps generally in 60s. For the…
Brig. General (Ret.) Trent Edwards/Source: MGMWERX MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – A familiar face to the River Region has been named the new director for MGMWERX. MGMWERX announced Monday that Brigadier General (Ret.) Trent H. Edwards is now the head of the state-of-the-art innovation hub in Montgomery. Prior to joining MGMWERX, Brigadier General Edwards was at the Montgomery Area Chamber of…
Lillian Lalo holds a degree in Broadcast Journalism from The University of Mississippi and a Marketing Communications Masters Degree from West Virginia University. She lives in her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband and young son.She considers Nexstar’s CBS 42 her home station. Previously, Lillian served as a general assignment reporter for WAAY-31 in Huntsville, Alabama. Lillian Lalo Productions, LLC. is contracted by Alabama News Network to cover sponsored content.
The first numbers from the 2020 census are out and they show that America’s population growth has declined to its slowest rate since the Great Depression – a total now of just under 331.5 million. At the same time, the nation’s political center of gravity has kept shifting further to the Republican-led South and West. Texas, Florida and other Sun…
