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Alabama’s Fight Against Opioid Overdose Deaths in the State

The Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council is raising awareness about the increased number of opioid overdose deaths in the year 2020. According to the CDC There were over 81,230 drug overdose deaths in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, The largest number ever recorded for a 12-month period. In the state of Alabama Drug…

Prattville Police Want to Find Woman Suspected of Using Stolen Credit Card

Photo from Prattville Police Dept./Central Alabama CrimeStoppers Prattville police are wanting to find a woman suspected of using a stolen credit card. Investigators say the woman used a stolen credit card to illegally buy items from a store in the 1900 block of Cobbs Ford Road. If you can help police in their investigation, call Central Alabama CrimeStoppers at (334)…

Alabama to Keep All Seven U.S. House Seats after 2020 Census

FILE – (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) U.S. Census results have brought welcome news to Alabama state leaders. Alabama’s population will allow it to keep all seven of its current seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. There had been concern that with faster growth in other states, Alabama would lose a seat and see its influence in Washington reduced. The…

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days – TONIGHT 8/7c

The ABC Event Special "Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days" airing TONIGHT at 8/7c on your local ABC32!

Come back to the neighborhood! Join special guests including Dr. Jill Biden, Whoopi Goldberg, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu and Questlove. The ABC Event Special “Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days” airing TONIGHT at 8/7c on your local ABC32!

Companies Getting More Comfortable Accepting Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency has been big with investors trading the digital currency but it has yet to break through with consumers as a mainstream way to buy and sell goods. That may be changing, as more companies are now embracing Bitcoin. When baseball recently welcomed back spectators, it marked the start of something new at the home of California’s Oakland A’s. Fans…

MPD: Two Females Shot in Yellow Pines Drive Shooting

Montgomery police are investigating a shooting. The shooting occurred on Monday, April 26 around 4 am. MPD and Fire medics responded to call of multiple people shot in the 5000 block of Yellow Pine Drive. At the scene, police located an adult female suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound and a juvenile female with a life-threatening gunshot wound. Medics…

Three Found Dead in Car Submerged in Lake Eufaula

Authorities say three bodies have been found inside a car that was partially submerged in Lake Eufaula along the Alabama-Georgia line. According to reports, a passerby spotted a car in the water at a park in Eufaula on Monday morning. Officials checked the vehicle and determined that three bodies were inside. It’s unclear how long the vehicle had been there,…

Alabama Celebrates Confederate Memorial Day, SPLC Calls for Holiday Removal

State offices are closed Monday in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day. Alabama and Mississippi have two more Confederate-related state holidays besides Confederate Memorial Day. Both states jointly observe Robert E. Lee Day with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January, and Alabama marks the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in February. Mississippi marks Davis’s birthday on federal…

Warm, Quiet Final Week of April

THE FINAL WEEK OF APRIL: An upper ridge is building in over the region and that means nice and warm days more sun than clouds. Highs today will be in the low to mid 80s, while Tuesday through Thursday will feature highs in the mid to upper 80s, very warm for the final week of April. Nights will be fair…