OH SO NICE!!!: Today is a wonderful day of weather featuring maximum sunshine and very mild temperatures as highs climb into the mid to upper 70s. Nearly the same story for tomorrow as another very nice and sunny day is ahead. Highs will be warmer, reaching the upper 70s to the lower 80s. MIDWEEK & BEYOND: Wednesday will be even…
ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — The old Greyhound bus depot in Anniston has opened for the first time as the Freedom Riders National Monument four years after it was established. The monument recognizes the story of activists who set out as “Freedom Riders” in 1961 to test racial integration and public accommodations on interstate bus lines. A bus was stopped by…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Birmingham police say one woman died and five other people were shot at a park Sunday evening as people gathered on Easter. A police official told reporters that a 32-year-old woman died. The five other people who were shot are ages 21, 17, 16, 15, and 4. All five went to hospitals and are stable. Police…
The Alabama Department of Public Health has released an updated school dashboard of coronavirus cases as of April 2. The latest report shows several systems did not report due to spring break. School systems such as Montgomery Public Schools have been all-virtual, but are giving the students the option of returning to in-person classes starting Monday, April 5. ADPH says…
The AHSAA has announced the sad news that Hall-of-Fame Luverne football coach Glenn Daniel died Saturday at the age of 95. AHSAA executive director Steve Savarese calls Daniel a “generational coach.” “He was an icon within the coaching profession who touched the lives of so many students, coaches, future coaches and countless other individuals resulting in his legacy perpetually living…
Gonzaga hopes to keep its undefeated 31-0 season intact when it faces Baylor (27-2) on Monday night for the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship. Both are No. 1 seeds in the tournament. The game will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis at 7:20 p.m. CDT on CBS 8. Gonzaga earned a 93-90 overtime win over UCLA in its…
An Alabama veteran who has met all of his parole conditions is fighting to avoid additional time behind bars after state officials say they mistakenly gave him an early release. The Montgomery Advertiser reports the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles has voided 53-year-old Jerry Lett’s parole. State officials say under a law passed in 2019, Lett did not serve…
Montgomery police are conducting a homicide investigation following the death of 30-year-old Jamarcus Jordan of Montgomery. Police say at about 6:22 p.m. Saturday, they and fire medics responded to Troy Highway near Eastern Boulevard on a shooting call. That’s where they found Jordan with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead….
A Wetumpka teenager has been killed in a two-car wreck in Lowndes County. State Troopers say a 16-year-old was riding in a car driven by 50-year-old Cassandra Hill of Wetumpka. Investigators say she tried to cross U.S. Highway 80 about 13 miles north of Hayneville, but collided with an SUV driven by 48-year-old Deborah Brown of Selma. The teenager was…
City officials in Andalusia say the body of a 78-year-old Andalusia man missing since Wednesday has been found. The Covington County Sheriff’s Office notified the Andalusia Police Department at approximately 11 p.m. on Saturday that the body of Billy Joe Jordan was discovered by people riding four-wheelers on private hunting land south of Opp. Investigators went to the scene and…
