Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Friday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted May unemployment rate is 3.4%, down from April’s rate of 3.6%, and well below May 2020’s rate of 7.9%.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama is asking a federal court to dismiss part of the Justice Department’s lawsuit over conditions in its men’s prisons. Attorneys for the state say the federal government hasn’t specified which prisons are troubled by problems including broken locks and flooding. The state says that means it can’t properly defend itself. It’s asking…
DAPHNE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say they’re searching for a suspect after a man shot and killed a fellow worker at a south Alabama dirt pit. Local and federal authorities were searching Wednesday for the suspect, a 45-year-old man from Mobile. Killed in Wednesday’s shooting at the Daphne dirt pit was 45-year-old Yaphet Hunter of Chunchula. Baldwin County sheriff’s officials…
TARRANT, Ala. (AP) — A Black Alabama mayor accused of assault by the city’s white former police chief claimed Thursday that the two got into a dispute because the chief wouldn’t hire black officers. Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton told a news conference that former chief Dennis Reno had a discriminatory practice of refusing to hire African Americans as police officers…
Rainfall will be the biggest threat with this system as it looks like most of Alabama will see a soaking. Rainfall amounts for much of Alabama this weekend will be in the 3-6 inch range, with higher amounts likely, especially over the southwest counties.
Blake warns Fallon about mixing marriage and business on a new episode of Dynasty TONIGHT at 8PM on your local Montgomery CW!
Folks across the city of Montgomery are saying farewell to a husband and wife team that has made a huge impact as leaders of the local Salvation Army. Captains Bryan and Tonya Farrington have been here three years, but are now being assigned to a new city.
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting that has left a woman with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
AUBURN, Ala.— The Auburn football program has added a home-and-home series with the University of Miami (Fla.) for the 2029 and 2030 seasons. Auburn will play at Miami on Sept. 1, 2029, and will host the Hurricanes at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Aug. 31, 2030. Auburn is 7-4 all-time against Miami with the last meeting coming at the 1984 Kickoff Classic…
Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a memo to all state department heads stating that state offices will be closed Friday, June 18, to observe Juneteenth.
