VALLEY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s office and CrimeStoppers have joined together to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed an 11-year-old girl more than 20 years ago. Shameka Ray, 11, was reported missing from her Lee County home in January 1999. She was later found murdered in Valley, Alabama….
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — This month, Alabama residents struggling to pay their rent because of the pandemic can get help to do so. Gov. Kay Ivey last week authorized the Alabama Housing Finance Authority to implement the state’s new COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program. The AHFA on Monday began accepting applications from landlords and tenants for the program, Questions should…
REST OF THE WEEK: The sky becomes partly to mostly sunny by this afternoon and highs will return to the low and mid 60s. Tomorrow will be sunny with a high in the low 70a. The weather stays dry during the day Friday, but clouds will increase by afternoon ahead of a disturbance that could squeeze out some light rain…
BIRMINGHAM – Autaugaville High School will get the chance to cap a perfect season after clinching a berth in the state finals Tuesday. The undefeated Eagles (29-0) downed Decatur Heritage 62-48 in Tuesday’s semifinals of the AHSAA Class 1A Boys’ State Basketball Championships at Bill Harris Arena at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Autaugaville built a double-digit lead in the first quarter,…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — — Jaden Shackelford scored 23 points, made five 3-pointers and helped No. 5 Alabama quash a second-half threat in a 70-58 victory over rival Auburn Tuesday night. Shackelford helped the Crimson Tide (20-6, 15-2 Southeastern Conference) score 10 straight points after the Tigers (12-14, 6-11) pulled to within five late. Alabama had just secured its first SEC…
Rep. Kirk Hatcher (D) (left) has defeated William Green (R) (right) for the Alabama Senate District 26 seat. – Alabama News Network Democrat Kirk Hatcher has won the special election for the Alabama Senate District 26 seat with 78% of the vote. Republican candidate William Green received 22% of the votes cast Tuesday, according to the Alabama Secretary of…
The Alabama Senate has approved a bill to make it a felony to treat transgender youth with puberty-blockers, hormone therapy or surgery. Senators voted 23-4 to approve the bill sponsored by Sen. Shay Shelnutt (R-Trussville). The bill moves on to the Alabama House of Representatives. Alabama is one of at least eight states where conservative lawmakers are pushing such measures,…
Claudette Colvin (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed has announced in a video that the City of Montgomery is working with the family of Claudette Colvin to honor her legacy as someone who challenged Montgomery’s segregated buses in the 1950s. Reed says more will be announced in the coming weeks. Colvin was a teenager when she was arrested on…
Two years ago on March 3, 2019, at 2:03 p.m., tragedy came down on Lee County in the form of a 170-mile per hour EF-4 tornado. 23 people were killed. When the storm was over, the tornado left nothing but destruction and loss in its wake, especially in the Beauregard area south of Auburn. Now just two years after,…
In the ultimate contrast in styles, Skyline played a full-court, run-and-gun style against a Linden squad built around getting the ball to 6-foot-6 sophomore Timya Thurman near the basket. In Tuesday’s AHSAA Class 3A Girls’ State Basketball Championships semifinal battle at Bill Harris Arena at theBirmingham Crossplex, flash beat crash. Skyline (29-7), with a roster listing no player taller than 5-foot-7,…
