The Tuskegee Police Department is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash where one person died. On February 10, around 9:54 pm, Tuskegee responded to a call of a crash. The crash occurred at the intersection of County Road 65 and Greenwood Drive. Upon arrival to the scene, police found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. After extinguishing the flames, firefighters located…
Some Georgia teachers who agree to work in certain rural or low performing schools could get an extra $3,000 a year for five years under a bill advancing in the state House. The House Education Committee on Thursday approved House Bill 32. Up to 1,000 teachers would get a tax credit for agreeing to work in targeted districts. If teachers…
Researchers in London are looking at conditions including chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and even depression to help treat patients suffering from long-term symptoms from the coronavirus. Some symptoms of covid, depression, and other mental health problems are linked to low-grade inflammation so scientists hope replicating treatment for those disorders could help covid patients. And two eggs, hold the yolks. New…
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic that has affected every long-term care facility in Alabama, the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs is taking measures to control pathogens inside the state’s veterans homes by installing needlepoint bi-polar ionization systems. The ionization system is intended to reduce airborne pathogens when added to HVAC systems. It works as an air cleaning system…
Montgomery Fire & Rescue says that a juvenile wanted in connection to a fire inside the Walmart on Atlanta Highway has been arrested and charged. Lt. J.C. Selman said after receiving a tip through Crimestoppers, the four individuals initially wanted for questioning were identified and interviewed by investigators. One of the juveniles admitted to intentionally going into the store to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — For 90 tense minutes, members of the Senate relived the horror. They had seen much of the video of the insurrection before, but not like this — on screens near their desks, screams and anguish echoing across the chamber, with Democratic prosecutors explaining in detail how close they came to danger on Jan. 6, and how much…
(AP Photo/File) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The son of former Alabama Gov. George Wallace on Wednesday criticized a move to strip his father’s name from a campus building over his support of racial segregation. George Wallace Jr. said the recent decision by trustees at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reflected only one part of the life of his late…
RAIN ON THE WAY: Rain becomes widespread across Alabama today ahead of the Arctic cold front just north of the state. As the front slowly sinks south, we are going to see rain and storms at times today and tonight and warm temperatures in the 70s. There will be some surface based instability, which will allow for storms, and perhaps…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday delayed action on a proposal to repeal protections for Confederate monuments and instead let cities give the statues to the state archives or another entity for preservation. The House Judiciary Committee sent the bill to a subcommittee for study. It is unclear when the bill would return for a vote. The bill…
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Selma will not open on Thursday or Friday because it has given out all 5,000 doses it was allotted for the week. That’s according to Maegan Austin, the growth and outreach director with Vaughan Regional Medical Center, who confirmed the news to Alabama News Network. The drive-through clinic had been held at Bloch Park and…
