WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new strains, President Joe Biden will initiate a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks — including a requirement that Americans mask up for travel. Biden also will address inequities in hard-hit minority communities as he signs 10 pandemic-related executive…
GREECE, N.Y. (AP) — Two young children forcibly taken from their western New York foster home were found Wednesday after authorities tracked a rental car to Alabama and found them on the floor of the backseat, police said. Police Chief Andrew Forsythe of Greece, New York, said a woman who had been in the car with 5-year-old Dimitri Cash Jr….
FILE – (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Donald Trump has pardoned an Alabama lawmaker who pleaded guilty two years ago for his role in a health care fraud case. Former state Rep. Ed Henry had been a state chairman of Trump’s 2016 campaign and received one of the dozens of pardons and clemency grants Trump announced Wednesday on…
Clouds returned to Alabama overnight and the weather has turned wet for today and tomorrow for the entire state. Expect periods of rain and cloudy conditions both days with highs in the 50s. There is no risk for severe storms, and probably no thunder as the air will be stable. Rainfall totals through Friday will around one inch, with isolated…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Health officials want Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to extend a state mask order that is set to expire Friday. Ivey is expected to announce whether she will extend the order during a Thursday press conference. Dr. Don Williamson heads the Alabama Hospital Association. He says the group is among those recommending an extension due to the…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — — Desi Sills scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half to help Arkansas rally from a 12-point halftime deficit, and then hold on to beat Auburn 75-73 on Wednesday night. Sills scored four straight points during an 18-10 run to give Arkansas a 74-66 lead, its largest of the game coming with 2:40 to…
A pursuit ending in Macon County has led to the arrest of a Union Springs man. On Wednesday, January 20 at approximately 7:24 a.m., Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a 2010 Mitsubishi Endeavor for a speeding violation on Alabama 110 near the 30 mile marker in Bullock County….
Health officials want Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to extend a state mask order that is set to expire Friday. Ivey is expected to announce whether she will extend the order during a Thursday press conference. Dr. Don Williamson heads the Alabama Hospital Association. He says the group is among those recommending an extension due to the high numbers of hospitalizations…
Despite the controversy and misinformation surrounding Novembers election, Inauguration Day is here, and Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States. Biden enters his term facing many challenges such as social unrest and a divided nation, but according to analyst, the most pressing item on Biden’s agenda is addressing the coronavirus pandemic. President Biden says he wants 100…
The Prattville Police Department is investigating a robbery at the CVS Pharmacy located on Cobbs Ford Road. Police say an unidentified suspect entered the business and produced a written note pharmacy employee and demanded narcotics. The narcotics included Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, and Xanax. The employees fulfilled the demands of the suspect. The suspect fled the scene in a dark colored 4-door…
