The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that the deadline to apply for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program for the COVID-19 Pandemic disaster declaration is extended to December 31. The deadline extension comes as a result of the recent bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress and enacted by President Trump on December 27. To date, the SBA has approved $197 billion in…
The Alabama Sheriff’s Association unveiled a Memorial Wall to honor and remember sheriffs who died in the line of duty. Twenty sheriffs, dating back to 1800, lost their lives to gun violence. Sheriff Derrick Cunningham says the memorial has been a top project of his since becoming President of the Alabama Sheriffs Association. Sheriff department offices from around the state…
FILE – Wetumpka “meteor strike” New Year’s Eve celebration from Jan. 1, 2020 (Alabama News Network) City leaders in Wetumpka have decided to cancel all of the New Year’s Eve events that had been planned for tomorrow night. There is a chance of rain and storms across the area. The city had planned a POW/MIA recognition, a concert featuring Tonya…
FILE (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann on the 1960s TV sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has died. Her publicist says Wells died this morning in Los Angeles of causes related to COVID-19. Besides TV, film and stage acting credits, her other real-life roles included teacher and motivational speaker. Born in Reno, Nevada, Wells represented her state…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Tuesday, December 29 around 7:15 pm. ALEA says a 4-year-old child from Wetumpka died in the crash. Authorities say the 1998 Ford Explorer the child was a passenger in overturned multiple times ejecting the child due to improper restraint. The driver was uninjured but the child died…
Montgomery police are searching for Montgomery Murder suspect, Pierre Woods. Police say 27-year-old Woods is the suspect in the shooting death of Joshua Thompson. On Thursday, November 5, police located Thompson at the river bridge at Highway 31 and Birmingham Highway. He was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene. Police determined that the suspect killed Thompson…
Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said in statement. He was 82. FILE – In this Feb. 11, 1988, file photo, Joe Clark,…
Today will be dry with highs in the low 70s, but look for increasing clouds tonight ahead of our next storm system which causes some concern for the potential of strong and severe storms. STRONG STORMS TO END 2020: A dynamic storm system will bring active weather to Alabama Thursday, Thursday night, and into Friday morning. It is a fairly…
The Texas Bowl between Arkansas and TCU has been canceled because of COVID-19, injuries and other issues within the TCU football program. The game had been scheduled for Thursday night in Houston. This makes the fourth SEC team that will not be able to play in a bowl game that had been scheduled. Arkansas joins Missouri, Tennessee and South Carolina,…
The Montgomery Police Department is ramping up neighborhood blue light patrols, employing a high-tech command center and targeting gunfire “hot spots” to prevent celebratory gunfire and ensure the safety and wellbeing of Montgomery residents on New Year’s Eve. The Montgomery Police Department is offering $500 cash rewards for credible reports of celebratory gunfire that lead to the arrest and conviction…
