Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) has announced a partnership with Alabama State University (ASU) to vaccinate HMMA team members who wish to be vaccinated but have not yet had a chance to receive a COVID-19 vaccination from other sources in the community. ASU will be holding two vaccination clinics exclusively for HMMA team members on Friday, March 26, and Saturday,…
Wetumpka police are searching for a Burglary suspect for a Theft at a cell phone retail store. Wanted fugitive Tyler Mikhail Cleveland, 18, faces Theft of Property 2nd and Burglary 3rd charges. Police signed warrants against Cleveland on March 19. On March 14, around 6:37 am, the cell phone retail store was burglarized. Two suspects broke windows and unlawfully entered…
The Montgomery Police department has charged a 16-year-old suspect with death of Marcus Brown, 39, of Montgomery. Police charged Chad Chatman, 16, of Montgomery with Brown’s death. On Sunday, March 14, 2021, at about 4:20 p.m., MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 1100 block of Barley Drive in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, contact was made…
Alabama National Guard members are set to begin immunizing rural residents against COVID-19. The state says mobile vaccination clinics will be held Tuesday in the cities of Andalusia and Livingston, followed by clinics in Enterprise and Eutaw on Wednesday. The state also is expanding the eligibility rules for vaccinations on Monday to include more frontline workers, residents with certain chronic…
Governor Kay Ivey on Monday revealed signage for business owners to encourage employees and patrons to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The current health order mandating statewide mask wearing will end at 5 p.m. on April 9. “After April 9, masks will no longer be a mandate, but they remain one of the most successful tools…
FILE – In this Jan. 4, 2012, file photo, civil rights activist C.T. Vivian sits at his home in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama publisher has released the memoir of the late civil rights leader C.T. Vivian of Atlanta months after his death. The Montgomery-based New South Books says “It’s in the Action: Memories…
Lea Turbet with the Montgomery Humane Society joins us with this week’s “pet of the week” she also answers a few questions regarding topics like which animals are available for adoption and how to treat adult cats and kittens during mating season. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: Montgomery Humane Society, pet adoption
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — About two dozen cities and towns across Alabama are participating as the state tourism agency resumes a program to promote springtime walking tours. The program was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Alabama Tourism Department says it will be held all four Saturdays in April with precautions against COVID-19 including social distancing….
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A study being conducted in three Southern states is part of an effort to determine why more Black people aren’t involved in clinical trials involving lung cancer research. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Augusta University in Georgia, and Vanderbilt University’s medical center in Tennessee will be part of a study to examine factors that prevent…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans might be cracking the door to Medicaid expansion. Several state leaders said they are reviewing details of the nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that includes new financial incentives for the 12 states that have opted against expanding Medicaid to provide health coverage for more low-income Americans.  Expanding eligibility would bring health care coverage…
