On Monday, Jan. 26, the Montgomery Public School board held a press conference announcing all school will go to virtual learning beginning Feb. 1. Superintendent Dr. Ann Roy Moore announced that schools would not return to in-person learning until there is a COVID-19 vaccine available for their employees. For more information visit here. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: covid-19, Dr….
This week’s Pay It Forward honoree is MPS security officer Earnestine Woods. She founded “Have a Heart 4 Children.” It’s an organization that started with one child with special needs and lead to many more. “The students with disability are just her special angels. That’s what she called them and for 20 years she has done a Christmas party for…
North Carolina-based department store chain Belk says it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In our area, the company has stores in Montgomery, Prattville, Selma and Auburn. The Charlotte Observer reports that private equity firm Sycamore Partners made the announcement today. The firm owns Belk and says it will continue with “normal operations” as it goes through bankruptcy. Sycamore Partners…
Face masks are part of the new normal at least for the next several years but despite the growth in sales, the technology behind masks hasn’t changed very much. At CES 2021, several companies introduced new masks to better protect and be more comfortable than the masks of just a year ago. MaskFone introduced a new connected mask in January…
The first thing I thought of when I heard about the new Clubhouse was “great, another social media app I’ll be talked into downloading”. The thing is though, Clubhouse is not just another social media network. In fact, I don’t know of anything else even similar. The best way to describe Clubhouse is its part Zoom meeting, part podcast, and…
It’s nearing the end of January and people are beginning to struggle with those self-improvement New Year’s resolutions they made. One of the most common resolutions is creating a budget. The well-intentioned resolution is always facing the challenge of unexpected bills but if we’re being honest, all of us struggle with spending on a daily basis. Of course, smartphone apps…
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – The Southeastern Conference announced Tuesday it is adjusting the site of its annual SEC Football Media Days in 2021 from Nashville to Hoover, Alabama, and will reschedule the Nashville event to the summer of 2023. SEC Football Media Days, which was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is now scheduled to be held at the…
When President Joe Biden took the oath of office at the White House, it wasn’t the only transition underway. Moments after Biden stated “So help me God”, the official Twitter account (@POTUS) was transferred to the Biden administration. The “Twitter transition” did not require someone from the Trump administration to hand the username and password of the account to a…
A historic hotel in Selma is finally reopening its doors. The St. James Hotel located at 1200 Water Avenue in Selma had been closed for renovations since 2018. The hotel is the only full service hotel in Dallas County. This historic hotel built more than 200 years ago in 1836 is the only riverfront pre-Civil War era hotel still that…
The Jacksonville State University Board of Trustees today voted to rename the university’s historic Bibb Graves Hall during its quarterly meeting. The 90-year-old structure and campus administration building will now be known as Angle Hall (pronounced “Angel”) in honor of alumni and benefactors Marcus E. Angle Jr. (Marc) and his wife, Mary. “Events across the nation last summer compelled many…
