Alabama State University officials have released plans for the reopening of the campus. Titled “ASU Reopening Guide for Faculty, Staff, Students and Visitors,” the document is a comprehensive guide detailing the “new normal” under which the campus will operate in the Spring of 2021. “As we approach the upcoming Spring Semester, we want to put forth the guidelines under which…
Pike Road Elementary School Secretary Summer Rice/Source: Pike Road Schools An employee with Pike Road Schools has a new distinction to add to her name. Summer Rice, secretary at Pike Road Elementary School, was recently named the District Five Secretary of the Year. The Council of Leaders in Alabama Schools gives out the award each year. Jeff Hatfield, principal at…
To help ease the financial burdens many students and families may be facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Trenholm State Community College (TSCC) is offering Community Opportunity Scholarships for the Spring 2021 semester. The financial awards will cover tuition for both academic and career technical courses. Interim President Anita Archie recognizes the disruption that students and their families…
The Pike Road Schools board recently approved the hire of additional teachers and staff. They will be hiring teachers for the second semester of the school year due to increased student enrollment and teachers’ expanded role due to COVID. The school board says they are planning for the continued growth for the next school year. PRS says they are committed…
Montgomery police are investing a shooting in the 4300 block of Woodley Square. At the scene police found a male victim with a fatal gunshot wound. The victim was identified as Byron Hicks, 18, of Montgomery. The shooting occurred around 5:40 AM on Tuesday, December 8. The victim has not been identified and no arrests have been made as…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Students have returned to class in one of Alabama’s largest school systems after a cyberattack that shut down the system last week. Huntsville city school students still don’t have access to computers, because of that, teachers are returning to old-fashioned paper-and-pencil lessons. Classes resumed in Huntsville on Monday, a week after the attack first forced a…
Courtesy: Ap News WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump aims to take credit for the speedy development of forthcoming coronavirus vaccines, even as his administration is coming under scrutiny for allegedly failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of one of the leading coronavirus vaccine contenders this summer. That decision could delay the delivery of…
A man found shot to death in Georgia has been identified as the person who fled after a long police chase on Alabama highways. The police chief in Oxford, Alabama, on Monday, said officers had identified 46-year-old Matthew William Loyd as the person suspected of shooting at officers during the Nov. 29 chase. Chief Bill Partridge says officers were working…
We are seeing widespread freezing temperatures this morning across the area, so expect icy and frosty conditions. But we will see tons of sunshine today, and that will allow temperatures to return to the low and mid 50s this afternoon, we are still below average for this time of year. After today, the warming trend begins for the rest of…
Courtesy abc 33/40 Zaden Prince Jones and Zamir Princeton Jones CENTER POINT, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say twin brothers are charged in a weekend killing near Birmingham. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Zamir Princeton Jones and Zaden Prince Jones were arrested in the Sunday night shooting death of 19-year-old Christian Dewayne Smith of Midfield. News outlets report the…
