The Central Alabama Community Foundation (CACF) on Tuesday announced that the 2021 scholarship application process is now open online. Scholarships are primarily available for graduating high school seniors. Scholarships range from $500 to $10,000. Students can apply online at https://cacfinfo.org/scholarships/. The deadline to apply is March 1. Central Alabama Community Foundation was established in 1987 by a group of local…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A community that’s fighting plans to build a 3,000-inmate prison in Bibb County is asking for a meeting with Alabama’s governor. Birmingham attorney Chris Christie, who represents Block the Brierfield Prison, wrote a letter to Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday. Christie said the proposed prison raises environmental concerns for the area and financial concerns for all…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season produced 30 named storms surpassing the previous record of 28 in 2005. There were so many that the list of names was exhausted and the Greek alphabet was used for only the second time. The season also saw the second-highest number of hurricanes on record after 13 of the storms reached hurricane…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama has reached a new high for the number of people in state hospitals with COVID-19. State health department numbers on Monday indicated that 1,717 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state. That’s the highest number of virus hospitalizations reported since the pandemic began. The previous high was a little over 1,600 in mid-summer. The…
REST OF THIS WEEK: Today and tomorrow will both be sunny, today remains quite cold for the first day of December with highs struggling to climb out of the 40s, but 50s return Wednesday afternoon. Clouds move back in Wednesday night, and we will mention a chance of some light rain very late Thursday, with more scattered showers during the…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — — Highly touted freshman Ziaire Williams scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his collegiate debut and Stanford beat Alabama 82-64 in the relocated Maui Invitational on Monday. Stanford will face 14th-ranked North Carolina (2-0) on Tuesday. The tournament is being played in North Carolina instead of Hawaii due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The game served…
ORLANDO, Fla. – It was a strong effort defensively from Auburn on Monday night. But the Tigers struggled offensively and didn’t have enough firepower to win on the road as they dropped a 63-55 decision to UCF to wrap up a three-game stretch in Florida. “Defensively I thought our kids played hard. I thought we had a good game plan,” Auburn…
Montgomery police have arrested and charged a woman with another woman’s stabbing death. Police say late Saturday night, November 5, they were called to the 2500 block of McGraw Court. That’s where they say they found 27-year-old Mia Ziegler of Montgomery with several stab wounds. Ziegler was taken to the hospital but died yesterday. Police had charged 34-year-old Kimberly Kelley…
Michael Washington was shot at Club Faces in Union Springs on November 26 and later died – Photo from Central Alabama CrimeStoppers Central Alabama CrimeStoppers says a $1,000 reward is now being offered to try to solve the shooting death of a man in Union Springs. On November 26 at approximately 2:00 a.m., Union Springs police responded to a call…
Montgomery police say they’ve charged a suspect with the killing of 20-year-old Tawaine McCullough, Jr. of Montgomery, who was fatally shot on November 6. Police have charged 40-year-old Demond Parks of Montgomery with capital murder. Parks was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force today and placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility. On Friday, November 6, at…
