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…
Montgomery police are conducting a homicide investigation after a shooting victim died from his injuries. William Elmore III, 65, of Montgomery shot on Saturday, December 19 died on Tuesday, December 29. Due to Elmore dying as a result of the shooting, police went from conducting a shooting investigation to a homicide investigation. The shooting occurred in the 4100 block of…
Troy police are investigating an Armed Robbery that occurred early Tuesday, December 29. Police responded to a call of the robbery at the Z-tech gas station on US 231 and Sanders Road. The robbery happened around 3 am. The store clerk described the suspect as a black male less than six feet tall with a heavy build. The clerk says…
The Alabama Department of Public Health has launched a new COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Dashboard. The dashboard will make it easier for the public to navigate vaccine information. The number of vaccines shipped to Alabama and have been distributed are on the dashboard. The Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are the vaccines currently in Alabama. Access the dashboard here: https://arcg.is/OrCey You…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked Democrats’ push to immediately bring President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks up for a vote. The GOP leader said the Senate would “begin a process” to address the issue. But the next steps are highly uncertain. Trump has been pushing to more than triple the $600 payments approved by…
You never fully realize what life would be like with no internet and no cellular service until it happens. That’s what happened to thousands of AT&T customers in the southeast. The Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville, Tennessee happened just outside a large AT&T data center, knocking out service of both the internet and cellular service for customers in parts…
Gov. Kay Ivey is extending the Alabama Broadband Connectivity for Students program into 2021 thanks to a provision in the latest COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress last week and signed by President Trump on Sunday. Ivey’s goal is to ensure that families can continue using the service, which provides access to high-speed internet for about 200,000 Alabama students. It…
