WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It promises to deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business to create a massive bundle…
Today and tomorrow the weather will be dry, with more sun than clouds, and temperatures in the low to mid 60s today with upper 60s tomorrow. CHRISTMAS EVE FRONT: Through the day tomorrow, clouds will begin to increase ahead of an approaching cold front that will come blasting through the state early Christmas Eve. Rain and storms are expected very…
Photo from Office of Gov. Kay Ivey/Hal Yeager Gov. Kay Ivey has become one of the first governors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. She received the first of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine at a Montgomery hospital on Monday, a move aimed at building public confidence in the vaccines. State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris also received the vaccine. Two top…
The House has easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It would deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers have also tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business to create a massive bundle of…
The F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum announced its fifth annual winner of the Fitzgerald Museum Literary Prize for Excellence in Writing. Founder/executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, was this year’s winner. Stevenson published his acclaimed memoir Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption in 2014. He received received numerous accolades for the memoir including the…
The Tallassee Police Department searches for the identity of two males. Police say two men robbed the Title Cash at 904-A Gilmer Avenue in Tallassee. On Friday, December 18, police say two men entered the business banishing guns. One suspect held an employee at gunpoint while the other suspect searched the building. The suspects took an unspecified amount of money…
Gitanjali Rao, 15, is Recognized as the 2020 Kid of the Year for Her Mission to Create a Global Community of Young Innovators to Solve the World’s Biggest Problems. The multiplatform initiative recognizes extraordinary young leaders who are making a positive impact in their communities. 2020 Kid of the Year is selected from a field of more than 5,000 amazing…
Authorities say an Chatom man and his son have killed each other in a dispute over a dog. Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer says 60-year-old Kelvin James Coker discovered his dog had been shot on Saturday. The man then drove to the home of his son, 32-year-old Kelvin Nicholas Coker, who claimed to have killed the animal. The sheriff says…
Will Tayshia bravely step into the future she has been dreaming of or will she be too scared of repeating her past? Find out on the season finale “The Bachelorette,” TUESDAY, DEC. 22 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EST), on ABC.
A two-night Bachelorette Finale special event kicks off with Tayshia ready to take her relationships with Brendan, Ivan and Zac to the next level in the fantasy suites.
