The Southeastern Conference will require football players and others in direct contact with the program to be tested at least twice weekly during the season. The league has released its initial COVID-19 requirements for fall sports, including football. In football, the testing will typically come six days and three days before competition. Coaches, staff and other personnel will be required…
The SEC switched to a 10-game conference-only schedule and Friday the two additional SEC opponents were announced. Auburn will travel to South Carolina and play host to Tennessee. Alabama will go to Missouri and face Kentucky at home. Dates and time are still to be determined. AUBURN, Ala.—The Southeastern Conference on Friday announced the two additional non-divisional opponents each school…
The Alabama Department of Public Health notes that a memo issued Thursday by the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) says spectators will be allowed to attend football games and other athletic events, but attendance likely will be significantly reduced. Under the state’s current Safer at Home public health order: ·     “Players, coaches, officials, and spectators may…
The Pike Road High School marching band finished up the final day of Camp on Friday. The camp was held at the Pike Road Performing Art Center with 85 band members participating. Pike Road’s band is compiled of 8th through 12th graders. This year PRHS marching band added the Flag-girls/color guards and majorettes. Pike Road’s communications coordinator Rebecca Williams says…
Prattville Baptist Hospital will host a Prattville Chamber of Commerce Groundbreaking Ceremony for the hospital’s new Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit at 9 am, Friday, August 7 in Prattville Baptist’s front parking lot. Prattville Baptist Hospital continues to bring new technologies and services to Autauga County by investing 6.5 million dollars in the community with a brand new 22-bed wing designed…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a suspect with the Homicide of Jamar Harris, 18, of Montgomery, who was fatally shot on August 6. On Thursday, August 6, around 6:30 pm, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 2200 Block of Woodley Square West in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, contact was made with Harris who sustained…
Mayor Steven L. Reed joins a group of 40 mayors from across the U.S. selected to participate in The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a program designed to equip mayors with innovative leadership and management tools to tackle complex challenges and improve the quality of life in their communities. With mayors playing a central role in driving social and economic…
Gov. Kay Ivey has released a video message in which she encourages Alabamians to follow face mask requirements in order to help stop the spread of coronavirus. In the brief video, Ivey recalls the sacrifices people made during World War II. She says today, we are fighting an invisible enemy. Last week, Ivey extended Alabama’s Safer at Home Order, which…
A new city event series will support local businesses while offering safe, sanitary and socially-distanced fun for residents and visitors in the heart of downtown Montgomery. The City of Montgomery, in partnership with the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s EatMGM Restaurant Week and Montgomery’s Downtown Business Association, will launch Food Truck Fridays August 14. Four local food truck vendors will…
A viral Facebook post is making the rounds again and cluttering everyone’s newsfeed. The post claims by copying and pasting it onto your own timeline and by commenting, liking or leaving a sticker on the friend’s post, it will trick Facebook’s algorithm into showing you posts of more friends. Here’s one variation of the post: “So I’m doing what everyone…
