(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden has a birthday Friday and is turning 78. In exactly two months, he’ll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment, and a reckoning on racial injustice. Biden will enter office as the oldest president in the nation’s history, displacing…
If you are planning to travel for the holiday season, might as well do it safely right? The Alabama Department of Public Health is asking Alabamians to either get tested or self-monitor yourself for any possible symptoms. These are the best ways to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials say. The ADPH recommend the ‘GuideSafe’ app to help monitor…
NBA free agency is usually a weeklong frenzy. Deals get struck, then teams and players must wait a few days before they can sign those contracts. And from there, a few more months often pass before the player goes to work with his new club. Not this year. What promises to be a chaotic free-agent window opens in the NBA…
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the Montgomery bus boycott and the beginning of the civil rights movement, is fingerprinted by officer D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956. She was among some 100 people charged with violating segregation laws. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick) As part of the greater commemoration of the…
Though many Christmas themed events have been cancelled this year due to the pandemic, Andalusia’s annual Christmas in Candyland is still going on. Officials say the 7th annual event will go on as planned, with the exception of a few attractions. This is so there can be more space to social distance. The event will begin December 7, and go…
Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced $298,317,492 has been awarded to Public School and College Authority (PSCA) projects to 20 entities around the state. “The Public School and College Authority was established with the intent on tackling long-standing school infrastructure projects or educational upgrades that have been delayed due to limited funding,” Governor Ivey said. “I’m pleased to announce these…
What’s the difference between a Roku, a Fire Stick, and the Google Chromecast? The answer is both not much and a lot. How is that possible? It depends on what you subscribe to and want to watch. Roku devices have long been a favorite among cord-cutters because it was the first of these three companies to release a device that…
Bad news for cord-cutters who left cable or satellite to save money: costs for some of the more popular streaming services are going up. Netflix increased prices about two weeks ago. Hulu Plus Live TV jacked up the price by $10 a month a few days ago. And Google hiked the price of YouTube TV to $65 a month. Fubo…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a Homicide Investigation following the November 18 death of Shai Hudson, 46, of Montgomery. On Wednesday, November 18, around 6:34 p.m., MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 1800 block of Gillespie Drive in reference to a found body. At the scene, contact was made with Hudson who sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced…
On November 17, the Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force, Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department and Dadeville Police Department executed a search warrant at a home on Stone Road in Dadeville. Investigators received tips that drugs were being sold from this location. Two people were arrested during the raid. Confiscated from the home were 20 grams of marijuana, crack cocaine and ecstasy….
