Labor Day weekend marks the end of another summer, with trips to the beach, the lake and other fun-filled destinations. For many, the extended holiday consists of festivities and celebrations that include consuming alcoholic beverages. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable Labor Day but strongly urges citizens to remember: Drinking and Driving or Drinking…
The Tallassee City Schools system has a named a familiar face as new superintendent. Interim superintendent Dr. Joshua “Brock” Nolin takes over the job permanently. He has been interim superintendent since July. Nolin has served the Tallassee school system in a variety of roles over the past two decades prior to his new appointment. He had served as Assistant Superintendent…
HOT, DRY WEATHER: The upper ridge in place keeps our temps climbing higher, while our rain chances remain very low. Continue to look for more sun than clouds today and tomorrow with highs in the low to mid 90s across the state, while nights will be fair and mild. Rain chances are generally less than 10 percent for much of…
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says the search is underway for a missing boater. ALEA Marine Patrol says they are looking for a 58-year-old man who went under water Wednesday and never resurfaced. Officials say the incident occurred at approximately 4:45PM Wednesday on the Alabama River in the Gees Bend area of Wilcox County. Investigators say the man was on a…
The Alabama Department of Transportation says it wants your input on a proposal to create traffic roundabouts in Pike Road near Interstate 85 at the Waugh/Pike Road exit (Exit 16). ALDOT, the Federal Highway Administration and the town of Pike Road is considering roundabouts along Alabama Highway 126 and U.S. Highway 80 from Interstate 85 to Marler Road. ALDOT is…
On Monday, August 31, Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Motor Carrier Safety Unit stopped a tractor-trailer on Interstate 65 near Evergreen. During a safety inspection of the vehicle, Troopers located and detained approximately $1,030,000 in U.S. currency. The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), also part of ALEA, was contacted and responded to the scene. The two occupants of…
Justin Scott Reed, 30, of Fort Benning, Georgia, has been charged with sexual abuse of two individuals under the age of 16. An investigation by Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department and the Central Intelligence Division (CID) -Army in Fort Benning, Georgia reveals the alleged offenses were reported to the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department in April. Reed was charged with one count…
City of Tuscaloosa are considering $400,000 in aid to help bars that were forced to shut down because of the pandemic. Bar owners in Tuscaloosa say they’re being hurt by a city order that forced them to close for two weeks after students returned to town and hundreds of new coronavirus infections were confirmed, so officials are considering a package…
Ann Forbes Sirmon and Paul W. Kennedy have been appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE). Sirmon will represent the First Congressional District and Kennedy will be the Fourth Congressional District representative. Both will be subject to confirmation by the 2021 Alabama Senate. Sirmon is the executive director of the Alabama Bar Association and…
To accommodate expected higher traffic volume during the Labor Day Holiday weekend and for the safety of the traveling public and roadway workers, the Alabama Department of Transportation will have no temporary lane closures on Alabama interstates after noon on Friday, September 4 through midnight on Monday, September 7. Alabama’s Rest Areas and Welcome Centers are open to the public….
