FOR OUR FRIDAY: As the circulation of Laura turns eastward north of Alabama, our rain chances will be on the increase and there will be a threat for some tornadoes over the northern portions of the state, where high shear and veering winds will be present. With any tropical system moving inland some rotating showers or thunderstorms are expected during…
Union Springs Police confirm they are working a murder investigation. Police say it happened just off Baskin Street. We have limited information at this time, but we are working to gather more details. Stay with Alabama News Network for the very latest surrounding this developing story. Categories: Crime, Montgomery Metro, News Tags: Baskin Street, Developing Story, murder investigation, union springs
The 2020 college football season kicks off Saturday in Alabama’s Capital City. Montgomery’s Cramton Bowl will host the Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff Classic for the fourth straight year. One of the first nationally televised college football games this year is a “Week Zero” matchup featuring Central Arkansas and Austin Peay. Gates open at 6 p.m. Saturday with kickoff set…
Tallassee City Schools received a shipment of backpack style sprayers Thursday. The sprayers will be used on school buses each evening to fight the spread of COVID-19. TCS Assistant Transportation Coordinator is getting trained while also testing the sprayer, with water in the tank, to determine how much chemical and time it takes to complete a cleaning. Tallassee City Schools…
Results from Auburn University’s COVID-19 student reentry testing began weeks ago and ended August 21. It shows there was a 4 percent positivity rate of the disease among students as they returned for classes. In the final numbers released Thursday, Auburn had a total of 859 positive tests out of a total of 21,315 administered for a 4.03 percent positivity…
TROY, Alabama – Troy’s football season opener scheduled for Sept. 5 against ULM has been rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2:30 p.m. the Sun Belt Conference announced Thursday. Positive tests at ULM – followed by contact tracing, quarantines, and return to play protocols – have necessitated the rescheduling of this game. “I received the unfortunate news that ULM will be…
Tallassee City School Interim Superintendent Brock Nolin announced that a player on the Tallassee High School football team tested positive for COVID-19. Nolin says the player’s symptoms started several (more than two) days after the last game. During the interim, there was no interaction between the athletes as a group nor with the athlete who tested positive with COVID-19. Tallassee…
Joe Biden says President Donald Trump sees unrest in Wisconsin as “a political benefit” for his reelection campaign. The former vice president also says he’d be willing to travel to Wisconsin if it could be done safely and without further inflaming tensions. The Democratic presidential nominee, denounced violence but said Trump was “pouring gasoline on the racial flames” and making…
The Alabama Department of Labor announced Thursday that the Extended Benefits (EB) program will expire on August 29. ADOL will continue to pay these benefits through September 19. This is a separate program from the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program that was enacted under the CARES Act. PEUC provides for an additional 13 weeks of regular unemployment following exhaustion. The…
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says NBA players decided Thursday that they want to continue the season, coming to that consensus one day after three postseason games were postponed in a protest of racial injustice. It was not clear yet when the season would resume, according to the person who spoke to…
