As states and communities continue to re-open their economies, McDonald’s restaurants are expecting to hire approximately 260,000 restaurant employees this summer. This comes as McDonald’s restaurants begin to welcome customers back into dining rooms with extra precautions in place. McDonald’s has implemented nearly 50 new safety procedures to protect crew and customers. These include wellness and temperature checks, social distancing floor stickers,…
Netflix has announced a $10 million investment in a Mississippi-based credit union to build economic opportunities in Black communities across the Deep South. The deposit by Netflix in Hope Credit Union is one of the first investments in a $100 million initiative by Hope. The financial institution primarily serves low-income families of color. Hope is looking to expand its ability…
In a joint press conference with State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris and other local leaders on Tuesday, Governor Kay Ivey extended Alabama’s Safer-At-Home Order. The current order, which took effect on May 22, was previously set to expire on Friday, July 3, at 5:00 p.m. but has been extended to expire on July 31, at 5:00 p.m. Dr. Harris…
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Tuesday announced that 16 local airports across the state of Alabama will receive a total of $10,750,845 in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants for improvements to airport infrastructure. The grant funding, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has been made available through annual appropriations measures, as well as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,…
It is certainly summertime in Alabama and the weather pattern looks very typical for late June and early July. We are in a very humid, tropical air mass and each day this week we will see a partly sunny sky, hot and humid afternoons, which will aide in the development of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be…
An Alex City woman was killed Monday, June 29, in a two-vehicle crash at 11:33 am. Melissa A. Carson, 53, was killed when the 2006 Hummer H3 in which she was the passenger struck a 2013 Mack truck. Carson was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred on Alabama 50 near the 11-mile marker, approximately 11 miles south of…
Test tube with blood sample for COVID-19 test. Positive test. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – As many as 265,000 students entering Alabama colleges this fall will be tested for the coronavirus. The testing announced Monday is meant to help prevent the disease from spreading on two- and four-year campuses. It’s being funded with $30 million in federal pandemic relief funding, Under…
Governor Kay Ivey on Monday awarded $30 million of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) money to be used to establish COVID-19 testing and safety development programs. The state of Alabama will provide the $30 million to support two programs, Testing for Alabama and Stay Safe Together. The programs will be implemented by a coalition led…
As an added precaution during the Fourth of July holiday, the Alabama Department of Transportation is doing its part for highway safety by having no temporary lane closures on Alabama interstates after 6 a.m. on Friday, July 3, through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 5. Although ALDOT construction work zones will not be active during the holiday, work zone materials along…
Franklin Edwards/Source: Jefferson County Jail Alabama Law Enforcement Agency State Troopers arrested a driver involved in a fatal crash that occurred early Saturday morning. The two-vehicle crash occurred early Saturday morning on Interstate 59 near mile marker 103. Troopers say the crash resulted in the death of 22-year-old Matthew Scott Sartin, of Pineville, LA, who was operating a 2000 BMW…
