This Mental Health Matters special features experts from Jackson Hospital and the Council on Substance Abuse. They are talking about the emotional impact of having a baby and the mental health effects of abusing drugs and alcohol. Categories: Mental Health Matter Segments Tags: cosa, Council On Substance Abuse, having a baby, Jackson Hospital, mental health matters, substance abuse
Chuck E. Cheese is filing for bankruptcy protection. The 43-year-old chain, which drew kids with pizza, video games and a singing mouse mascot, was struggling even before the coronavirus pandemic. But it said the prolonged closure of many venues due to virus restrictions led to Thursday’s Chapter 11 filing. Irving, Texas-based CEC Entertainment Inc. has reopened 266 company-operated Chuck E….
Alabama will be closing its red snapper season for recreational anglers just before the Fourth of July. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources says the season is ending earlier than last year because more people are fishing. The department says the 2020 season has averaged 822 vessel trips a day, compared to an average of 527 a day over…
Faulkner University has announced the recent purchase of the Montgomery East Plaza Shopping Center. The plaza will become the new site for the University’s College of Health Sciences. The date of the purchase was finalized on June 24. Located east and directly adjacent to Faulkner’s Montgomery campus at 5345 Atlanta Highway, the purchased property totals 151,000 square feet in store…
A new report shows thousands of people are still filing new unemployment claims related to the coronavirus outbreak each week in Alabama. Statistics released by the Alabama Department of Labor on Thursday show that 18,671 new applications for jobless benefits were filed last week. Of those, 11,311 were related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers are far less than in…
A Crenshaw County woman has been charged with second degree assault after she intentionally ran over a woman at the Bulldog Car Wash last week. On Thursday, June 18, around 11:01 p.m., The Andalusia Police Department’s Capt. Jamey Wismer said the department responded to a report of a domestic altercation at the car wash. The victim, Faith Alexander, 18, of…
Starting today, anyone from Alabama who visits New York, New Jersey or Connecticut will have to quarantine for 14 days. This is because of Alabama’s rising rate of coronavirus cases. This quarantine order also affects people from other states considered high risk. “We have to make sure the virus doesn’t come on again in a plane,” New York Gov. Andrew…
Courtesy of MPS website In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company on Thursday announced Chanice Spicer of Brewbaker Tech as its 2019-20 Gatorade Alabama Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Spicer is the first Gatorade Alabama Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year to be chosen from Brewbaker Tech….
MORE RAIN/STORMS TODAY: The moisture-rich air mass remains in place over Alabama allowing for occasional showers and thunderstorms to remain in the forecast again today. For now, the SPC does not have any part of Alabama under a risk for severe weather today, but we will continue to mention some stronger storms today could produce small hail and strong, gusty…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama has reported its second-highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day as medical officials continued to express concern about a rise in the number of people with respiratory illness. As of Wednesday, the state had reported more than 31,000 cases of COVID-19 and at least 879 deaths from the virus. More than a…
