Alabama News Network sat down with Greenville Mayor Dexter McLendon in his office to talk about how he and his wife Janice have successfully fought coronavirus. They were diagnosed in May. Mayor McLendon says the first four or five days were especially tough on them. He says they never feared they would die. They were not hospitalized. Mayor McLendon says…
Montgomery Chapter of the Links and Beauty and Beyond donated 2,000 masks to Alabama State University. These masks will be given out at ASU’s walk in drive up COVID 19 testing clinic open Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am – 2pm. You do not have to get tested to receive masks. They are free of charge. “I am so thankful because…
An interim president is taking over the job permanently at Jacksonville State University. Trustees on Tuesday selected Don C. Killingsworth Jr. as president of the college. Killingsworth had held the job on an interim basis since October following the departure of former president John M. Beehler. Killingsworth has two degrees from Jacksonville State, and he earned a doctorate in higher…
ATLANTA (AP) – A prosecutor has announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of a black man in coastal Georgia, Ahmaud Arbery. Prosecutor Joyette Holmes said Wednesday that a Glynn County grand jury has indicted Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. on malice and felony murder charges in Arbery’s death. Arbery…
A couple of weeks ago, T-Mobile customers lost their cell signal for a few hours and some then lost their minds. In the following days, posts started circulating on Facebook, stirring up a conspiracy that the company was secretly adding trackers on all T-Mobile phones. Soon, many smartphone owners from all wireless carriers were in a tizzy over the tracker…
The way you’ve been using apps on your iPhone will be changing soon. If you’re like a lot of iPhone users you have dozens of apps installed. So many, that it’s hard to find the one you need when you need it. Beginning with the next operating system, iOS 14, iPhones will be capable of putting apps in a library…
The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office has a suspect in custody following a chase in the area of Fleahop Road in Eclectic. Elmore County Chief Deputy Ricky Lowery says deputies were chasing someone on a motorcycle. No injuries resulted from the chase. Categories: Crime, News
UPDATE The Eclectic Police Department has officially notified CrimeStoppers of the capture of Conspiracy suspect Jeremy Robert File. File was captured Wednesday, June 24, in the area of Herd Street in Tallassee. He was taken into custody by the Tallassee Police Department. He was turned over to the Eclectic Police Department and transported back to the Eclectic Police Headquarters. No…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently investigating a Hate Crime that occurred in Macon County. Federal Agents based out of Auburn say that they are continuing their investigation of a Cross Burning that occurred in Macon County on June 4. The cross burning took place on the County Road 54 overpass of I-85 around 8:45 p.m. Central Alabama CrimeStoppers…
Alabama’s main state history agency is acknowledging that it helped perpetuate systemic racism by promoting Confederate narratives while ignoring those of Black people. A “statement of re-commitment” issued Tuesday by the Alabama Department of Archives and History says the state agency was founded in 1901 to both preserve records and promote “lost cause” ideals favored by Southern whites. The statement…
