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Costco Requiring All Customers to Wear Masks Starting May 4

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Wholesale giant Costco announced Wednesday it will soon require face coverings for all customers at its stores nationwide. Beginning Monday, May 4, all members and guests will be required to wear a mask which covers their mouth and nose. It does not apply to children under the age of 2. Earlier this month, Costco began limiting the number of people in…

Del Marsh Wants to Use Alabama’s Coronavirus Relief Funds to Establish Statewide Broadband

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The Republican leader of the Alabama Senate on Tuesday said he would like to use a large portion of the state’s coronavirus relief funds to establish broadband through the state. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh said Tuesday that he hoped to put $800 million from an estimated $1.7 billion in federal relief dollars for broadband access. Alabama students are…

Montgomery Leaders Announce Small Business Support Hub

The Recover Together Small Business Hub will provide a network of resources and counseling to small businesses as they recover from the Coronavirus Pandemic, and beyond.
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On Wednesday, April 29, elected and business leaders launched the Recover Together Small Business HUB (Helping Business Unite), a free, one-stop clearinghouse to connect small and minority businesses to the resources and information they need most as they emerge from the COVID-19 crisis. This public-private collaboration is an early outcome of Mayor L. Steven Reed’s Economic Impact Task Force. “From the very…

NCAA Board Supports Name, Image and Likeness Compensation for Athletes

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The NCAA is moving forward with a plan to allow college athletes to earn money for endorsements and a host of other activities involving personal appearances and social media. The NCAA Board of Governors gave its support to a plan that permits athletes to cash in on their names, images and likenesses as never before and without involvement from the…

Tuskegee University Supplying Healthcare Workers, First Responders with PPE Equipment

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With hospitals and medical facilities across the country running low on key personal protective equipment, or PPEs, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Tuskegee University is directing this much-needed gear to local healthcare providers and first-responders. University leaders and faculty pulled together more than 500 N95 masks, surgical masks, face shields, bonnets, shoe coverings, gloves, goggles and protective gowns…

Two Pike County Women Face Multiple Counts of Burglary

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Around 5:19 am, Tuesday, April 28, officers from the Troy Police Department responded to a residence on Brookwood Drive in reference to a possible burglary that had taken place. Dispatch took a call from a concerned citizen that observed two subjects walking from a neighbor’s carport carrying something. The caller could not tell what the subjects were carrying but saw…

Two More ADOC Staffers Test Positive for COVID-19

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On April 28, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) was informed via self-reporting that one (1) staff member employed at Ventress Correctional Facility and one (1) staff member employed at Kilby Correctional Facility have tested positive for COVID-19. These individuals promptly self-quarantined under the direction of their healthcare provider. The ADOC’s Office of Health Services (OHS) immediately initiated an investigation…

Montgomery Man Killed in Tallapoosa County Wreck

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The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says a Montgomery man has been killed in a wreck in Tallapoosa County. State troopers say 55-year-old Anthony L. Smith was killed when the tractor-trailer truck he was driving hit wires hanging over the roadway, a utility pole, then went off the roadway and overturned. Investigators say Smith was not using a seat belt and…

Rain & Storms Today; Severe Weather Possible…

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RAIN/STORMS TODAY: A weakening band of rain and storms is moving into Alabama this morning. These storms are outrunning the main upper-level support associated with the cold front back to the west. These initial batch of rain and storms will slow down as it moves into the state, as it waits on a push from the upper-level support and front…

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