NASA is rolling out the International Space Station’s red carpet for Tom Cruise. Administrator Jim Bridenstine said before Wednesday’s planned launch of two astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket that Elon Musk’s company is already getting customers eager to fly into orbit. Bridenstine says he doesn’t admit it often, but he was inspired to become a Navy pilot after watching Cruise’s…
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) was informed via self-reporting that three (3) staff members employed at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, two (2) staff members employed at Frank Lee Community Based Facility/Community Work Center in Deatsville, one (1) staff member employed at Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery, one (1) staff member employed at Bullock Correctional Facility in…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Sessions on Tuesday challenged Tommy Tuberville to a series of five debates ahead of their July runoff in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. “It is time for you to stop running away, and face me and the voters of Alabama,” Sessions wrote in the challenge to Tuberville. Sessions is trying to reclaim the seat…
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AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn baseball standouts Tanner Burns, Ryan Bliss and Rankin Woley have been tabbed Collegiate Baseball All-Americans following the shortened 2020 season, the publication announced Tuesday. Burns earned second-team honors while Bliss and Woley were named to the third team. Burns was also tabbed a Third Team All-American by Perfect Game/Rawlings a season ago and becomes the third…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sommer Rhea of the volleyball team and Alexander Wagner of the men’s soccer team have been named finalists for the Gulf South Conference’s Commissioner’s Trophy, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday (May 26). The Gulf South Conference annually hands out the Commissioner’s Trophy to the league’s top overall male and female student-athletes, recognizing athletic, academic, and extracurricular achievement….
The Vance Law Firm and Alabama News Network are honoring Brian Smith of Montgomery. Smith helps his community in a variety of ways. He anonymously pays for groceries for those in need. He is a mentor to youth in Montgomery by hosting school supply giveaways. He also recently gave the Carver High School band $10,000 for new instruments and uniforms….
Less than one week after Governor Kay Ivey’s amended safer at home order, people flocked to Alabama lakes and beaches for Memorial Day weekend. State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris says there is concern of a spike in new coronavirus cases, after thousands of people could be seen on the beaches and lakes. “We know this disease transmits very easily when…
If you haven’t done it already, you can go to the IRS website to search for when your stimulus check will be mailed out. Enter your address, birth date and social security card number and the website will show you. Many are in the mail right now. And because of that, your phone may be ringing off the hook from…
A local gas station is taking things way back. The MAPCO gas station on Vaughn Road in Montgomery announced its new full service program. At least two employees will be outside seven days of the week between 10 am and 5 pm to pump gas, retrieve items from the store, and clean car windows. Each employee will have a mobile…
