Democratic Senator Doug Jones says he believes Alabama should issue a statewide stay-home order, to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Other states have already issued the order. There has been 17 coronavirus-related deaths in Alabama. The state reported that it received nearly 75,000 unemployment claims in one week related to the virus. Montgomery County disclosed that more than 5,000…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (April 2, 2020) – The International World Games Association (IWGA) and Birmingham Organising Committee (BOC) have agreed to postpone the 11th edition of The World Games until 7th to 17th July 2022. The Games had originally been planned to take place from 15–25 July next year. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to move the Tokyo Olympic Games to July 2021 made a significant impact on the planning of The World Games in…
Alabama News Network received reports of patients at an Alex City nursing home were positive for COVID-19. Lake Martin Community Hospital confirms they are treating six COVID-19 patients from the Chapman Healthcare Center in Alexander City. All patients are in stable condition. if any patients need higher acuity such as ICU, we will transfer to the appropriate facility. This information…
A spokeswoman says Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is not ready to issue a shelter-in-place order, but the state has taken other actions to reduce spread. Republican governors in Florida, Mississippi and Georgia on Wednesday reversed course and issued stay-home directives after previously resisting such a statewide order. Alabama now has more than 1,100 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The Alabama…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a suspect in the homicide of Xavier White, 27. White died on March 29 from injuries he sustained in a March 19 shooting. MPD charged Darnell Morris, 20, of Montgomery with murder. Morris was taken into custody Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility. On…
Costco has announced it is making changes as it responds to safety needs because of the coronavirus outbreak. Starting Friday, April 3, Costco will allow no more than two people to enter the warehouse with each membership card. The Costco in Montgomery is open these hours: Monday-Friday: 10AM to 6:30PM Saturday: 9:30AM-6PM Sunday: 10AM-6PM Open on Good Friday, Closed on…
The Alabama Department of Labor has released the list of unemployment claims filed during the week of March 22 through March 28, 2020. It shows 80,984 initial claims were filed either online or by telephone during the time period. 74,844 of those claims were COVID-19 related. Here are links to see more details: Click County Breakdown for a breakdown by county. Click Industry Breakdown for…
The National Weather Service has updated its damage survey from the line of storms that moved through our area on Tuesday, March 31. It has added two EF-0 tornadoes to the list, one in Montgomery County and one in Pike County, to make a total of five that hit on that day. Here is the new list: TORNADO #1 –…
More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. A Labor Department report shows that job cuts are mounting against the backdrop of economies in the United States and abroad that have almost certainly sunk…
Montgomery Police is investigating a fatal shooting in Highland Park Wednesday night that left one person dead and another injured. The shooting happened around 9PM at the intersection of Polk Street and Cherry Street. Police have identified the victim as 26-year-old Ricklson Debrum, of Montgomery. A second adult male was transported to the hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound….
