TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Public Health said it could not verify reports of so-called COVID-19 parties where students deliberately tried to become infected, but also warned people not to try it. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry told news outlets this week that she heard of students holding parties and wagering over who would become infected. The…
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) – As statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past come down across the nation, the largest Confederate monument ever crafted may outlast them all. Georgia’s Stone Mountain features supersized carvings of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson David, and Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson standing 90 feet tall. Stone Mountain’s sheer size makes changes difficult….
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Governors across the U.S. have been stressing the need for “personal responsibility” to combat the coronavirus instead of issuing statewide mandates to wear masks or avoid large social gatherings. The ethos has been part of Republican orthodoxy for decades, often used to justify smaller government and promote individualism. But the practical effect of personal appeals over…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Department of Labor has created an appointment process for people to get in-person help with employment claims after people were sleeping overnight in a parking lot in the hopes of seeing someone. The department announced that beginning on July 6 it will take 300 appointments per day in Montgomery. The Labor Department had been…
Alabama hit a new high for the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 this week and a new low for the number of available intensive care unit beds. Dr. Don Williamson, a former state health officer who now heads the Alabama Hospital Association, said that as of Thursday, the state had 840 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and that 84% of…
The ALEA Marine Patrol has confirmed to Alabama News Network that a man has drowned at Lake Martin. Lt. Mark Fuller says a 24-year-old man went under and never resurfaced around 7 o’clock last night. His body was later recovered. Lt. Fuller says this happened in the Eclectic area of Lake Martin just off Kowaliga Bay. Stay with Alabama News…
A shooting at an Alabama shopping mall has left an 8-year-old boy dead and three other people hospitalized. Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis during a news conference that a juvenile female and two adults were hospitalized after the shooting inside the Riverchase Galleria. Authorities said they were not immediately sure what led to the shooting. Police say the scene is…
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, fireworks celebrations have been scaled back across our area this year. Montgomery isn’t holding a fireworks show, and fireworks are illegal to set off inside city limits. But there are still cities holding fireworks shows while maintaining social distancing requirements. Here is a list of local shows. Please note that some of these…
Update 7:14 pm A shooting at an Alabama shopping mall has left at least four people hospitalized. In a statement Friday afternoon, Hoover police say the victims’ conditions were unknown. Authorities said they were not immediately sure what led to the shooting at the Riverchase Galleria mall. Police say the scene is contained. Authorities did not say whether anyone had…
CHICAGO (June 25, 2020) — In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today 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. The award, which…
