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What the Tech? App of the Day: Color Splash

If you want to make your smartphone photos pop, you need a photo imaging app. There are dozens, maybe hundreds in the app stores, but the one I keep coming back to is Color Splash for iOS. This is one of those older image editing apps that came along before Instagram, Snapchat and other photo apps with built-in filters. Color…

ADPH Recommends Flu Shot and Other Normal Precautions Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to provide up-to-date information about the ways to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At this time, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has no reports of COVID-19 in Alabama. ADPH reminds the public to follow normal precautions to prevent illness and the spread of disease. Preventative measures…

AUM Suspends All Study Abroad Trip Due to Coronavirus Scare

In response to the spread of novel coronavirus, Auburn University at Montgomery will suspend future study abroad activities in the interest of prioritizing student and faculty safety. While there are no known cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) in Alabama at this time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that an outbreak of the disease has spread throughout China and…

What the Tech? Email Scam Threatens Users with Compromising Photos

Many email scams appear to target senior citizens but one scam that’s currently making the rounds again is having success duping younger adults out of their money. The sextortion email appears to have been sent from the victim’s email account. For instance, if your email address is “myemail@email.com”, the scam email appears to have been sent from that address. The…

Man Charged with Slashing 20-Foot Ballon of President Trump Depicted as a Baby Could Get Arrest Removed from Record

An Alabama man arrested for slashing a towering protest balloon depicting President Donald Trump as a baby has been ordered to attend counseling and complete community service for a chance at getting the charges dismissed. According to reports, if Hoyt Hutchinson, 32, finishes the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney’s diversion program, the case and charges against him could be removed from…

Escaped Convicted Murderer Recaptured After Standoff with Police

An Alabama Department of Corrections inmate convicted of murder has been recaptured after a standoff. The ADOC  says Daniel Miner, 43, surrendered to authorities late Thursday. He had been on the loose since fleeing from a work release center in Childersburg last Saturday. Miner was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1994 after being convicted of murder in Marshall County. He…

Bridge Crossing Jubilee: Complete Schedule

The 55th Annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee is underway in Selma. This annual event remembers Bloody Sunday and celebrates civil rights history. Bloody Sunday happened on March 7, 1965. That’s when hundreds of people marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to call for equal voting rights. They were met by dozens of Alabama State Troopers who beat them. That…

What the Tech? Should You Use Online Doctors?

When you’re sick one of the last things you want to do is crawl out of bed and go to your doctor’s office. Sometimes I feel if I’m not sick when I get there I will be when I leave. Lots of sick people in the waiting room with a cold or the flu and they’re all coughing and sneezing…

Sunshine in Full Supply

FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: It is a cold start to the day with freezing temps area wide, but under a mainly sunny sky, we warm up into the upper 50s and lower 60s this afternoon. Tonight will be clear and cold night, lows in the 30s by first thing tomorrow morning. Then for the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday will…