On January 7, Lee County Sheriff’s Investigators started an investigation in reference to obscene material being transmitted through social media to a female juvenile under the age of 17. The juvenile is a resident of the Beauregard community in Lee County. Through digital evidence, investigators were able to develop Steven Eric Sheldon, 49, of Opelika, as a suspect. Authorities found…
The U.S. has advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus has spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period. The virus has infected almost 10,000 people globally in just two months, a worrying sign of its spread among people that prompted the World…
Everyone has security cameras and doorbells. They’re okay, but a new system keeps watch of your home from above. It’s called Sunflower. It uses motion sensors and a fully autonomous drone to keep watch of your property from the sky. “First are the sunflowers, that’s what we like to call them,” Dusan Zivkovic told me. He was operating the system…
More Alabama schools are calling off classes because of a flu outbreak. Two Pickens County schools will reopen on Monday following a two-day shutdown because of the illness. According to reports that teachers and staff members spent Thursday wiping down locks, desks and mopping floors to help disinfect the high school. The principal at Pickens County High School says 70…
Kim and Kanye West bought all the tickets at a Mississippi movie theater to provide community members with a free showing of the movie “Just Mercy.” The couple are among celebrities and organizations that have sponsored screenings of the movie nationwide. The Daily Mississippian reports that they provided a free screening this week for nearly 300 people at a theater…
RAIN TODAY: For our Friday, the sky will be cloudy and we will deal with a some scattered light rain showers across South/Central Alabama as a low tracks through the northern Gulf. Highs today will be cool with lower to mid 50s for most locations. THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: Saturday will feature more clouds thanks to an upper-level trough swinging across…
On Thursday evening the Governors Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy released their findings after six months of study. In the report the group says that urgent action must be taken to address the prison issues in Alabama. The report suggest actions such as a rehab of corrections operations, more money for the Department of Corrections, and educational programs and…
State troopers are investigating a fatal accident that claimed the life of an Eclectic man. According to ALEA, 65-year-old Earnest Meadows was a passenger in a truck that was hit by an SUV. The accident happened on AL-63 near the intersection of AL-229, seven miles north of Eclectic. Both drivers were taken the hospital with injuries. Their conditions are unknown…
As an officer for the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles’ Anniston Field Office, Donnelle Thompson is helping keep residents of Calhoun County safe. Officer Thompson has charted a course of positive influence over her career. She was a police officer in Piedmont, retired as a federal probation officer, and taught criminal justice classes at Troy University. She has made…
A U.S. House subcommittee is investigating popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders to use their services. In separate letters Thursday to the companies, the subcommittee is seeking information on users’ ages, procedures for verifying ages, and any complaints about assaults, rape or the use of the services by minors. Dating services…
