The Tallassee mill that was destroyed by fire in 2016 will soon have a new owner. Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock told Alabama News Network that the city council has authorized him to move forward with accepting the old Mount Vernon Mill as a donation as a resolution to a lawsuit filed in 2016. The city sued Mount Vernon Pine, LLC…
This photo provided by Billy Newman Photography shows an owl nestled in a Christmas tree that belongs to Katie McBride Newman in Newnan, Ga. Newman said Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, that she and her daughter spotted the bird on Dec. 12. They had bought the 10-foot (3-meter) tall tree from a Home Depot, brought it back to their Atlanta area…
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the unmanned Boeing Starliner crew capsule on an orbital flight test to the International Space Station lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Friday. Boeing reported that the capsule’s subsequent insertion into orbit was not normal. (Terry Renna/Associated Press) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Boeing’s new Starliner capsule went off course after launch…
(Source: Prattville Police Department)The Prattville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a suspect wanted for shoplifting at Belk. According to investigators, a suspect pictured below entered Belk on Dec. 13 and left with merchandise valued over $700 without paying. (Source: Prattville Police Department) If you have any information regarding the identity or location of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s unemployment rate is down to a record-low 2.7%. A statement from the governor’s office on Friday said the seasonally adjusted jobless rate for November was one-tenth of a percent better than the October rate of 2.8%. It was also well below the national unemployment rate of 3.5%. November was the seventh straight month for the…
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say five people have died in a mobile home fire in rural north Alabama. News outlets report that flames engulfed a trailer in DeKalb County on Thursday. Coroner Bruce Wilson said Friday the dead include a woman, her three young children and the woman’s boyfriend. Wilson says the family had a wood stove and…
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) – U.S. marshals have arrested an Alabama man accused of fatally shooting a woman after being robbed by her boyfriend at a Georgia gas station. News outlets report Tierre Tyrell Williams was arrested Wednesday night in Phenix City, Alabama. He faces charges including murder and aggravated assault. Authorities have said the couple argued with Williams at…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Officers who mistakenly entered a home trying to arrest an Alabama man who was already in jail shot a woman who was inside. Family members tell news outlets in Mobile that 19-year-old Ann Rylee was wounded during a raid Thursday. She’s hospitalized and is expected to survive. Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran says officers opened fire…
UPDATE: The second suspect wanted in connection to a bank robbery in Dozier has been captured. According to Crenshaw County Chief Deputy Joey Dickey, the second suspect has been identified as Kendrick Flynn. Flynn was captured by the U.S. Marshals in Montgomery on Friday morning. Flynn was identified as a suspect after The First National Bank in Dozier was robbed…
After the freezing start to the day, we will remain cool this afternoon with most locations heading into the upper 50s. Clouds will begin to increase from south to north across the state through the day as moisture levels begin to rise. Tonight will be cloudy with lows in the 40s. There could be a few spotty showers late tonight….
