ORLANDO – The Auburn men’s basketball team is set to play in the 2020 Orlando Invitational, Nov. 26-29, 2020. The event will take place at HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports near Orlando, Fla. The Tigers are joined in the eight-team field by Belmont, Boise State, Gonzaga, Michigan State, Saint Louis, Siena and Xavier. It will be Auburn’s…
Troy police say they’ve arrested a suspect in the death of Willie Charles Scott. Police say 24-year-old Shane Shemar Dunlap of Jasper has been charged with capital murder. Police say he was taken into custody in Jasper by the U.S. Marshal’s Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Scott, 58, of Troy was found dead in his home on U.S. Highway…
The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences has now positively identified the remains found this week in Macon County as those of Aniah Blanchard. She had been missing since last month. More than 100 first responders had been combing a wooded area in the 38,000 block of Macon County Road 2 in Shorter since Monday. There, they had found the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Supreme Court has upheld a state law barring cities from moving or altering Confederate monuments. Justices on Wednesday reversed a circuit judge’s ruling that declared the law unenforceable because it violates the free speech rights of local communities. The 2017 law prohibits removing and altering memorials that have been standing for more than 40…
Former President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo says that the Carters “look forward to enjoying Thanksgiving at home in Plains, where he will continue to recover.” The Carter Center has said the bleeding…
A death lawsuit is being filed in the shooting death of Lowndes County Sheriff “Big John” Williams. Strickland & Kendall, LLC has announced it is representing Joann Williams, the sheriff’s wife, and his estate. Attorney Michael Strickland tells Alabama News Network that this suit is being filed in order to seek death benefits for the family. Williams was shot and…
MORNING RAIN AND STORMS: While there may be a few strong storms possible early today, the better dynamics have remained well west and north of Alabama, and with little surface instability, we are just seeing rain and storms across South/Central Alabama. Rain amounts of around 1/2 inch are likely, and the rain and storms should exit the state fairly quickly…
Alabama’s governor is asking four companies to submit bids for building new state prisons. Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that four developer teams have qualified for the next stage of the bid process. Ivey’s press office said the firms are The GEO Group, Corvias, CoreCivic and Alabama Prison Transformation Partners. GEO and CoreCivic are two large private prison companies. Alabama…
A few years ago I needed a new pair of Apple earpods. I found a pair on Amazon that were labeled as a genuine Apple product. It even showed “Apple” as the seller. The price was about $3 less than I knew they sold for on Apple’s website and in Target and Walmart. But hey, this was Amazon. It’s got…
If you’ve ever wanted to cook alongside a professional chef, you won’t find many more talented than Daniel Holzman. The celebrity chef of Meatball Shop Restaurant in New York, launched his app “Project Foodie” when his brother, a TV producer, kept bugging him on how to make his favorite dish. Holzman assumes you don’t know what you’re doing which results…
