Alabama News Network has learned that the Alabama JROTC State Championship Drill scheduled for Saturday in Greenville has been cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus. “I cannot express how disappointing this is for our cadets and for me personally,” Col. Alan Hester, the senior JROTC instructor at Greenville High School, said via email. “We invested a lot of time…
On Thursday, the Foundation for Moral Law, an Alabama-based nonprofit, filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, asking it to reconsider Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that the states must recognize gay marriage. The Petitioner in this case is Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis identifies…
A medical marijuana bill is headed to its first floor vote in the Alabama Legislature as advocates hope to make headway after years of setbacks. The bill is on the proposed debate agenda in the Alabama Senate. The bill sponsored by Republican Sen. Tim Melson would allow people with a doctor’s recommendation to use medical marijuana for 15 conditions –…
The SEC and the other big conferences in college sports have now all canceled their basketball tournaments because of the coronavirus, putting the celebrated NCAA March Madness Tournament in doubt. The Power 5 conferences are the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and the Southeastern Conference. Within minutes of each other, they announced that the remainder of their tournaments would…
The Department of State wants U.S. residents to reconsider traveling outside of the country because of the coronavirus. It says travelers may experience border restrictions and quarantines. These conditions could arise with very little notice. For the latest information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website. Visit travel.state.gov to see travel advisories and updates on safety and…
Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. The House and Senate sergeants at arms said in a statement that the closure will begin at 5 p.m. EDT today. Lawmakers, aides, journalists and official visitors will be allowed into the buildings. The statement…
Princess Cruises has announced, due to the coronavirus, it will voluntarily pause global operations of its 18 cruise ships for 60 days, affecting trips departing March 12 to May 10. Cruise ships have been particularly hard hit amid the new pandemic and have been turned away by dozens of ports and countries. The Diamond Princess cruise ship, which Japanese officials…
TODAY/TOMORROW: Today will be mainly dry with just a few showers possible and the sky will feature a mix of sun and clouds. Highs this afternoon, will be in the upper 70s to lower 80s. For Friday, we will increase our rain chances some as a surface front drops into the state from the north, but it then becomes stationary…
Our veteran this week was an U.S. Army sniper and earned two Purple Hearts while deployed in Iraq. And now he helps other veterans struggling with PTSD. David Deem knows the price of freedom. Categories: News Video, Price of Freedom
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