Will the coronavirus change the way Americans work? As companies started sending employees home with the instructions to work remotely one company is seeing a surge of new business: Zoom. Zoom is a video company that allows for people to connect online for live streaming face-to-face meetings for up to 100 people. Similar to Skype, Zoom gets high marks from…
Alabama lawmakers might lift a decades old ban on yoga in public schools, though the bill would keep the greeting “namaste” on the forbidden list. A bill by Rep. Jeremy Gray of Opelika would let local school systems decide if they want to teach yoga, poses and stretches. However it would require the moves to have exclusively English names. It…
Company officials say a worker at a Georgia Waffle House tested positive for COVID-19, prompting co-workers to quarantine themselves in their homes. Waffle House said in a statement Tuesday that none of the co-workers from the restaurant in the Canton area have shown any signs of illness. Meanwhile, five more people in Georgia have tested positive for the new coronavirus,…
A convicted murderer did not escape from an Alabama prison despite the corrections system initially reporting that he did. The Alabama Department of Corrections said an escape notice was sent out as a precautionary matter when the inmate was not at his assigned location at St. Clair Correctional Facility. The prison system said an escape notice was sent out while…
Several local non-profit organizations are getting a big boost, thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Montgomery and the Alabama National Fair. The Kiwanis Club of Montgomery awarded 22 non-profits with grants Tuesday. The organizations all focus on serving children in the River Region. $225,000 in grants was awarded to the 22 organizations. The money comes from the Alabama National Fair,…
Aaron Cody Smith (Source: Dale County Sheriff’s Office) The motion to reconsider the sentence and amend the 14 year sentence for former Montgomery police officer Aaron Cody Smith denied. Last week, Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin granted Smith an appeal bond that allowed him to be released on a $300,000 bond. Smith was required to wear an electronic ankle monitor and not…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the Sunday evening shooting death of Barbara Harwood, 64, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 6700 block of Greenbrook Drive on Sunday, March 8, around 6:20 p.m. in reference to shots fired. At the scene, contact was made with the armed suspect, Charles Harwood, 65, that resulted…
Health officials say five more people in Georgia have tested positive for COVID-19, and the Centers for Disease Control. That means a total of 17 people in the state have now tested positive, though some of the tests have yet to be confirmed by the CDC. Gov. Brian Kemp said late Monday that the cases are from eight Georgia counties:…
RAIN/STORMS AT TIMES: The weather pattern turns more active for the rest of the work week as a boundary works into the state and then stalls again Now each day will feature the chance for rain, but no where near the rain and storm activity we have seen as of late. For today expect a mostly cloudy day with passing…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Auburn Montgomery baseball team pounded out eight runs on five hits in inning number three en route to a 10-6 victory over Talladega College on Monday, March 9 from QV Lowe Field. NOTEWORTHY – The win brings AUM’s 2020 record to 8-12 overall. – The victory over the Tornadoes brings the Warhawks’ all-time advantage to…
