Renewed fears of the coronavirus are having an impact on shipping products ordered through Amazon, Walmart, and other retailers. Amazon this week posted a note on its website for some customers that deliveries could take longer than the 2-days Prime members have come to expect. I think we all can understand that delays happen but if you’re paying $120 a…
Aaron Cody Smith A retired circuit judge has granted an appeal bond for former Montgomery Police Officer Aaron Cody Smith. Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin granted the motion Friday morning that would allow Smith to be released upon executing a $300,000 professionally secured bond pending an appeal. In addition to the bond, Smith must wear an electronic ankle monitor and will…
A Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy was involved in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 85 North at Perry Hill Road. The wreck happened just before 5:30 this morning. The Deputy was not injured in the crash. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Stay with Alabama News Network for More on this developing story. Categories: News Tags: Interstate 85,…
TODAY AND THE WEEKEND: Look for sunshine in full supply today, lasting through the weekend with a nice, continental air mass in place. We start the day off chilly, in the 40s, but we warm up nicely to around 60° by this afternoon. For both Saturday and Sunday, the dry and sunny weather continues with highs Saturday in the low…
Photo: Alabama Department of CorrectionsA man convicted in the 2004 shooting deaths of three police officers in which another man pulled the trigger has been executed in Alabama. Authorities said 43-year-old Nathaniel Woods was pronounced dead at 9:01 p.m. CST Thursday after a lethal injection at the state prison in Atmore. Woods was convicted of capital murder in the deaths…
The study group that Gov. Kay Ivey formed in order to study the effects of any expansion of gambling in the state of the Alabama is holding its first meeting. Ivey announced that she wanted to form a study group during her State of the State Address. The state has some electronic bingo operations, but no lottery or other forms…
Photo from Central Alabama CrimeStoppers Opp police say a man they had sought in connection to a shooting is now in custody. According to Central Alabama CrimeStoppers, a family member turned in 18-year-old Jacob Charles Lee of Opp this afternoon. He was turned into the Covington County Sheriff’s office. Police say just before 8 o’clock last night, they responded to…
Photo: Alabama Department of Corrections Alabama is set to execute Nathaniel Woods for the murders of three Birmingham police officers who were shot by another man in a hail of gunfire. Martin Luther King III, the son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has asked Gov. Kay Ivey to stop the execution. Woods is scheduled to die by lethal…
Everyone’s talking about washing hands to stop the spread of the flu and the coronavirus, but what about the filthiest thing we touch every day? The thing that can transmit flu-carrying germs straight to clean hands? You know, smartphones and computers. Cleaning these expensive devices isn’t simple and may not be all that effective at killing germs for a simple…
If you’ve ever lost a strong signal on a smartphone, this trick may get you back online in 2 seconds. The last time my family went on a fairly long trip by car we drove through a rural part of the country. I heard a simultaneous “I don’t have internet!” I’ve been on that stretch of I-65 before and I…
