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UFC President Donates Additional $25k to Find Aniah Blanchard

A reward is up to $30,000 for information about the missing stepdaughter of an Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight. The president of the mixed martial arts fighting league, Dana White, tweeted a video saying he’s offering $25,000 in the case of 19-year-old Aniah Haley Blanchard. The money is in addition to a $5,000 reward offered by Governor Kay Ivey. The Southern…

Business owners participate in Diversity Dialogue

The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce held a Diversity Dialogue. The event is designed to help entrepreneurs develop a better understanding of economic development. Successful business owners were placed on a panel to discuss their strategies and methods of using diversity to increase their companies bottom line. The topic of diversity included age, gender, race, and diversity of product, and…

Tricky Halloween Forecast…Warm Morning, Cold Evening

TRICKY HALLOWEEN FORECAST: Rain and storms this morning out ahead and along the cold front, and we should continue to see light rain through the afternoon hours behind the front. The high today is occurring this morning, as the cold front will deliver the coldest air of the season so far into Alabama as we head through the day. The…

AHSAA State Volleyball Quarterfinals Highlights and Scores

  WEDNESDAY’S FIRST-ROUND RESULTS CLASS 1A First-round Spring Garden (42-18) 3, Millry (14-10) 0 (25-11, 25-23, 25-15) Donoho (42-16) 3, South Lamar (22-9) 0 26-24, 25-19, 25-20) Phillips (31-18) 3, Pleasant Home (30-5) 2 (25-19, 15-25, 17-25, 25-19, 15-12) Westminster-Oak Mountain (36-12) 3, Athens Bible (37-14) 2 (12-25, 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 15-8) 1A Semifinals Donoho (42-18) 3, Spring Garden (42-18) 2 (13-25, 25-18, 26-24, 28-30, 15-6) Westminster-Oak Mountain…

Auburn Legend Charlie Trotman and analyst John Longshore on Joey Gatewood Transfer

Former Auburn quarterback Charlie Trotman, and Sports Analyst John Longshore weight in on the Joey Gatewood Transfer, and the QB situation at Auburn University. Tigers coach Gus Malzahn said Wednesday Gatewood opted to enter the NCAA’s transfer portal to give himself more time to find a school to compete for a starting job. Malzahn says Gatewood informed him of his…

What the Tech? Should You Download the Gradient App?

What celebrity do you most look like? It’s an intriguing question and I suppose most people are at least curious if you favor a Hollywood actor or professional athlete. A smartphone app is doing quite well playing into our curiosity. “Gradient” is a smartphone app for both iPhones and Android devices that claims it can find a celebrity you look…

What the Tech? Facebook Undergoing Facelift

Facebook will undergo a facelift over the next several months, drastically changing the simple look it adopted when it began accepting users worldwide. The new design, which is currently undergoing beta testing, includes a ‘dark mode’ and uses much more of the screen real estate as it does now. I was invited to participate in the beta program and thought…

What the Tech? App of the Day: OurPact

There’s a time in most every child’s life where Halloween goes from being a cute night walking through the neighborhood with mom and dad, to a night racing through the streets with their friends. If you’re a parent of a child that age, Halloween might be scarier than a Stephen King novel. There are many apps in both app stores…

Roy Moore to Officially Submit Paperwork to Enter U.S. Senate Race on Thursday

With the November 8 deadline to qualify for the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama getting closer, Roy Moore (R-AL) announced that he would be filing the necessary paperwork with the Alabama Republican Party at the party’s headquarters, on Thursday, October 31, at 3:00 pm. “I have already stated that it does not matter to me who is in this race…