MADISON, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say they are looking for a suspect following a shooting that left one person dead outside an Alabama grocery store. Police in the Huntsville suburb of Madison say a person found wounded at a Kroger store on Sunday afternoon died later at a hospital. Officials haven’t identified the victim, but Madison police Capt. John Stringer…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A group of cyclists are traveling across Alabama to raise awareness of rural poverty and civil rights. The group Civil Rides said in a news release that 20 cyclists are taking part in the ride on Saturday and Sunday. Civil Rides said the group sees poverty as a modern civil rights issue in America. The cyclists…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Another search has failed to turn up signs of a 3-year-old Alabama girl who’s been missing more than a week. Media outlets report that volunteers joined police, rescue workers, firefighters and others on Sunday searching for Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney in an area east of Birmingham. But the search didn’t produce the results officials were hoping for,…
Areas of patchy fog could greet you out the door in some locations this morning. The rest of today will be very mild day with highs close to 80° with increasing clouds. A cold front will be approaching the state later today and it will bring a round of showers and storms to Alabama this afternoon. The SPC has all…
Nestor lost its tropical characteristics this morning and become post tropical, but still continues to impact many areas across the Southeast. The system will continue moving inland and across northern Florida and southern Georgia the rest of today and tonight, and by tomorrow morning it should be over in South Carolina. Through the evening hours, the rain should gradually taper…
The latest school report cards from the Alabama Department of Education show that Montgomery Public Schools are making progress. School system officials are speaking out about the improvements. Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent Ann Roy Moore is celebrating the results with students, staff and parents. “We are pleased that our hard work is reflected in our state report card grades,” said…
Alabama News Network now has more information on the wreck that killed an on-duty volunteer firefighter in Coosa County. Alabama State Troopers say 45-year-old Michael Wayne Johnston of Equality was killed when the tanker truck he was driving hit an embankment and overturned. The wreck happened just before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Investigators say Johnston was thrown out of the…
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is opening its 48th season with the play “Pipeline”. Alabama News Network got a sneak peek by talking with the director and the actors. The play dramatizes the pipeline from school to prison. It tells the story of a mother fighting to give her son a better future, while highlighting the social dynamics of race and…
My daughter’s phone is almost always low on battery. When I asked her why recently she said she didn’t know and that it had been connected to a charger for 2 hours in the car. I asked which charger and she pointed to the USB port in the glove box. I pointed out the problem of this and my wife…
According to the robocall blocking app YouMail, October and November are typically the busiest times of the year for people to receive robocalls. According to YouMail’s robocall index history, In October 2018, more than 5.1 million robocalls were placed which was a million more than in July 2018. If you have an iPhone Apple has introduced a new feature that…
