From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Sweet Water High School teacher has been arrested and indicted for having sexual contact with a student. Johnny Lockett, 28, was a P.E. teacher and assistant football coach at Sweet Water High School. Lockett is charged with school employee having sexual contact with a student. Marengo County Chief Deputy Kenneth Collier says the…
Ryan Newman has been released from a Florida hospital two days after a frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. He had been hospitalized since Monday night. Roush Fenway Racing says the 42-year-old driver was fully alert and walking around the hospital in the hours before he left. The team posted photos with Newman and his two…
The cold front continues to push down into the South Alabama and we are still dealing with widespread rain this morning across South and Central Alabama. Through the day, we should see the rain taper off some, but the sky will remain mostly cloudy with a high in the low 60s. Rain begins to overspread the state again tonight. COLD,…
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Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth is making a push to reduce the time it takes for a death row inmate to be put to death. The proposed bill would make three main provisions to the current system to make it happen. “This Bill has been designed to proved both equal justice to inmates, and swift justice to their victims,” says…
It’s time to meet our Golden Apple Award winner…this month’s winner comes from the Autauga County School System. In her sixth year of teaching at Pine Level Elementary, third grade teacher Cassie Fields has been described as amazing, caring, excellent, loving, encouraging, involved, and willing; just to name a few when it comes to the well-being and success of her students. “I…
How would you like to sue every company that sends you an annoying robocall? A new service from a consumer protection app called “Do Not Pay” claims it can help you get as much as $3,000 for every call coming to your phone. “Do Not Pay” founder Joshua Browder told me he came up with the idea after being interrupted…
The NCAA is moving toward allowing all Division I athletes to transfer one time without sitting out a season of competition. A plan to change the waiver process is expected to be presented to the Division I Council in April. If adopted, new criteria would go into effect for the 2020-21 academic year. Currently, football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s…
Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday issued a State of Emergency effective at 12:00 p.m. CST on February 18, to aid in Alabama’s recovery efforts following the recent flooding. The SOE includes all 67 counties. “The significant amount of rain that has fallen across Alabama over the last few weeks has caused flooding in several portions of the state. We assured…
The City of Montgomery and Tuskegee University held a dedication of the Tuskegee University Urban Agriculture Innovation Center in Montgomery. The purpose of the center is to create a world class innovation entrepreneurship and education center for urban food systems. The center will also assist the community and food security community with development and education. The center will be a…
