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Georgia Receiver Dominick Blaylock Out with Knee Injury

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ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia wide receiver Dominick Blaylock has been ruled out for the remainder of the SEC championship game with a left knee injury. He sustained the injury in the first quarter of the fourth-ranked Bulldogs’ matchup against No. 1 LSU. Georgia was already without injured receiver Lawrence Cager and freshman George Pickens. Pickens was suspended for the first…

Alabama Doesn’t Appeal Injunction Blocking Abortion Ban

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s near-total abortion ban will remain blocked by a federal judge. The attorney general’s office confirmed the state is not appealing the October injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson. The injunction prevented the ban from taking effect Nov. 15 while Thompson hears a lawsuit challenging the ban as unconstitutional. A spokesman for Alabama Attorney…

Slain Alabama Officer’s Father Also Died in the Line of Duty

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(Source: Huntsville PD) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Authorities have identified an Alabama police officer who was killed during a drug enforcement operation and say the man’s father was also a Huntsville police officer who died in the line of duty. Huntsville Police Chief Mark McMurray said Saturday that Billy Clardy’s father died in 1978. AL.com reports that the father died…

Family Recounts Heroics of Fallen Son in Pensacola Shooting

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Police cars escort an ambulance after a shooter open fire inside the Pensacola Air Base, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 in Pensacola, Fla. The US Navy is confirming that a shooter is dead and several injured after gunfire at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. (Tony Giberson/ Pensacola News Journal via AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Joshua Watson is being remembered…

Alabama Starting Saturday Service at 5 Driver License Sites

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency says it’s opening five additional driver license offices for Saturday service beginning this week. The agency says offices in Dothan, Jacksonville, Montgomery, Sheffield and Tuscaloosa will begin opening from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturdays. Drivers will be able to take driving and road-knowledge tests, renew existing licenses, and transfer out-of-state licenses…

Carver’s Kristin Brown Reaches 1000 Point Milestone

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On Friday evening, Carver Women’s Basketball player Kristin Brown broke the 1000 point milestone for her career. Brown is the first 1000 point player the Lady Wolverines have had in more than six years. The 1000 points came in the fourth quarter during the teams matchup against Jefferson Davis High School on Friday night. According to Lady Wolverine Head Basketball…

Earliest Start to Flu Season in 15 Years, Southern States Affected Most

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Flu season is now underway for most of the United States. It’s the earliest start in more than 15 years. Federal health officials have released their first case estimates. The southern states are the hardest hit right now and flu B viruses are dominating. Dr. William Schaffner from Vanderbilt University Medical Center says, “That’s a bit odd because the influenza…

Court: State Can Revoke Teacher’s License Despite Acquittal

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Alabama’s education department has won a round in its attempt to get rid of a teacher accused of making sexual advances on a student. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has overturned a lower court decision that blocked the state’s attempt to revoke the teaching license of Edward Clinton Davis in Montgomery. The decision says Davis was acquitted on criminal…

Crimson Tide Commit Kristian Story Named Gatorade Alabama Football Player of the Year

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In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today announced Kristian Story of Lanett High School as its 2019-20 Gatorade Alabama Football Player of the Year. Story is the first Gatorade Alabama Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Lanett High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards…

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