TODAY/TOMORROW: A rare summertime front will be approaching the state later today and will cause an enhancement of our rain chances, especially tomorrow. Showers and storms will be scattered today, but as the front sinks slowly southward through the state, we are expecting showers and storms to continue tonight and into Tuesday for much of Central Alabama. For our Tuesday,…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – A new program is being developed to address the opioid problem in parts of west Alabama. A statement from the University of Alabama says a team of researchers and others has gotten a $200,000 federal planning grant for a tele-health network to help fight opioid addiction and deaths. The group will work in Franklin, Marion, Walker…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Alabama has already had its deadliest year in two decades for boaters – and summer isn’t nearly over. Al.com reports that boating accidents in the first 6 ½ months of 2019 have killed 25 people. Already, that makes this year the deadliest one since 1998, when 32 people died. The number of deaths so far this…
ALICEVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Police in west Alabama say a person whose body was found after a police shooting was dead before the officers fired. Aliceville Police Chief Tonnie Jones tells the Tuscaloosa News that the driver had a dead body in a stolen car. He tells WTVM-TV that an officer fired at the car Friday but did not hit…
JASPER, Ala. (AP) – Live stand-ins for Santa’s reindeer won’t be allowed to come into Alabama this year, as part of the state’s precautions against a deadly deer disease. So far, there hasn’t been any chronic wasting disease in Alabama, and the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources wants to keep it that way. The Daily Mountain Eagle reports…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama college professor who wrote Neil Armstrong’s authorized biography is working on another book dealing with the first person to walk on the moon. A release from Auburn University says professor emeritus James Hansen is finishing a book that will include letters written to the Apollo 11 astronaut. The title is “Dear Neil Armstrong: Letters…
BUTLER, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama jail has been shut down because of unsafe conditions. Choctaw County Sheriff Scott Lolley tells WTOK-TV that all 23 prisoners at the jail in Butler have been moved to the Clarke County jail in Grove Hill. Choctaw County is located in west Alabama near the Mississippi line. Its jail was closed for renovations and…
The Flipping the 334 Career Fair is a unique career fair. It is for young adults age 17-21. The fair was Saturday morning at That’s My Dog Jr. More than a dozen employees were on site, many of them were hiring on the spot. Before heading over to the career fair, young adults were able to practice mock interviews. There…
Celebrations are in full swing across the country for the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world. The Apollo 11 mission has special meaning in Alabama. The Saturn V rocket used to launch Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins into space was developed in Huntsville. Many activities have been happening near the U.S. Space and Rocket Center…
One person is dead after a multi-vehicle collision that happened Friday night, on Interstate 65, at exit 166. Montgomery Police and fire officials responded to the accident. Authorities say the cause of the accident is under investigation. Alabama News Network will have more information as it becomes available. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News
