Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is scheduled to have hip surgery in Houston. Team surgeon Dr. Lyle Cain said in a statement today that Tagovailoa will have surgery on his dislocated right hip Monday. An Alabama spokesman declined to disclose where he was having the surgery citing privacy reasons. Cain says the medical team “consulted with multiple orthopedic experts across the…
One adult male was injured in a shooting that occurred Saturday night in Montgomery. According to Montgomery Police Sgt. Alan Burr, at approximately 9:45 p.m. officers received a report of a shooting victim that arrived at Jackson Hospital. The victim had received a non-life threatening gunshot wound. The offense was reported to have occurred in the area of Lower Wetumpka…
Georgia edged past Alabama to No. 4 in The Associated Press college football poll after the Bulldogs had a quality road victory and the Crimson Tide lost star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for the season. LSU remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank, receiving 54 first-places votes. No. 2 Ohio State (five first-place votes) and No….
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The head of Alabama’s troubled prison system is being honored with a national award. The department says Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn is being awarded a career achievement award by the Correctional Leaders Association, a national organization for prison administrators. Dunn serves as the group’s regional chair and is a member of its executive committee. He’s been…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment investigation (all times local): 7 p.m. A former national security aide to President Donald Trump has given lawmakers a new account of how military aid to Ukraine came to be released. In a transcript released Saturday, Tim Morrison describes a Sept. 11 meeting at which Vice President Mike…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – The Latest on Tua Tagovailoa’s injury (all times local): 7:13 p.m. Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will miss the rest of the season with a hip injury he suffered late in the first half of the Crimson Tide’s victory over Mississippi State on Saturday. Tagovailoa was injured while being dragged down late in the first half, with…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – A photographer was taken to the hospital after she was hit on the sideline of the Georgia-Auburn game Saturday and carted off the field. A Georgia statement said Chamberlain Smith was sent to East Alabama Medical Center in nearby Opelika for treatment. The school didn’t specify her injury. A photography intern for the University of Georgia…
(Source: Pike County Sheriff’s Office) A Chicago woman has been charged in connection to a fire that destroyed four chicken houses in Pike County. According to the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, Tu Thi Do, 62, has been charged with four counts of second-degree arson in the burning of four Goshen chicken houses. The fire happened on June 2 in the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Environmental groups and homeowners are challenging a fee charged by Alabama Power on customers who use solar panels, or other means, to generate part of their electricity. Keith Johnston of the Southern Environmental Law Center says the fee discourages people from using solar power. He said it is essentially a solar tax. Alabama Power argues the…
Tua Tagovailoa has been flown from Starkville, Mississippi, to Birmingham for treatment after he injured his hip while being dragged down late in the first half in Alabama’s game against Mississippi State. It was likely to have been his final series of the day. Alabama went on to beat Mississippi State 38-7. But the victory was greatly overshadowed by the…
