In its 34th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company today announced Trendon Watford of Mountain Brook High School as its 2018-19 Gatorade Alabama Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Watford is the first Gatorade Alabama Boys Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Mountain Brook High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence,…
The rain and storms will be ending this morning, and the sky becomes partly sunny by afternoon as dry air returns to the state. Today’s afternoon temperatures will be noticeably cooler with most locations in the lower to mid 60s. THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: High pressures settles in across the state and brings with it a much cooler and drier air…
The Southern Poverty Law Center has announced it has dismissed founder Morris Dees. SPLC President Richard Cohen announced Thursday that Dees’ employment was terminated. The statement did not elaborate on the reasons but said the organization is committed to ensuring the “conduct of our staff reflects the mission of the organization.” In a statement, the SPLC said it “is deeply…
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The Troy Police Department arrested Jashaun Cordell Lawrence, 20, of Troy, March 13. Lawrence was arrested on an active warrant for Robbery first degree which is a class A Felony. Lawrence’s arrest stems from a robbery that occurred in the 600 block of Wiley Street on March 10. According to the report, Lawrence approached the victim, produced a handgun and…
A South Carolina woman who won $878 million in the biggest jackpot payout to one winner in U.S. history says she wants to give back to the city and state where her good fortune happened. The woman issued a statement through her lawyer Thursday saying she was giving money to the City of Simpsonville Art Center, the One SC Fund…
An Alabama inmate who refused food and drink during what he said was unjustified solitary confinement has ended his hunger strike. According to reports, Robert Earl Council started the hunger strike last week at Holman Correctional Facility. Council’s attorney, David Gespass, says Council was moved Tuesday to Kilby Correctional Facility, where he is being medically examined and is expected to…
You don’t have to travel far into Lee County before running into flattened homes, and piles of debris. Still less than two weeks after a devastating EF-4 tornado tore through the area, we’re still getting more first hand looks at the widespread devastation in Beauregard and surrounding communities. Wednesday, chief meteorologists from Alabama News Network and Bluewater Broadcasting surveyed some…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has announced that she will be bringing her 2020 presidential campaign to Selma. Her campaign has announced that the Selma stop will be part of a campaign tour of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Her stop in Selma is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19. Other details haven’t been announced. The tour will begin in Memphis, Tennessee, on…
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