First it was the headphone jack and now it’s the home button. Apple has removed the circular button on the face of earlier iPhones so that the newest iPhones, the X, Xs, XS Max and Xr can have larger display screens. While the new screens are beautiful it will take some time before iPhone users are completely okay with the…
Publix Supermarkets is giving a total of $500,000 to food banks in Alabama. The Florida-based grocery store chain recently announced the donations. They’re part of $5 million Publix is giving to organizations across the Southeast in September. That’s national Hunger Action Week. According to reports, the grocery store’s charity organization is donating $150,000 each to the Community Food Bank of…
LABOR DAY: For today, the weather looks generally dry, with mainly sunny conditions. Expect another hot day with highs again in the lower to perhaps mid 90s. THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER: With Dorian staying well to the east of the state, we expect no impacts on Alabama. If anything, the subsidence around the system and northerly wind flow on…
The Millbrook community is mourning the loss of former Stanhope Elmore principle and football coach Conrad Henderson. Henderson passed away Saturday after being seriously injured Wednesday night when his car collided with a train. The accident happened at the intersection of Coosada Parkway and Pecan Grove Road around 7:30 p.m. Police are investigating video from CSX to determine a cause of…
FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2017 file photo, Kevin Hart poses at Kevin Hart’s “Laugh Out Loud” new streaming video network launch event at the Goldstein Residence in Beverly Hills, Calif. Prodded by Ellen DeGeneres, Hart says he’ll reconsider his decision to step down as host of the Academy Awards. Two days after he was named as host last…
TROY, Ala. (AP) – Senior quarterback Kaleb Barker threw two touchdown passes and DK Billingsley ran for two scores in coach Chip Lindsey’s debut and Troy beat Campbell 43-14 in Saturday’s season opener for both teams. Barker, who missed the final seven games of last season with a knee injury, hit Reggie Todd on a 61-yard TD pass and threw…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Two new books have been published to coincide with Alabama’s bicentennial celebration. The Montgomery-based NewSouth Books has joined with Alabama Heritage magazine to produce “Alabama from Territory to Statehood.” The book covers the state’s early period, before its admission into the United States on Dec. 14, 1819. Secretary of State John Merrill co-authored another book called…
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The police chief of Odessa, Texas, says at least 21 people have been injured by gunfire and four killed in a shooting in West Texas. At a news conference, Police Chief Michael Gerke also says that at least three law enforcement officers were among those shot. ABC News coverage of the Texas shootings He spoke after a chaotic afternoon during…
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – A new golden eagle will be joining Auburn University’s avian air force. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that “Aurea” joins the bald eagle Spirit. The pair will soar over Jordan-Hare Stadium before home games. Aurea was brought to the Southeastern Raptor Center in Auburn’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2016, after being found near Selma, Alabama, with…
