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Faulkner Announced Nikki Haley as Speaker for 2019 Benefit Dinner

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Faulkner University announced Nikki R. Haley, the former United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, as the speaker for this year’s Faulkner Annual Benefit Dinner during a press conference held on Tuesday. President Mike Williams revealed the news on Montgomery’s campus. “We’ve been able to secure this year’s speaker, who is a true American patriot. A person who has fought to…

President Trump to Visit Lee County Tornado Damage on Friday

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This afternoon, President Trump announced that he will be coming to Alabama on Friday to see the tornado damage in Lee County. The EF-4 tornado killed at least 23 people on Sunday in the Beauregard community, becoming the deadliest tornado to hit the U.S. since 2013. The president’s announcement came during a signing ceremony. “I’ll be heading to Alabama on…

Donate to Lee County Tornado Victims

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Alabama News Network has teamed up with the Community Fund of East Alabama to raise funds for those impacted by the devastating storms that hit Lee County on Sunday, March 3. The tornado has claimed the lives of 3 children and 20 adults in Lee County when an EF-4 tornado hit Beauregard and its surrounding communities. Please watch WAKA and…

Extra: ASU Civil Rights Interpretive Center Scheduled to Open in 2020

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Alabama News Network has an update on a story we’ve been covering for years. The civil rights interpretive center at Alabama State University is now scheduled to open in March 2020. That would be in time for the 55th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday civil rights march of 1965. The center was originally supposed to open in 2015, in time…

Lee County Tornado: Latest on Search and Recovery Efforts

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Alabama News Network is in the Lee County community of Beauregard with the latest on search and recovery efforts after Sunday’s tornado. The death toll remains at 23, with 22 of those pronounced dead at the scene and another person dying at a hospital. Emergency crews still haven’t finished combing through all of the damage. As of early Monday afternoon,…

Lee County Tornado: Rated EF-4 with 170 mph Winds

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The National Weather Service now says the Lee County tornado that killed at least 23 people in the Beauregard community was stronger than first thought. It says the tornado was an EF-4 with winds estimated at 170 mph. The tornado is the deadliest in the U.S. since 2013. The National Weather Service has teams surveying the damage. It appears the…

Beverly Hills, 90210 Star Luke Perry Dies from Stroke

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A publicist for Luke Perry says the “Riverdale” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” star has died. He was 52. Publicist Arnold Robinson said that Perry died Monday after suffering a massive stroke. Robinson says Perry’s family and friends were with him when he died. Among them were his children, siblings, fiancée and former wife. The actor had been hospitalized since last…

$1,000 Reward Offered in Millbrook Traffic Homicide Investigation

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The Millbrook Police Department is requesting information in regard to a Traffic Homicide investigation. CrimeStoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information. On Saturday, March 2, Millbrook police and fire rescue units responded to the 1400 block of Highway 14 with regard to what appeared to be a body lying on the shoulder partially in the eastbound traffic lane of…

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