Morning Pledge: Dalraida Elementary School-Ms. Ballant’s Class
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by ASE Credit Union, is presented by Ms. Ballant’s 2nd grade class at Dalraida Elementary School. Categories: The Morning Pledge
Author: WAKA Action 8 News
Splendid Spring Weather
TODAY/TOMORROW: Great looking spring weather highlights our forecast for the rest of the work week. Today will feature a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the mid to upper 60s. On Friday, sunshine returns in full force with a high in the lower 70s across south/Central Alabama. WEEKEND WEATHER: One of the best looking weekends of weather we’ve…
Alabama Special Education Advisory Panel Meeting
One in five children in Alabama live with some type of disability, and their special needs extend past home and into the classroom. “there’s a discrepancy in students with disabilities and their non-disabled peers, and so we’re looking at why are those gaps existing and what are some best practices that we can make recommendation to.” The Special Education Advisory…
Linden Newspaper Owner That Promoted the Revival of the KKK Plans to Sell Business
The West Alabama newspaper owner who promoted a revival of the Ku Klux Klan says he has a deal to sell the business. Editor Goodloe Sutton says this week’s issue of The Democrat-Reporter of Linden, could be his last. Sutton wouldn’t go into details about the supposed buyer, and he’s been trying to sell for years. The weekly has few…
ADPH Urges Smokers to “Kick Butts”
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is urging smokers to Kick Butts today, March 20. Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism designed to empower youth to raise awareness of the problem of tobacco use, to reject the tobacco industry’s marketing practices, and stay tobacco-free. ADPH joins thousands of schools, organizations and communities across the United States…
Former Aide to Michelle Obama to Review SPLC Workplace Practices
A one-time aide to former first lady Michelle Obama will review workplace practices at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery that recently fired its founder Morris Dees. A statement from the SPLC says attorney Tina Tchen will conduct a “top-to-bottom” review of the liberal nonprofit organization. The law center is best known for its work monitoring extremist groups and…
Former Biscuits Standout Inks Long-term Deal with Rays
Courtesy of Montgomery Biscuits Twitter Rookie Brandon Lowe, who made his big league debut last August, has agreed to a $24 million, six-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. Lowe’s deal, announced Wednesday, includes club options for 2025 and 2026 with escalators that could make the agreement worth $49 million over eight seasons. The 24-year-old infielder and outfielder has just…
GE Aviation Creating 60 Jobs at Auburn Facility
GE Aviation plans to invest $50 million to expand the additive manufacturing operation at its Auburn facility, the aerospace industry’s first site to mass produce a jet engine component using 3-D printing technologies. As part of the project, GE Aviation will create 60 jobs and install advanced new additive production machines in Auburn, allowing the factory to launch high volume…
Pipe Bomb Found Inside Dale County Sheriff’s Office
Officers found a pipe bomb inside an Alabama sheriff’s office while going through some evidence that had not been searched. The device didn’t go off and no one was hurt in the incident, which occurred Tuesday night at the Dale County Sheriff’s Office in south Alabama. Sheriff Wally Olson tells news outlets that officers found a duffel bag while conducting…
Wife Defends Husband in 1999 Double Killing Investigation
The wife of an Alabama man charged with capital murder in the slaying of two teenagers nearly 20 years ago says he’s innocent. Jeanette McCraney defended her husband, 45-year-old Coley McCraney, during a news conference Wednesday in Ozark. Jeanette McCraney says her husband is a truck driver and minister who puts other people first. She says authorities first began asking…
