Eleven Southeastern Conference football teams learned their post-season bowl destinations on Sunday, including No. 1-ranked Alabama which will play No. 4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl on December 29 in a semifinal game for the College Football Playoff. On Sunday, the College Football Playoff committee first selected teams for the national semifinal games, the Capital One Orange Bowl and the…
THE WEEK AHEAD: Monday will a mainly sunny day with highs in the mid 60s. A dry front will move through the state today and will bring the much colder and drier air mass into the state as an area of high pressure settles into the region. This high pressure will keep us dry through much of the week, but…
ATLANTA (AP) – In a dramatic twist on last season’s national championship game, Jalen Hurts came off the bench to pass for one touchdown and run for another in the fourth quarter, rallying No. 1 Alabama to a 35-28 win over No. 4 Georgia for the Southeastern Conference title Saturday. Heisman Trophy favorite Tua Tagovailoa had to be helped off…
Alabama and Georgia will meet once again after a very close national championship in the beginning of the year. We caught up with some fans at Bama Fever Tiger Pride who are getting ready for the game. “Our family gathers for the SEC Championship every year,” said Bama fan John Johnston. “And it’s a matter of bringing our two daughters,…
A man arrested in Georgia in a Thanksgiving night shooting at a shopping mall near Birmingham has agreed to return to Alabama to face charges. Erron Martez Dequan Brown appeared emotionless during a brief hearing today before a magistrate judge in Atlanta. The 20-year-old man told a judge he’d voluntarily return to Alabama. Authorities there now have 15 business days…
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) will be performing routine maintenance on the Interstate 85 South ramp to Interstate 65 North Sunday, December 2, weather permitting. The ramp will be closed as maintenance activities will begin at approximately 6:30 a.m. and end at 7:30 a.m. Motorists should plan accordingly and are advised to use extreme caution while traveling through a…
The Pentagon says the remains of a New York pilot killed during World War II are the first of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen still listed as missing in action to be identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that remains accounted for earlier this year are those of Lawrence Dickson of Manhattan. Dickson was a 24-year-old captain in the…
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Former congressman Jo Bonner is joining Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s administration. Ivey announced Friday that Bonner will serve as her senior adviser. Bonner represented south Alabama’s 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2013. After leaving Congress, Bonner served as the University of Alabama System’s vice chancellor for economic development. He also served as interim director for the Tuscaloosa County Industrial…
FOR FRIDAY: We are forecasting a mainly cloudy day with passing rain shower possible, but most locations will remain dry. Temperatures will rise into the lower and mid 70s as the warming trend continues. To our west, strong to severe storms will form as a fairly dynamic system ejects out of the Plains and lifts towards the Midwest. The SPC…
