Alabama voters will decide next year whether they want to abolish the elected state school board and replace it with an appointed commission. The House of Representatives voted 78-21 today for the proposed constitutional amendment that will go before voters next year. Alabamians will vote on the proposal on March 3, 2020. The new nine-member education commission would be appointed…
State Rep. Jimmy Martin (R-Clanton) died this morning, Alabama News Network has confirmed. Martin represented District 42, which includes parts of Chilton and Autauga counties. He was elected in 2014, but had served previously in the Legislature from 1998 to 2010. He was the co-owner of Martin Funeral Home in Clanton. Gov. Kay Ivey released this statement: “Early this morning,…
It’s been a heartbreaking day for the Auburn University family. Hundreds gathered at Auburn Arena this afternoon to remember the lives of the Voice of the Auburn Tigers Rod Bramblett and his wife Paula. They were both killed Saturday night in a wreck in Auburn. The service was full of laughter and tears as family, friends, colleagues, coaches and athletes…
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed two pieces of legislation aimed at improving and expanding broadband services across Alabama. The bills signed Thursday specifically target rural and small communities that are often underserved by high speed internet. Ivey says it’s imperative that the state provide students, hospitals and small businesses with the high speed broadband they need to “have success in…
Alabama lawmakers have approved a pay equity bill that would prohibit businesses from paying employees less because of their gender or race. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 99-0 to give the bill final passage. If signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey, it would end Alabama’s status as one of just two states without a pay equity law. The…
Peach season is in full swing in Alabama, with the peak of the season just around the corner in mid-June. Growers of the famous peaches in Chilton County took a little bit of a hit from late-spring cold snaps, but it wasn’t enough for any major impacts. At Durbin Farms in Clanton, workers say  the only effects may be the size…
ABC 32 will air Alabama’s football season opener. The Crimson Tide will play in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game against Duke at 2:30PM CT on August 31 in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. “We look forward to welcoming another national television audience to the Capital of College Football for the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game,” said Gary Stokan, Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and president…
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that nurse practitioner Lilian Akwuba of Montgomery has received a 10-year sentence for her part in two separate “pill mill” operations in Montgomery over a four-year period. That announcement came from U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin and others involved in the investigation. The DOJ says the sentence follows her convictions for drug distribution…
A federal appeals court is refusing to block Alabama’s bid to execute an inmate convicted of killing a country preacher with a sword. The 11th U.S. Circuit of Appeals on Wednesday refused a stay requested by 46-year-old Christopher Lee Price. He’s set to die by lethal injection Thursday night. The court says an earlier Supreme Court decision prevents a delay…
The Biscuits (30-21) had to come from behind, but ultimately snapped their season-high five-game winning streak in a 9-4 win over the Birmingham Barons in the 23rd Rickwood Classic on Wednesday afternoon at America’s oldest ballpark, Rickwood Field. Playing in just their second Rickwood Classic, and first since 2005, the Biscuits, who wore gray throwback uniforms against the cream-colored Barons’ threads,…
