Police say a teenager has been arrested in a shooting at the McDonald’s restaurant on West Magnolia Avenue near Auburn University that left one person dead and four others wounded. The shooting happened early Sunday morning. The 17-year-old boy was arrested Sunday and charged with murder. Authorities have not released the teen’s name, but a statement by Auburn police says…
Alabama News Network is following a major fire in Tuskegee. The fire happened at the Macon County Water Authority Building off West Martin Luther King Highway. The fire chief tells us the call came in around 4:30 a.m. The building has received heavy damage. Crews were still on the scene several hours later. So far, there is no cause to…
Alabama is No. 1 at being No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll. The Crimson Tide made its 106th overall appearance at the top of the AP rankings, which started in 1936, passing Ohio State for the most by any school. Alabama received a season-high 54 first-place votes from the media panel in the Top 25 released Sunday…
Troy police responded to a call of a subject shot in the 100 block of St. Paul Street Saturday night. The shooting reportedly happened at approximately 7:00 pm. When officers arrived on scene they found a 30-year-old male in the front yard of the residence suffering from a gunshot wound. The scene was secured for Troy Fire Department and Haynes…
The Biscuits (2-3) fought until the very end, but dropped the decisive fifth game of the 2018 North Division Championship Series against the Jackson Generals (3-2) on Sunday night at Riverwalk Stadium, 11-7, and were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round for the fourth-consecutive season. The Generals will take on the Biloxi Shuckers in the 2018 Southern League…
OUR WEATHER SETUP: A ridge has been in place the past few days allowing for hot and humid conditions with only isolated storms. Temperatures have been in the lower 90s, which is a few degrees above average for this time of year. For today, and the next several days, the ridge will weaken over Alabama and allow a frontal boundary…
The Tuskegee Police Department is conducting a death investigation of a 21-year-old man in a skydiving incident. Police say the man was skydiving at the Tuskegee municipal airfield when he was having trouble with his parachute during his fall. The incident happened just before one ‘o clock Sunday. The man sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene….
A shooting early this morning on West Magnolia Avenue near the Auburn University campus has left one person dead and four others hurt. Police are still searching for the shooter. The shooting happened just before 2:30 a.m., a few hours after the Auburn football team’s victory over Alabama State in their first-ever meeting. Police say they were already in the…
An Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) resurfacing project on Chantilly Parkway from Eastchase Parkway to Vaughn Road is set to begin Sunday, September 9, weather permitting. In addition to resurfacing, the project will include installing a dedicated right turn lane onto Eastchase Parkway from Chantilly Parkway. The current right turn lane will be a through lane. The traffic signals at Eastchase…
We have a new weekly segment on Alabama News Network: The “Rich Thomas Weather Extra”. Each week, Rich will highlight a moment in weather history, explain a little-known weather fact or present the forecast for weekend events. This week, Rich is talking about why there are so many tropical disturbances in recent days. The reason is that we are near…
