Hyundai Motor Co.’s labor union says steep auto tariffs could cost U.S. jobs. The labor union at South Korea’s largest auto company says if President Donald Trump goes ahead with imposing 25 percent auto tariffs, it will hurt Hyundai’s U.S. sales and jeopardize some 200,000 jobs at Hyundai factory in Alabama. The union also says South Korean carmakers were already…
Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that the Department has successfully prosecuted several Alabamians for unemployment compensation fraud. The following individuals were charged with a misdemeanor violation of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Law by making false statements in claims for benefits: • Jack E. Seale, of Clanton, was tried in Chilton County District Court on May 7….
The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March that it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 after receiving “new…
TODAY/FRIDAY: A weak surface front will drift southward into Tennessee and stall out just north of our state. It, along with more moisture over the state today and tomorrow, will allow afternoon storms to become more numerous again, but still random and scattered and no way of knowing in advance where they will develop. Afternoon highs through Friday will be…
We are less than a week away from runoff elections. The races are heating up with negative campaign ads surfacing just days before the runoff. Our political analyst Steve Flowers says that is typical and, like them or not, the negative campaigning actually works. Flowers weighed in on a few of the runoffs on the ballot. “With Lt Governor, you…
A homicide investigation is underway in Macon County. Sheriff Andre Brunson says the body of a white female was found by some workers in a secluded area in Tysonville. The State Bureau of Investigation is also working this case. An autopsy will be done to the determine the woman’s cause of death. Check back with Alabama News Network for details…
The Montgomery Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation following the Tuesday evening shooting deaths of Cynthia Hand, 41, and Erica Allen, 29, of Montgomery. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 4700 block of Narrow Lane Road at about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, in reference to subjects shot. At the scene, they located Hand and Allen who had…
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter is apologizing after reportedly using a racial slur during a conference call in May. The apology Wednesday comes after Forbes cited an anonymous source saying the pizza chain’s marketing firm broke ties with the company afterward. Forbes said Schnatter used the N-word during a media training exercise. When asked how he would distance himself from…
The Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl today released the preseason watch list for the 2018 Dodd Trophy. This list includes 20 of the nation’s top college football coaches representing all Power 5 conferences along with the Mountain West and Notre Dame. The Dodd Trophy, college football’s most coveted national coaching award, celebrates the…
The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s criminal division. Brian Benczkowski was narrowly confirmed with a 51-48 vote. Democrats have strongly opposed the nomination, partly because of his work for a leading Russian bank with ties to President Vladimir Putin. Democrats say his Russian ties could complicate special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into…
