Shares of electric car maker Tesla Inc. tumbled about 7 percent as the markets opened Friday after the CEO appeared to smoke marijuana during an interview and the company’s accounting chief left after a month on the job. During a podcast that was shown on YouTube, CEO Elon Musk inhales from what the host says is a combined marijuana-tobacco joint….
FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND: The upper ridge will grow stronger, and Friday and Saturday look hot, humid, and mostly dry with only isolated afternoon showers. Partly sunny days with highs in the lower to mid 90s. A few scattered showers and storms are possible Sunday afternoon over the northern counties of the state as a surface front drifts down into…
All eyes will be on the skies this weekend as the Red Tails Airshow soars over Montgomery. For the 187th Fighter Wing, it’s a way to give back to the community. “We are so thankful to enjoy the support of our local community, to bring the community in and be able to show off what we do, the mission that…
Burt Reynolds, who starred in films including “Smokey and the Bandit”, ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Boogie Nights,’ has died at age 82, according to his agent, who confirmed the death to CBS News. He reportedly died this morning at Jupiter Medical in Florida. The actor, director and producer was born in Lansing, Michigan, in 1936, and played football at Florida State University…
A Minor League Baseball team in Alabama has changed its name to Rocket City Trash Pandas following months of brainstorming. Reports say the Mobile BayBears will take on the new moniker when the team moves to Madison. The owner of the Southern League franchise, BallCorps Inc., revealed the new name Wednesday night. An online naming contest allowed voters to choose…
Four Mississippi State University students won’t go to jail after being accused of stealing memorabilia from the University of Alabama’s football building. All four of the young men were charged with third-degree burglary after an April crime in which people were shown on video taking watches, commemorative coins, a raincoat and a football. A report shows someone entered through an…
TODAY/FRIDAY: Gordon is gone, but scattered showers and storms will remain possible today. The upper ridge rebuilds Friday, and it looks hot and mostly dry with only isolated afternoon storms. The high today will be in the upper 80s, with lower 90s Friday. SPRITES FROM TROPICAL STORM GORDON: Tropical Storm Gordon, which could make landfall as a hurricane later today,…
Failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is suing comedian Sacha Baron Cohen for defamation after being pranked on the actor’s television show. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C., accuses Cohen of smearing Moore’s name and intentionally inflicting emotional distress. Moore was duped into appearing on a “Who is America?” segment where Cohen demonstrated a supposed pedophile detecting device that…
ALL EYES ON GORDON: Gordon made landfall last night just to the west of the Alabama/Mississippi border and is moving rapidly inland today. Latest update from the NHC center this morning: At 400 AM CDT, the center of Tropical Storm Gordon was located near latitude 31.5 North, longitude 89.5 West. Gordon is moving toward the northwest near 14 mph. A…
The Montgomery City Council is trying to find ways to save money. They decided raising the garbage pick up fee was one of the best choices. “A majority of the council members heard from their constituents that they didn’t want to reduce the pick up and the overall less garbage collection. So the overall council said they wanted to keep…
