Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey raised nearly $500,000 for her campaign last month as the incumbent Republican regains a cash advantage over gubernatorial challenger Walt Maddox. In a campaign finance report filed Tuesday, Ivey reported raising $400,000 in August. That is in addition to $95,000 in large contributions she reported last month. The report shows Ivey is regaining a fundraising advantage…
The Montgomery Police Department has initiated a death investigation following the death of an adult female. MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 800 block of Mossy Glen Road earlier today after receiving a report of a subject deceased. MPD is investigating to determine the cause of death and the circumstances surrounding the death. No arrests have been made at…
Alabama’s 15th community archery park will hold its grand opening at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, in Wetumpka, Ala. The Wetumpka Community Archery Park is located in the Wetumpka Sports Complex at 2350 Coosa River Parkway, Wetumpka, Ala. The public and media are invited to attend the grand opening ceremony. The archery park will be open year-round for recreational shooting, competitive tournaments…
Here is the latest as Tropical Storm Gordon approaches the Gulf Coast, with landfall expected along or near the Mississippi coast late tonight: Water was already over part of the main road on Dauphin Island south of Mobile this afternoon, and big waves broke just yards from beachfront homes built on stilts. But few people were around, partly because the Labor…
Governor Kay Ivey has issued a State of Emergency effective at 7:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 4, for several Alabama counties in preparation for Tropical Storm Gordon. The counties included are as follows: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington. According to the National Weather Service, Gordon will become a hurricane later today, and this storm system is expected…
GORDON: At 400 AM CDT, the center of Tropical Storm Gordon was located near latitude 27.7 North, longitude 85.7 West. Gordon is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph. A west-northwestward to northwestward motion with some decrease in forward speed is expected over the next few days. On the forecast track, the center of Gordon will move across the eastern…
Colin Kaepernick has a new deal with Nike, even without having a job in the NFL. Kaepernick’s attorney, Mark Geragos, made the announcement on Twitter, calling the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback an “All American Icon” and crediting attorney Ben Meiselas for getting the deal done. Kaepernick also posted a Nike ad featuring his face and wrote: “Believe in something,…
The NCAA will be back in court Tuesday, defending its amateurism rules against plaintiffs who say capping compensation at the value of a scholarship violates federal antitrust law. The claim against the NCAA and the 11 conferences that have participated at the highest level of college football was originally brought by former West Virginia football player Shawne Alston. It later…
Nick Saban made official what anybody who has been paying attention to No. 1 Alabama already assumed: Tua Tagovailoa is the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback. The top-ranked Crimson Tide’s coach didn’t wait for the question to be asked Monday before saying what even he figures “everybody knows.” He says two-year starter Jalen Hurts will still play a role. Tagovailoa, the…
Construction firms in Alabama are having trouble filing hourly craft positions. Reports say a survey suggests that 75 percent of companies said they are having a hard time filling positions. The struggle for companies comes at a time when construction industry job openings in recent months have been at their highest since 2000. The survey was released by Autodesk and…
