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Auburn Agrees to Play NC State in Home-and-Home Series

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North Carolina State and Auburn have agreed to a two-game basketball series. The schools jointly announced the series Wednesday. The Tigers will visit Raleigh on December 19, and Auburn will host the Wolfpack in 2019-20. Both teams reached the NCAA Tournament last season, with N.C. State finishing 21-12 and Auburn going 26-8. ___ (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…

Major Pharmaceutical Company Donates Overdose-Reversing Drugs to Alabama Rescue Squads

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A major pharmaceutical company is donating 1,744 devices that contain an overdose-reversing drug to Alabama’s volunteer rescue squads to combat the opioid crisis. Kaleo Inc. announced the donation of 872 boxes, which include two devices, to the state’s rescue vehicles at a press conference at the Alabama State Capitol Wednesday. The Evzio device auto-injects the life-saving drug naloxone and contains…

More Employers Moving Away from Testing for Marijuana When Drug Testing

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FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs. Those employers and many others are quietly taking what once would have been a radical step: They’re dropping marijuana from the drug tests they require of prospective employees. Marijuana testing…

5th Annual Camellia Bowl Set for December 15

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The fifth annual Raycom Media Camellia Bowl will be played Saturday, December 15, at the historic Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. The game will feature a team from the Mid-American Conference against a team from the Sun Belt Conference, and will be televised at 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT on ESPN. “We are excited to announce that we will be continuing the tradition…

Police Search for Suspect Accused of Shooting into Vehicle

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Deoggo Foster is wanted by the Montgomery Police Department regarding a criminal investigation. On Sunday, April 11, investigators said that Foster committed the offense of Discharging a Firearm into an Unoccupied Vehicle. The offense occurred in the 7100 block of Eastern Shores Road in Montgomery. Foster was last seen fleeing the scene in a silver Jeep Patriot. If you know…

Face 2 Face: Will Barfoot

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Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a Face to Face with Senate District 25 candidate, Will Barfoot. Barfoot is looking to fill the seat being vacated by Dick Brewer. Barfoot feels that there should be a term limit for legislators. Categories: Face 2 Face

Face 2 Face: Chris Christie

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Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox sat down for a Face to Face with Attorney General candidate, Chris Christie. Christie is running as Democrat and has been a lawyer for over 30 years. Categories: Face 2 Face

Alabama First Openly Gay Lawmaker to Lead LGBTQ

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Alabama’s first openly gay lawmaker will head an LGBTQ coalition in Florida after her retirement this year. Democratic Rep. Patricia Todd from Birmingham has accepted a job as executive director of One Orlando Alliance, a coalition of LGBTQ organizations formed after the 2016 PULSE gay nightclub shooting. Todd said “only an experience like this would take me away from Alabama.”…

Unseasonably Warm Days Ahead

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WARM WEATHER CONTINUES: A ridge is the main feature controlling our weather the rest of the week and will keep us dry and will bring the warmest weather so far this year to Alabama. With mainly sunny conditions through Friday, look for highs in the mid 80s tomorrow followed by mid to upper 80s Thursday and Friday. There could be…

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