Today clouds will be sticking around and a wave of low pressure will track along the front stalled across southern portions of the state. Unfortunately this will bring more rain into the state beginning this afternoon and the rain will continue to fall tonight, much of the day Thursday, and lingering into Friday. Additional rain amounts through Friday will be…
Label of one of the affected Zeigler products – from USDA The USDA has announced that Selma-based R. L. Zeigler Company is recalling approximately 11,664 pounds of ready-to-eat poultry and meat sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal. The Red Hot chicken and pork sausage items were produced on Nov. 29, 2018. The following products are subject…
Hundreds of people braved rainy conditions to welcome 2019 at Riverwalk Stadium in downtown Montgomery. The Downtown Countdown New Year’s Celebration featured The Wildcat Band opening for headliners The Groove Factor from Memphis. Revelers got to see fireworks at midnight. The $5 admission went to the Cops for Christmas program, which helps needy families. All of us at Alabama News…
Montgomery police have charged Marcus Seawright with second degree assault and disarming a law enforcement officer. At approximately 6:26 a.m. today, MPD responded to the Walmart on Ann Street in reference to a disturbance and an adult male trespassing on the property. Seawright was identified as the suspect. While in the area, MPD located Seawright at the corner of Ann…
The Atlanta Falcons have fired offensive coordinator Steve Sarkasian, defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel and special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong one day after the end of the team’s first losing season since 2014. Falcons owner Arthur Blank said recently he still has confidence in coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff, but changes were expected after a 7-9 finish. There…
Montgomery is marking the new year by celebrating Emancipation Day. On Jan. 1, 1866, Montgomery began recognizing the Emancipation Proclamation, signed three years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln to declare freedom for “all persons held as slaves.” Selma Mayor Darrio Melton is speaking Tuesday at an event hosted by the Emancipation Association of Montgomery. The group’s president, Richard Bailey, says…
The Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) Board of Directors announces Michael McLendon as the Executive Director. As the search committee deliberated on the qualities desired of an executive director to lead the association, the committee determined that the individual must possess the following qualifications: a vision to advance the organization, an understanding of the diverse independent schools within the association,…
A group upset about the shooting death of a man by police at a mall gathered at the Alabama attorney general’s neighborhood to protest his taking over the investigation. Sunday night the group went to the reported neighborhood of Attorney General Steve Marshall. The protesters were there about an hour before Montgomery police told them they needed a permit. Twenty-one-year-old…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Tua Tagovailoa threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns and No. 1-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 on Saturday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. The high-scoring Sooners (12-2) reached the postseason despite a porous defense that was no match for Alabama’s diverse attack, and the Crimson Tide led…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Jarrett Stidham threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in his final college game , and Auburn routed Purdue 63-14 in the Music City Bowl on Friday. Auburn (8-5) rolled in the finale of a season that opened with a top-10 ranking, stumbled a bit in the middle and concluded with a record-setting performance. It was…
