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2018 Alabama National Championship Team Visits President Trump and the White House

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President Donald Trump is hailing the University of Alabama football team’s “win for the ages” in their latest championship season. Trump is hosting Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban and the players at the White House to honor their fifth national title in nine years. The president attended the championship game in Atlanta, in which Alabama staged a second-half comeback to…

Shelby Confirmed as Chairman of U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee

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U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has been confirmed as chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the remainder of the 115th Congress.  Shelby previously served as vice chairman of the committee for the 113th Congress.  “My colleagues have placed their trust in me to lead the Senate Appropriations Committee, and I am honored to serve our nation in this…

Biscuits Drop 4th Straight Game to Shuckers

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For the first time since 2015, the Montgomery Biscuits have started a season 1-4. The Butter and Blue lost another tough one on Monday night at Riverwalk Stadium, falling in their series finale to the Biloxi Shuckers (4-1) by a score of 5-3. The Biscuits started strong against Biloxi right-hander Cody Ponce, who walked Jake Cronenworth before serving up an…

Roy Moore Files Claims Against Female Accuser

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Attorneys representing former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore say they have filed claims for slander and defamation against Leigh Corfman, and demanded a trial by jury. Corfman filed a lawsuit against Moore in January, accusing him of making unwanted sexual advances at her when she was 14, and he was 32. She says Moore and his 2017 U.S. Senate campaign…

State Appeals Abortion Ruling for Minors in Alabama

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Federal judges will hear arguments Tuesday appealing an overturned law that let judges put minors seeking abortions through a trial-like process and appoint a lawyer for the fetus in Alabama. A 2014 law changed the process that allows minors to get an abortion with a judge’s waiver instead of parental consent. It allowed the judge to appoint a lawyer for…

Noon Update: Sunshine is Back

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A drier air mass moves into the area today; we start our Tuesday off in the lower 50s, but the sky will begin to clear and we should see a mix of sun and clouds with a high in the lower 70s. A clear sky tonight means a cold night ahead. SPACE LIGHTNING OVER EUROPE: Red sprites (a.k.a. “space lightning”)…

Golden Apple: Shanda Gordon

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Our Golden Apple Award Winner this week comes from the Covington County School System. In her 4th year of teaching, 6th grade math teach Shanda Gordon at Straughn Middle School, believes her teaching method works great for her students. “Lots of question, I don’t like, if I am doing all the work, they aren’t leaning anything. So if I am…

Will Tiny Fish Sink $1.6 Billion Toyota-Mazda Plant?

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A tiny species of fish could be threatened with extinction if the huge Toyota-Mazda plant is built just west of Huntsville. That’s according to an environmental group that plans to go to court to save the fish. The Spring Pygmy Sunfish is about an inch long. The Center for Biological Diversity says it only exists in a spring in Limestone County that…

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