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Auburn Helping to Launch Effort to Award More Degrees by 2025

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Auburn University is helping launch a massive new effort in which 130 public universities and systems will work together to increase college access,  close the achievement gap and award hundreds of thousands more degrees by 2025.   The participating institutions will work within “clusters” of four to 12 institutions as they concurrently implement innovative and effective practices to advance student success…

OSHA Fines Montgomery Steel Company

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that it has cited Sabel Steel Service of Montgomery for “exposing employees to amputation, fall and other hazards” at four of the company’s facilities. Sabel Steel faces $320,261 in penalties. OSHA says it conducted inspections at Sabel’s facilities in Montgomery, Dothan and Theodore, Alabama, and in Newnan,…

Governor Ivey to Hold 69th Annual Turkey Pardoning

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Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday will continue an Alabama tradition that dates back more than 60 years when she officially grants a Thanksgiving pardon to Clyde the Turkey. The turkey comes from the Bates Family Farm which supplies Bates House of Turkey in Greenville. The Bates Family has provided the turkey to be pardoned every year since 1949. The event…

More Rain Today with Falling Temps

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Our Tuesday will be another cloudy, raw, wet day with falling temps. Rain will continue at times for much of the day, and temps will fall through the day. We are starting the day off in the 50s, and should be in the 40s by afternoon. Once again, not at all a great weather day. For tonight, look for areas…

Selma Man Arrested for Death of Another Selma Man

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A Selma man has been arrested in the death of a 42-year-old man last week. Selma Police Chief Spencer Collier said Sunday that 34-year-old Winston Harris was arrested and charged with murder in the death of Ricky Dewayne Sanders. Both men lived in Selma. Sanders’ body was found Friday morning on a Selma street. Collier said investigators are not yet…

Newly Elected Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth Names Chief of Staff

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Alabama’s newly elected lieutenant governor has named a north Alabama woman to serve as his chief of staff. Lt. Gov.-elect Will Ainsworth says Judy Miller of Arab is believed to be the first female appointed to the position, which oversees operations in the lieutenant governor’s office. Miller has worked as executive director of the Marshall County legislative office, and Ainsworth…

Wet Through Midweek

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MONDAY/TUESDAY: Little change in the forecast to start the week, we are expecting a cold rain today as a wave of low pressure moves across the northern Gulf of Mexico and temperatures will struggle to get out of the 50s. It doesn’t get any better Tuesday as we are forecasting a cold, raw, windy, winter-like day. The rain ends during…

Wall Collapse Injures 5 Football Players at Pike County High School

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Photo by Randy Fielding, via The Mountain Eagle Five high school football players from Oakman High School are recovering after a wall collapsed onto them at Pike County High School. According to Pike County Schools Superintendent, Dr. Mark Bazell, it happened in the visiting team’s locker room.  The wall is described as A 15 foot long, 6 foot high modesty wall….

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