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Feds: 12 Alabama Health Centers to Get $3.5 million

The federal government says 12 health centers in Alabama will receive nearly $3.5 million in funding to help expand primary care services. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced Friday that the $3,468,448 comes under the Affordable Care Act. The agency says the money will help the health centers hire an estimated 45 new staff members, stay open…

Alabama Changes Execution Drug Combination

Alabama has adopted a new combination of drugs for executions and is once again seeking to put inmates to death. The attorney general’s office is asking the Alabama Supreme Court to set execution dates for nine death row inmates. Lawyers said the Department of Corrections this week adopted a new three-drug protocol for executions. Executions in Alabama had come to…

Wetumpka City Council Considering Firing Chief Dixon

The Wetumpka City Council Votes to Consider Firing Police Chief Celia Dixon. Dixon and Deputy Chief Tony Crenshaw were placed on leave in July. Yesterdays meeting was called to address a personnel issue and pending litigation against Dixon. Wetumpka Mayor Jerry Willis isn’t saying specifically what the problem is because of the ongoing investigation. But some people living in Wetumpka…

Drought Conditions Improving

We have good news for Alabama farmers, drought conditions are improving. A report by the U.S. Drought Monitor that tracks soil moisture across the country shows drought conditions in Alabama have improved slightly over the past week…from rom 65.0 percent TO 63.74 percent. In southeast Alabama, cotton and peanut farmers are looking for soaking rains to improve their fields after…

Alabama Students Attack Caught on Tape

Four University of Alabama students are accused of beating another student “unconscious” outside a campus dormitory. According to the CBS news station in Birmingham, Joseph Baroni, Kevin Brady, Nicholas Mitrow and Vachary Stewart face felony Assult Charges. Emily Layden came to the victim’s aid in the courtyard of presidential one dormitory saturday morning after the alleged assault.      …