The National Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter struck a utility wire before a crash that killed a Georgia pilot and an Alabama man last month. The board’s preliminary report says the chopper went down after hitting a wire strung between transmission towers in Tuscaloosa County near Northport. The helicopter was checking the utility lines when it crashed. The accident…
A popular youth pastor has been indicted on a charge of impersonating a police officer. WVTM-TV reports that a Jefferson County grand jury indicted Matt Pitt in May, and the case was docketed this week. Pitt is accused of using an honorary Jefferson County Sheriff’s badge when a man asked about an abandoned rifle in the woods near Pitts’ home…
A north Alabama man is charged with capital murder in the death of a man who was found dead during the annual Mule Day event in DeKalb County. Authorities say 32-year-old Daniel Adam Beaty of Valley Head is being held in the killing of 33-year-old Daniel Thomas Fuller. Fuller’s body was found in woods near the Mule Day campground in…
San Jose State coach Ron Caragher has tasted both life in the Southeastern Conference and facing a highly ranked Auburn team at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Alabama fans should finally get a chance to see Jake Coker throw a pass for the Crimson Tide.
Wearing a bra does not increase your risk for breast cancer.
Eating potassium-rich foods can help prevent stroke and death in postmenopausal women.
British researchers may have found a way to switch-off auto-immune diseases.
Advocacy groups say Alabama prisons are giving inmates virtually unlimited access to razors, a practice that’s leading to deaths and injuries inside the lockups. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program asked a court Thursday to bar prisons from freely distributing razor blades to male inmates. The groups are making the request on behalf of prisoners…
Training drills for tens of thousands of Army National Guard members from New Hampshire to Hawaii have been called off this weekend because of a federal budget shortfall. A National Guard spokesman says a $101 million gap in funding for training is being addressed by postponing drills, suspending travel and other steps. Meanwhile, there are efforts underway to get funding…
