(AP Photo/Vasha Hunt) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – Space Camp is resuming at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville after shutting down because of the coronavirus pandemic. Officials say a scaled-back version of the popular program will resume Sunday as students arrive for a week of hands-on lessons and activities related to space travel. Fewer campers than normal will…
The Town of Pike Road is celebrating the country and community with a Week Of Patriotism starting June 28-July 4. Because of COVID-19 and Social Distancing they will not have their big fireworks show this year but they’re having a virtual week of events starting Sunday, June 28. They will release their community cookbook, “A Taste Of Summer Cookbook: Memories…
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) welcomes a support team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which has been deployed to assist with response to COVID-19. ADPH has conducted testing, case investigation and contact tracing since the beginning of the pandemic. As the state is experiencing widespread community transmission, ADPH has worked to expand COVID-19…
On Thursday, June 25, the Alabama Education Association released their expectations for reopening Alabama Schools. On Friday, following Dr. Eric Mackey’s unveiling of the “Roadmap to Reopening Schools” plan, AEA responded to Dr. Mackey’s plan. AEA response to ALSDE’s “Roadmap to Reopening Schools” Plan is as follows: It was immediately clear today with the release of the Alabama State Department…
Source: City of Selma Selma Mayor Darrio Melton has issued an executive order requiring face masks to be worn in public. The order will take effect on Saturday, June 27, at 5 p.m. until further notice. The details of the order are similar to those issued by Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed last week. People in Selma over the age of…
On Friday, June 26, State Superintendent Eric Mackey unveiled the plan to reopening schools. State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey says expectation is that campuses will re-open in August for in person instruction but there will be remote learning options. He says polls show that about 15% of Alabama parents still don’t feel comfortable sending their kids back to school. Mackey…
Some local Rotary Clubs are serving the community in the fight against coronavirus. Rotary District 6880, which is made up of clubs in the southern half of Alabama, donated 1,000 masks to Capitol Hill Healthcare in downtown Montgomery. The masks will help residents and caregivers. “They will be hopefully be very, very beneficial to the people that are here —…
Alabama this week hit the highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day as officials continued to urge people to not abandon precautions. The Alabama Department of Public Health on Thursday reported more than 1,100 new cases in one day, the highest number since the outbreak began. The state has reported nearly 33,000 cases of COVID-19 and at…
Starting today, anyone from Alabama who visits New York, New Jersey or Connecticut will have to quarantine for 14 days. This is because of Alabama’s rising rate of coronavirus cases. This quarantine order also affects people from other states considered high risk. “We have to make sure the virus doesn’t come on again in a plane,” New York Gov. Andrew…
Alabama News Network sat down with Greenville Mayor Dexter McLendon in his office to talk about how he and his wife Janice have successfully fought coronavirus. They were diagnosed in May. Mayor McLendon says the first four or five days were especially tough on them. He says they never feared they would die. They were not hospitalized. Mayor McLendon says…
