According to the Alabama Nursing Home Association, vaccinations will begin in Alabama nursing homes sometime around Christmas. The federal government has entered a partnership with CVS and Walgreens Pharmacies to distribute and administer the vaccine in Alabama's nursing homes. Vaccines…
The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting Tuesday, highlighting a year of success and hardship in the midst of the pandemic. Small business owners nationwide are ready for the new year... And…
Baptist Health has received 3,900 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. According to Baptist Health spokesperson Kadie Agnew, a vaccine administration plan is in the works. She says it's hoped that more information will be released by the end of the…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday as the president-elect. The Republican leader said the Electoral College "has spoken."…
The run-off race for the state Senate District 26 seat is happening tomorrow. Senate district 26 coverers more than half of the city of Montgomery. The race is between current Representative Kirk Hatcher and longtime representative John Knight. Polls open…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General William Barr, one of President…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden has cleared the 270-vote mark needed to win the presidency with California's 55…
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 300,000, just as vaccinations begin across the country. The number of dead tallied by Johns Hopkins University rivals the population of St. Louis or Pittsburgh. It is equivalent to repeating a…
Montgomery Police are investigating an armed robbery turned shooting near Atlanta Highway. Police say it happened just before 10:00AM in the 300 block of Eastdale Road Circle. Once officers arrived, someone on the scene told them that an unknown suspect…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A longtime member of the Alabama Supreme Court, retired Associate Justice Hugh Maddox, has died. An obituary published by a funeral home says Maddox died Friday at his home in Montgomery. He was 90. No cause…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has one of the highest rates of inmate deaths from COVID-19. In Alabama prisons, 43 inmates and two staff members have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. According to figures compiled by The Associated…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama officials may go back to allowing bars and restaurants to make curbside alcohol sales amid a surge of coronavirus infections in the state. The state's Alcoholic Beverage…
On Sunday Memphis and Florida Atlantic accepted bids to play in the Montgomery Bowl. The game will happen Wednesday, Dec. 23 at Cramton Bowl. Memphis is making its record seventh consecutive bowl appearance. Florida Atlantic beat the Tigers in the…
The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread…
In this Oct. 4, 2000, file photo, Charley Pride performs during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Country Music Association Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn.…
The Alabama Department of Labor has released the official count for initial unemployment claims filed during the week of November 29 – December 5, 2020. 7,059 initial claims were filed either online or by…
All of us at Alabama News Network want to say thanks to all of you who made this year's 7th annual Magical Christmas Toy Drive such a success. It will…
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Trump to overturn Joe Biden's election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation's highest court. Trump had called…
On Thursday an FDA advisory panel gave the Pfizer vaccine a positive recommendation. Friday the FDA met and is expected to give the Pfizer vaccine emergency use authorization. The vaccine may be approved on Saturday, but some officials say it…
Former Dadeville Police Department Chief David Barbour has died. Dadeville Police posted the news of Chief Barbour's passing Friday morning…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama hit new records Thursday for COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and a new low for the percentage of available intensive care beds in the states. Dr. Don Williamson, the former state health officer who now heads…
The year 2020 has been a tumultuous year marked by obstacles no one could have imagined. One day after the U.S. Dept. of Justice filed suit against Alabama regarding prisons, Alabama…
The United States Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Corrections in federal court today. The complaint alleges that the conditions at Alabama's prisons for men violate the Constitution because the…
The Revenue Commissioner's West Office is closed due to COVID-19-related issues. The Montgomery County Commission says the office on Mobile Highway is temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution while the facility is being sanitized. The office hopes to…
State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey is currently in quarantine. This all according to Michael Sibley, Director of Communications for State Dept. of Education. Dr. Mackey will still be participating in Thursday's State…
