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Truck drivers aren't taking chances as the winter storm strikes the southeast once again.
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Truck drivers aren't taking chances as the winter storm strikes the southeast once again.
The Alabama House of Representatives has approved an effort to expand a dual enrollment program that lets high school students take job training classes at two-year colleges.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The state board of education votes to intervene in Selma City Schools.
The winter weather has led some schools to close -- adding to the days students have already missed because of the weather. Students may love it, but teachers and parents are concerned about the classroom time that's lost.
Lawmakers in Alabama are focusing on protecting the religious rights of students this year. A new bill looks to ensure students can express any religion on school grounds.
An argument in Greenville leads to a man getting hit in the face with a bat.
More than 3,000 flights have been cancelled mostly to and from the South. Winter storms aren't only affecting North and Central Alabama, flights are being cancelled for hundreds of travelers at Montgomery Regional Airport.
It's out with the old and in with the new for the Troy Police department's arsenal.
The Troy Utilities Department will see more than one million dollars in upgrades.
The state board of education has voted unanimously to take over Selma City Schools.
These are the closings and delays for Thursday, due to the threat for winter weather:
A legislative committee is sending a payday loan regulation bill to a subcommittee, a move that upset the bill's sponsor.
The Alabama Senate has voted to make it a misdemeanor offense to intentionally use a drone to harass someone hunting and fishing legally.
And everyone knows exercise is good for you. Now scientists at the Atlanta V-A Center say it may also help your eyesight.
The pain reliever found in Aleve and many other medications may not be safer on your heart.
A new 25-year Canadian study finds annual mammography screening in women ages 40 to 59 does not cut breast cancer deaths.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the West Nile virus has cost the U.S. economy nearly $800 million dollars in health care expenses and lost productivity.
The majority of people who have coronary heart disease now die from causes other than heart disease, such as cancer and lung disease.
New research shows the breast cancer drug tamoxifen also kills a fungus that causes a deadly brain infection.
Alabama taxpayers filing their state tax returns electronically now must supply new information.
The Alabama Senate has again passed a bill to ban smoking in many work places and in many businesses.
The Alabama Senate has again passed a bill to ban smoking in many work places and in many businesses.
The state House of Representatives has voted to ban teens from using tanning beds unless they have a parent's written consent.
An Eclectic Middle School student is being called a hero for what he did to save his friend's life.
The results of a study done on a possible railway train service were released to Alabama News Network.



