It was another very hot (and humid) day across central and south Alabama. Temperatures soared into the upper 90s in several locations, briefly touching 100° in the capital city. That ties the record high for today’s date in Montgomery, a record initially set in 1925. A heat advisory continues until 9PM for our central Alabama counties. A heat advisory continues…
Day two of the excessive heat warning is underway across central and south Alabama. Most of the area could experience heat index temperatures between 108 and 113° this afternoon. It could be even more extreme across Wilcox, Butler, Crenshaw, and Covington county. Heat index temperatures there could range between 110 and 115° today. Expect only isolated showers and storms this…
One man is fighting for his life while another is on the run after a shooting occurred Thursday night. According to the Andalusia Police Department, officers responded to a report of a shooting on Snead Street around 8:30 Thursday night. While in route to the residence, officers learned that the victim was being transported from the scene in a personal…
It was an active weekend of weather, with three confirmed tornadoes so far. Two were in Jefferson county, near the Birmingham metro. Another traveled between Crenshaw and Pike county, near Luverne and Goshen. All of these were EF-0 strength. There was another tornado in Troy Sunday morning; with details pending. A team from the national weather service in Birmingham is…
The Regions Foundation, a nonprofit initiative of Regions Bank dedicated to supporting a wide range of community investments, announced a donation of $10,000 to the Central Alabama Community Foundation (CACF). The donation from Regions Foundation will support immediate and long-term recovery efforts organized by CACF following the EF-2 tornado that destroyed parts of Wetumpka on Jan. 19. “Regions Bank and the Regions…
The Central Alabama Community Foundation is helping victims of the Wetumpka Severe Weather with a Tornado Relief Fund. From the CACF: “Funds will be used to support immediate as well as long term needs of citizens in Elmore County. CACF, along with its affiliates, serves Elmore, Autauga, Macon, Montgomery, Lowndes, Pike, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, and Houston counties. …
State officials are distributing almost $47-Milliion dollars to assist people in low income households in paying their winter heating bills. Here are the agencies handling the distribution across the state, Community Action Partnership of Huntsville/Madison and Limestone Counties Inc. (Madison and Limestone) – $2.77 million. Community Action Agency of Northeast Alabama Inc. (Blount, Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall and St….
Governor Kay Ivey has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated five Alabama counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas. The primary counties include: Barbour, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike Counties. On October 15, Governor Ivey requested a primary county disaster designation for several counties in Alabama, due to damage and losses caused by significant rainfall, wind and flooding,…
An Alabama Bureau of Investigation agent has released the name of a man fatally shot by Hayneville police officers while serving outstanding arrest warrants. Agent Joe Herman says that 55-year-old George Crenshaw was shot and killed Wednesday. Herman says Crenshaw fled from two officers and later approached them armed with a roughly 9-inch (22-centimeter) kitchen knife. He says witnesses reported…
Pike County’s Veterans Day celebrations included the unveiling of a monument in Troy’s Bicentennial Park. Twenty-six names are engraved on the monument, representing twenty-six lives from Pike, Barbour, Butler, Henry, and Crenshaw counties who paid the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives in the Vietnam War. President of the Chapter 607’s Vietnam Vet of America in Central Alabama David Payne…
