The Auto Insurance Center says Alabama ranks 8th worst for motorcycle deaths….while that’s high, neighboring Mississippi ranked number one—the most dangerous state in the u-s. the center found states in the south had the highest rates of motorcycle fatalities. “How many individuals die on motorcycles each year? Employing data from the National Highway Traffic Administration, our analysis compares rates…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Doug Jones says he is keeping an “open mind” on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Democratic senator told reporters Friday evening that he wants to do his “due diligence” on Kavanaugh’s work. He said he is also not worried about a flurry of advertising pressuring him to confirm Kavanaugh. Jones…
A memorial unveiled Thursday in Butler County pays pays tribute to a group of men who died from that area fighting for the country. The memorial, which hangs on the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce, lists the names of the 19 men who lost their lives in World War I. Gerald Johnson is the Alabama World War I Centennial Committee…
Walt Maddox has challenged Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to debate ahead of the November election for governor. The gubernatorial challenger sent Ivey a letter Tuesday outlining a proposal for four debates. Maddox wrote that the candidates “owe the people of this state an opportunity to hear directly our specific plans” to lead the state forward. Maddox, who is the mayor…
Police say a man has been arrested in connection to a triple murder in Alabama. Guntersville Police told WAFF-TV that 52-year-old Jimmy O’Neal Spencer was Tuesday arrested on four counts of capital murder. The bodies of 74-year-old Marie Kitchens Martin and her 7-year-old great-grandson, Colton Ryan Lee, were found in a home on Friday, and 65-year-old neighbor Martha Reliford in…
Alabama joins other states in a week-long speed enforcement operation beginning Monday. “Operation Southern Shield” will run through Sunday, July 22. Law enforcement in Georgia and Alabama will join Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina in pulling over drivers who are traveling above legal speed limits on interstates, major highways and local roads. Col. Mark W. McDonough, commissioner of the Georgia…
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A Texas company is out with a report that finds Alabama has more fast food restaurants than any other state per capita. That should not be a surprise—after all, fans of Taco Bell held a tongue-in-cheek candlelight vigil when one burned down on Ann Street in Montgomery earlier this year. It’s being rebuilt. The company Datafinite found there are 6.3…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A California company says it plans to sell underground natural gas storage facilities in central Mississippi and southwest Alabama. Sempra Energy of San Diego announced last week that it would sell its Mississippi Hub facility southeast of Jackson and its 91 percent share of Bay Gas Storage northeast of Mobile. The company says it also plans…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The nation’s space agency is increasing a contract with engineers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A news release from the school says NASA has doubled a multi-year deal for the UAB Engineering Innovation and Technology Development group to provide and maintain refrigerated storage units for the International Space Station. The contract is now worth…
