Officials say a second worker injured in the Oct. 31 explosion of a major gasoline pipeline in Alabama has died. Al.com quotes the Occupational Health and Safety Administration as saying the employee died on Nov. 22 from injuries received during the explosion of the Colonial Pipeline in Shelby County. The federal agency says it was contacted by the worker’s employer,…
New York Magazine has published an article with this headline: Trump’s America Could Be Like Alabama With Nukes The article suggests Donald Trump’s America will be like Alabama, with a dislike for unions and a love of religion: “There is the Trump campaign’s commitment to a definition of “religious liberty” that means a large-scale abandonment of church-state separation principles that have…
Verizon says it plans to hire up to 300 full-time employees throughout 2017 at its Huntsville call center. Al.com reports the wireless communication company will hold an onsite career fair Saturday at its Huntsville facility. According to Monday’s announcement, career fair attendees will have the opportunity to network with recruiters, leadership and employees from the customer service department and take…
Football fans finally know who will play in this year’s College Football Playoffs. After staying undefeated throughout the entire season, #1 Alabama will take on #4 Washington in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Alabama is fresh off its SEC Championship victory against Florida, while Washington just clinched its own PAC-12 title. This matchup will pit the nation’s top scoring defense…
Tickets for Saturday’s SEC Championship game in the Georgia Dome between Florida and Alabama are sold out, prompting many fans to seek tickets through the secondary market. The Southeastern Conference reminds fans to beware of possible counterfeit or stolen tickets. Any individual in possession of a counterfeit or stolen ticket will be denied access into the game. There are a…
The Alabama Department of Archives and History is reaching out to Alabama veterans of the Vietnam war to help them document their stories for generations to come. The purpose of the ongoing project “Collecting Vietnam” is to document the experiences and service of Alabamians both overseas and nationwide. The museum is interested in acquiring items such as uniforms, equipment, photographs, letters…
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Quarterbacks Lamar Jackson from Louisville, Deshaun Watson from Clemson and Jake Browning from Washington are among the five the finalists for the Walter Camp player of the year award. They’re joined by defensive stars Jonathan Allen of Alabama and Jabriill Peppers of Michigan. Jackson is the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy and has accounted for…
Weather experts say storms that dumped as much as 5 inches of rain on Alabama didn’t end the drought. National Weather Service statistics show as much as 5 inches of rain fell near the geographic center of the state along the Shelby-Chilton county line. Much of central Alabama got 2 inches of rain, and nearly the entire northern half of…
A teen has died after a two-car wreck on Interstate 85. Troopers say a 13 year old boy from Louisiana died when the truck he was riding in left the road and hit a guardrail. That crash happened I-85 north, near the Shorter exit. The victim was was taken to the hospital where he later died. No word yet on…
Inmates in an Alabama prison are taking part in the “mannequin challenge” sweeping the country, using an illegal cellphone. Al.com reports that the men wearing prisoner clothing labeled Alabama Department of Corrections shot a nearly minute-long video of themselves freezing in various positions. They can be seen staging a fight, doing push-ups, reading on their cots and praying, both Christians…
