End Child in Hunger in Alabama, a statewide initiative launched from the Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University, has a new marketing campaign. The “Every Meal Matters” public service announcement will air on eight television stations in Alabama, plus one in Columbus, Georgia, to bring awareness to End Child Hunger in Alabama. “The alarming truth is that one in four…
Authorities have identified the victim in a Macon County murder. According the State Bureau of Investigation, the victim is Macon County Resident Tim Woods. The murder occurred Monday on County Road 13 near U.S. Highway 80 intersection. At the request of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office, SBI is handling the investigation. Anyone with information that could help authorities solve this…
Governor Robert Bentley on Monday announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted January 2016 unemployment rate is 6.2% “We remain committed to lowering Alabama’s unemployment rate, but we are even more committed to making sure that every Alabamian who wants a job has the opportunity to have one,” said Governor Robert Bentley. “We are making significant progress towards that goal. This…
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) – An Etowah County grand jury has cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in a deadly shooting that happened in January. The district attorney’s office in Gadsden announced Friday that grand jurors decided against any charging Rainbow City police officer Richard Roberts in the shooting death of Joshua Tate Fielding. Fielding was shot to death following a…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Jamal Murray scored 23 points, Alex Poythress made a career-best four 3-pointers and No. 16 Kentucky had an easy time in an 83-59 rout of Alabama on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Playing about 50 miles southeast of his Clarksville, Tennessee, home, Poythress put on an offensive show in his final SEC tournament with…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (rolltide.com) – The University of Alabama football team began spring practice Friday afternoon with a two-hour workout in shorts and helmets on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields. The Crimson Tide welcomed eight mid-year enrollees to the practice field including offensive lineman Charles Baldwin, linebacker Christian Bell, tight end Miller Forristall, quarterback Jalen Hurts, defensive back Shawn Jennings, offensive lineman…
The state of Alabama is seeking execution dates for three death row inmates after carrying out its first lethal injection in more than two years. The attorney general’s office asked the Alabama Supreme Court to set execution dates for Robert Melson, Vernon Madison and Robert Bert Smith. Smith was convicted of the 1995 murder of a Huntsville convenience store clerk….
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Retin Obasohan scored 17 points, Riley Norris added 16 and 10th-seeded Alabama made 12 3-pointers to upset No. 7 seed Mississippi 81-73 Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference tournament. Needing to go deep this weekend to improve its NCAA Tournament prospects, Alabama (18-13) took an important first step behind impressive offense, especially from outside. Norris got…
Alabama’s attorney general is asking the state court of criminal appeals to vacate a judge’s ruling that declared Alabama’s death penalty sentencing system unconstitutional. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said in a petition filed Thursday that Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Tracie Todd doesn’t have the authority to prevent the state from seeking the death penalty against defendants who are…
MONTGOMERY, Ala (ahsaa.com) — Robert E. Lee High School senior guard Roderick “Rod” Scott of Montgomery has been selected as an honorary member of the 2016 AHSAA boys all-star basketball team, Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association Director Alvin Briggs announced Wednesday. Scott, 17, a senior guard for the Generals, died March 4 from injuries sustained in an…
