The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 350,000 as experts anticipate another surge in coronavirus cases and deaths stemming from holiday gatherings over Christmas and New Year’s. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. passed the threshold early this morning. More than 20 million people in the country have been infected. The U.S. has begun…
State medical groups are sponsoring a video contest to explain why it’s important to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alabama Department of Public Health, the Alabama Hospital Association and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama are sponsoring the “Mask Up Alabama” video contest. The videos should be 30-second or less and need to highlight basic…
FILE – (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) CNN says its former talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week. The news channel said Saturday the 87-year-old King is undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Hospital protocols have kept King’s family members from visiting him. The Peabody Award-winning broadcaster was among…
The wife of U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Alabama) has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Twitter. As a result, Jones says he will be in quarantine. He says his wife Louise is “not feeling too good,” but that he has tested negative. Jones says he had hoped his final vote in the U.S. Senate would have been to override…
FILE (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann on the 1960s TV sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” has died. Her publicist says Wells died this morning in Los Angeles of causes related to COVID-19. Besides TV, film and stage acting credits, her other real-life roles included teacher and motivational speaker. Born in Reno, Nevada, Wells represented her state…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Judson College in Marion has reached it’s year end fund raising goal. However, the long-term future of the private Baptist College remains uncertain. “We have now surpassed our first goal of a half million dollars in December. And we’re well along the way towards the total goal, including that half million, of $1.5 million.” Judson…
The Texas Bowl between Arkansas and TCU has been canceled because of COVID-19, injuries and other issues within the TCU football program. The game had been scheduled for Thursday night in Houston. This makes the fourth SEC team that will not be able to play in a bowl game that had been scheduled. Arkansas joins Missouri, Tennessee and South Carolina,…
The Alabama Department of Public Health has launched a new COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Dashboard. The dashboard will make it easier for the public to navigate vaccine information. The number of vaccines shipped to Alabama and have been distributed are on the dashboard. The Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are the vaccines currently in Alabama. Access the dashboard here: https://arcg.is/OrCey You…
Gov. Kay Ivey is extending the Alabama Broadband Connectivity for Students program into 2021 thanks to a provision in the latest COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress last week and signed by President Trump on Sunday. Ivey’s goal is to ensure that families can continue using the service, which provides access to high-speed internet for about 200,000 Alabama students. It…
2020 is a year to remember, although most people would rather forget everything that happened this year. Alabama News Network has released its annual list of the Top 8 local stories of the year. While we normally don’t rank our stories in order — because what’s important to some people may not be as important to everyone — but…
