The City of Prattville is implementing a curfew starting Saturday, April 4th. The curfew is from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. The mayor’s office released this statement: Due to ongoing efforts to combat and control the spread of COVID-19 and per the presidential ordered National State of Emergency and local State of Emergency, the Prattville City Council voted last night…
Saturday morning, Lowndes County Sheriff Chris West announced a county-wide curfew. The curfew started Friday, April 3rd and will run from 10 PM until 5 AM. “We want to stay ahead of the game,” Sheriff West said. “We don’t want this thing to hit us and have not done anything to prepare. We’re trying to prepare our community to take…
Starting Friday, the City of Montgomery is limiting how many customers can be inside a store at once. The directive allows up to 50 customers inside at once and includes large retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, etc. It also only pertains to retailers inside the city limits. The Office of Mayor Steven Reed released this statement to Alabama News Network: “The…
More than a dozen companies in the U.S. are working on possible COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. One of them is turning to the University of Alabama at Birmingham for assistance. UAB has been selected to perform pre-clinical testing of a possible vaccine called ADCOVID, developed by Altimmune Inc. 6 UAB labs will collaborate with Altimmune Inc. to test the immune…
Mayors Steven Reed and Gordon Stone, along with other city officials held a briefing Wednesday addressing the latest on COVID-19 in the region. Both Reed and Stone pleaded with the community to abide by the guidelines for social distancing and cleanliness. Reed addressed his concerns about others not taking the pandemic seriously and enforcing the curfew. Montgomery Police Chief Ernest…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Alabama Department of Public Health is going from county to county — testing people for COVID-19. A mobile test site was set up in the parking lot of the Dallas County Health Department in Selma — Wednesday. Tests were available to people who had a doctor’s order for the test. As well as to…
COVID-19 cases in Alabama have now hit the century mark. According to the Alabama Department of Public Health, there are now 1,000 cases in the state. Of those cases, ADPH says there are 24 reported deaths related to the Coronavirus. So far, only 17 deaths have been confirmed by state health officials. To get updated information regarding COVID-19, click here….
From the West Alabama newsroom– The Coronavirus crisis continues to change the way people everywhere — live and work. Dallas County is under a state of emergency due to the pandemic — and the city of Selma is under a curfew. Probate Judge Jimmy Nunn said public access to the Dallas County Courthouse — has been restricted indefinitely. “However, there…
The Alabama Department of Public Health has now confirmed that a Montgomery County resident died from COVID-19. Monday, Alabama News Network learned that a person in Montgomery County who contracted the virus had died, according to the Montgomery County EMA. An ADPH investigation now reveals that COVID-19 was the primary cause of death. Tuesday, the Alabama Department of Public Health…
According to the Alabama Department of Public Health: “Due to schools, businesses and churches closing indefinitely in response to the Coronavirus, more people are spending free time on Alabama waterways. Activity on Alabama’s lakes, rivers and other bodies of water typically increases during spring break season, but ALEA’s Marine Patrol Division Troopers have seen numbers spike during the past few…
