Alabama is fifth in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, behind LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia, which took over the fourth spot in the selection committee’s second top 25. LSU replaced Ohio State as No. 1 after the Tigers won at Alabama on Saturday. The Buckeyes were bumped to No. 2. Clemson moved up two spots to No. 3…
DALLAS, Ga. (AP) – An Alabama teenager has died in what investigators believe was an accidental shooting at a home in Paulding County, Georgia. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the boy, believed to be 15 years old, was shot by a 14-year-old friend. Sgt. Ashley Henson with the Paulding Sheriff’s Office said late Friday that the names of the two teenagers…
One of the statues surrounding the Confederate Memorial at the Alabama Capitol Building before Governor Robert Bentley had the flags removed. By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) – A coalition of civil rights groups in Atlanta is using this year’s Super Bowl to help kick off a renewed “war on the Confederacy,” in a fight to remove Confederate…
The Millbrook Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a Montgomery man wanted for assault and robbery. Louis Stinson, Jr, 40, is accused of shooting into a residence in the 4000 block of Grandview Road Saturday. Police say a 51-year-old woman and her 21-year-old son were shot. The woman’s injuries are life-threatening. No motive for the shooting has…
AP-GA–River-Body Body pulled from Georgia’s Chattahoochee River HELEN, Ga. (AP) – A man’s body has been pulled from Georgia’s Chattahoochee River in White County. WSB-TV reports a tourist found the submerged man’s body about 10:30 a.m. Friday. Authorities have identified the man as 42-year-old Gary Phillip Freeman Jr., of Troy, Alabama. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Freeman was visiting…
Tua Tagovailoa threw a 41-yard touchdown to DeVonta Smith to give No. 4 Alabama a 26-23 overtime victory against No. 3 Georgia to win the College Football Playoff national championship Monday night. Tagovailoa entered the game at halftime, replacing a struggling Jalen Hurts, and threw three touchdown passes, including the game-ender to give the Crimson Tide its fifth national championship…
Alabama beats Georgia 26-23 in overtime to win its 11th college football national championship. (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Categories: Alabama, Montgomery Metro, News, Statewide Tags: Alabama, Alanta, Bulldogs, Crimson Tide, Georgia, Mercedes Benz Stadium, The National Championship Game
Georgia is going to the national championship game. Sony Michel’s 27-yard touchdown run in double overtime gave Georgia a 54-48 win over Oklahoma in a Rose Bowl thriller. It was the first overtime game in the 104-year history of the Rose Bowl, the highest-scoring Rose Bowl ever and the first College Football Playoff game to go into overtime. Georgia will…
Starting the 1st of the year, 9 states will see changes in their gas taxes, and more than a dozen other states will look at possibly doing the same. Georgia and Florida are among the 7 states that can expect to see higher prices at the pump. But as for Alabama, there has been no word of higher gas taxes…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (sec.org) – The Georgia at South Carolina football game scheduled for Saturday night in Columbia has been moved to Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET due to Hurricane Matthew, it was announced Thursday. The game will air on the SEC Network. “Due to the potential impact of the hurricane on Columbia and the surrounding area, it is in the…
