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Family Evacuates New Orleans and Comes to Prattville, Seeks Help

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UPDATE: See how Alabama News Network viewers helped the Darby family With 16 family members, and just one night left in their hotel room, reality has hit the Darby family hard. The Darby family evacuated New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Ida a few days ago, and did not anticipate being in Prattville this long. “We got here to Alabama two…

ASU Student Spends Weekend Evacuating Family from New Orleans

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For Alabama State University senior, Ashton Pollard, this past weekend was not the first time he had to evacuate his family from their hometown because of a hurricane threat. “My mother and siblings and I relocated to Atlanta back in 2005 because of Hurricane Katrina,” said Pollard, “this is probably the third time I’ve evacuated my family.” Once the city…