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Family Evacuates New Orleans and Comes to Prattville, Seeks Help

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…

Thousands face weeks without power in Ida’s aftermath

Jeremy Hodges climbs up the side of his family’s destroyed storage unit in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Houma, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are facing a new danger: the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region’s power…

Auburn’s Okoro, Alabama’s Lewis Jr. go in top 15 of NBA Draft

Auburn’s Isaac Okoro was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 5th overall pick in the NBA Draft. Alabama’s Kira Lewis Jr. was picked by the New Orleans Pelicans at pick 13.   CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have selected guard/forward Isaac Okoro (oh-CORE-oh) from Auburn University with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. In his lone collegiate season…

Pelicans Acquire All-Star Center in Multi-Player Deal

A person familiar with the situation says the Sacramento Kings have agreed to trade DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Tyreke Evans, 2016 first-round draft pick Buddy Hield, Langston Galloway and first- and second-round draft picks this summer. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday night because the…

Storms Threaten Damage, Flooding As They Push Across South

Severe weather was expected to bring a variety of threats to parts of the Deep South through the night. Thousands of power outages were reported in the New Orleans area, where a tornado watch remained in effect early Monday afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, says 6.9 million people in large parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and south Alabama…