A medical helicopter responding to a call to airlift a hiker with breathing problems crashed Sunday in Shelby County south of Birmingham, leaving two of its crew dead and sending the third to a hospital, authorities said.
WAKA 8 is following a breaking story from Shelby County, in the Birmingham area, where two sheriff’s deputies have been shot.
Hodge was one of 41 contestants from around the state to compete for the title this year.
The state says the rate in April was down slightly from a month earlier and well below the national rate.
PELHAM Ala. (AP) — Alabama communities affected by last week’s flash flooding are still working to clean up the mess and address persistent drainage issues that seem to be getting worse. Emergency management officials have assessed damage to 250 homes near Birmingham in Shelby County. The city of Pelham earmarked $500,000 for storm cleanup and crews are making rounds to…
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A 27-year-old man was killed in a head-on crash on an Alabama highway. Sergio Romero-Cruz of Birmingham died in the collision Saturday night. Alabama State Trooper Justin O’Neal said the wreck happened on Alabama 119 in Shelby County, a few miles (kilometers) southeast of Hoover. Authorities said that Romero-Cruz was driving a car that crossed the…
A 6-year-old child has died in Shelby County after a 3-year-old sibling found an unsecured gun and shot the older child.
Courtesy of Russell Bedsole’s Facebook ALABASTER, Ala. (AP) – A Republican city leader from Shelby County has won the seat of an Alabama House member who quit to join the Trump administration. Alabaster City Council member Russell Bedsole won a special election for the House District 49 seat on Tuesday. Results from the secretary of state’s office show Bedsole defeated…
Unemployment Rate by County/Source: ADOL Alabama’s unemployment rate is now at 3.5%, that’s up from 2.7% in February. The Alabama Department of Labor says March’s rate represents just over 2.1 million employed persons in the state, which is down over 24,216 over the year. Sectors that saw monthly losses were seen in the education and health services, professional and business…
In Bibb County, one man has been sentenced to 85 years in jail. District Attorney Michael Jackson says Manley Bray was sentenced to 85 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of intentional murder and abuse of a corpse for the murder of two men back in July of 2015. Bray was convicted of killing 19-year-old Tevin Rutledge…
