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Woman seeks bystanders who rescued daughter from burning home following brutal attack
The family of the woman who was savagely attacked in Dickson, Tennessee, is on the hunt for the heroic pair from Alabama who rescued her from a burning home on Monday. Emergency personnel were dispatched to the 1200 block of North Charlotte Street in Dickson after receiving reports of a house fire. While recovering from her injuries in a hospital bed, Tessa recounted the events of Monday night to her mother, Tina Trotter.
West Alabama getting new EV charging stations
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Drivers in electric vehicles will soon have more of a reason to pass through west Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey awarded grants that will pay for the installation of EV charging systems in nearly a dozen communities. 13 of 14 grants will be used to add electric...
SC State grad named interim president of Alabama HBCU
Dr. Edward Louis Hill Jr. has been selected to serve as interim president of Talladega College following the recent resignation of former president Gregory J. Vincent. Talladega College is a historically Black college in Talladega, Alabama. The college enrolls about 830 undergraduate students and 70 graduate students. Black students represent 84 percent of the undergraduate population.
One injured after garbage truck slams into Madison home
MADISON, Ala. (WAFF) - Authorities in Madison responded to a wreck after a garbage truck slammed into a house Friday morning, according to Don Webster with HEMSI. The wreck happened in the area of Grayson Avenue and Sullivan Street. Authorities say no one was home during the wreck. Webster said...
UAB Breaks Ground on $190M Biomedical Research and Psychology Building
The University of Alabama at Birmingham continues to build momentum, breaking ground last week on a new eight-story, $190 million facility for the Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences. The Biomedical Research and Psychology Building, made possible by $152 million in federal funding, and...
Hot, but less humid weekend ahead
More hot weather is expected over the weekend, but we will see a brief break in the humidity and rain chances. Next week looks steamy again with occasional rain expected. For tonight we'll see mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will fall back into the mid 70s. Expect a mix of clouds...
Lanett honors citizens for keeping the city clean
LANETT — At Monday’s meeting of the city council, Mayor Jamie Heard presented good citizenship certificates to a Lanett couple for doing an exemplary job of having an attractive home and yard and to an anti-littering warrior who picks up litter off the street three or four times every week. The post Lanett honors citizens for keeping the city clean appeared first on Valley Times-News.
City adding 4 covered pickleball courts near Active Adult Center
CULLMAN, Ala. – Recreation lovers in Cullman will soon to be able to enjoy four new covered pickleball courts. The City of Cullman is set to open the courts in early August. Cullman Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Executive Director Nathan Anderson shared, “We appreciate Mayor (Woody) Jacobs for leading the way in building additional courts, and we thank the council for their support. We have been diligently working to meet the growing demand for pickleball courts.” The courts, which will be located next to the Donald E. Green Active Adult Center (1625 Cleveland Ave. SW) near Ingle Park, will be regulation...
Happenings in North Alabama the weekend of July 5-7
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — This weekend has some events to keep in mind!. The Market at MidCity - Every Sunday until November 10, from noon to 4 p.m., featuring 50 local vendors. Athens Lions Club Kiddie Carnival - Rides priced at one 50-cent ticket each. The carnival runs Thursday through Saturday evenings until July 27.
‘Nothing filtered’: Veteran shares PTSD journey on TikTok, builds online community of service members
Amrok Critton has built an online community, posting videos on TikTok that resonate with hundreds of thousands of people, many of them veterans and their supporters.
Former Auburn football star hired to direct the offense at Charles Henderson
Charles Henderson High head football coach Quinn Hambrite needed a new offensive coordinator after DeAndre Austin was hired to be the head coach at Tuskegee’s Booker T. Washington. He found his man, reaching into the past for a former player from his days as an assistant at Prattville. In...
Prepare for strong thunderstorms in North Alabama Friday morning
A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Friday at 9:11 a.m. for strong thunderstorms until 10 a.m. for Madison, Morgan, Marshall and Jackson counties. Residents can expect wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 9:11 a.m., Doppler radar tracked strong thunderstorms along a line extending from...
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