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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...
‘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...
Cherokee County Firefighters Respond to Leesburg Location Early Friday
Cherokee County firefighters responded to reports of a “dock fire” in Leesburg Friday morning. After receiving a 9-1-1 call from a passing boater, crews were dispatched to the County Road 146 area of Leesburg at around 7:00, only to find the fire already extinguished upon arrival. However, while...
'We can do better': Mayor Woodfin addresses recent string of daily homicides in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin spoke out Friday morning addressing the recent daily homicides in the city. Since the beginning of the July, the Birmingham Police Department has responded to a homicide every day, with the latest happening on Cotton Avenue Southwest. In a lengthy statement...
Scattered Showers Next Few Days
Showers and thunderstorms. High near 94. Heat index values as high as 106. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Friday Night. Showers and thunderstorms...
Huntsville Office of DEI hosting Stuff the Bus event
HUNTSVILLE – Ahead of an upcoming school supply giveaway, Huntsville’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (ODEI) and Community Awareness for Youth (CAFY) are asking the community to help Stuff the Bus this weekend. “We urge the community to donate new school supplies as these contributions can profoundly...
Man airlifted to hospital after fireworks accident in Decatur
DECATUR, Ala. — A man was flown to a hospital after a fireworks accident, according to Decatur Police Department. The accident happened around 8:50 p.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of Chadwell Street. Decatur Police say they arrived to find the man with a hand injury. The man was...
Man shot to death in Birmingham’s 5th homicide in 5 days: ‘My brother is no longer here’
A 55-year-old man was shot to death this morning when Birmingham police say he may have heard some kind of commotion outside and stepped out to look. Family members on the scene identified him as Renard “Keith” West. “He was a big-hearted person,’’ said his brother, Rufus Ricks....
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