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Dingo Makes His Debut As Part Of The WZZK Family.
SummitMedia WZZK Birmingham, AL (104.7) introduced the newest member of its lineup — Brent “Dingo” Crank — over the weekend at the Rock the South festival in Cullman, AL. Dingo, who joins the station for afternoons, emceed from the stage and posted videos to the station’s social media accounts. He succeeds “Kelsey K” Schuler, who departed the station in June. Dingo previously hosted mornings for iHeartMedia WDRM Huntsville, AL (102.1) and afternoons for co-owned WAMZ Louisville, KY (97.5), exiting the company in June.
School Supply Drive: ‘Touch a Truck’ coming to First Methodist of Wetumpka
Touch a Truck is THIS SATURDAY (July 27th) from 11am-2pm!! 🛻. You are invited to the Touch a Truck Block Party at First Methodist Church Wetumpka! This is a great chance to explore your child’s favorite big trucks and vehicles including an ambulance, firetruck, police car, wrecker, vintage vehicles, motorcycles, and more! There will be lots of trucks and vehicles to touch and look at, a train ride, bounce house, food for the family*, giveaways, and fun! The cost to attend is just a school supply donation to benefit our local Elmore County schools.
Plaintiffs say new Prattville Library policies remain unconstitutional
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Autauga-Prattville Public Library Board enacted new policies last month that it hoped would satisfy a federal court. Bur the plaintiffs in that lawsuit entered a new filing Monday that says the new policies have the same problem as the old ones. “The Autauga-Prattville...
Tuscaloosa Police Identify Greensboro Woman Killed in Monday Wreck
Police in Tuscaloosa have identified the West Alabama woman who died in a single-car accident early Monday morning. As the Thread reported yesterday, police in Tuscaloosa were called to the scene of a single-vehicle accident off Hargrove Road around 8 a.m. Monday. A woman driving a 2006 Ford Explorer left...
An Alabama fall-off is wishful thinking
The fall-off, or at least the gradual decline, of the Alabama Football program has been widely anticipated across the college football landscape. Naturally, rival fan bases and media hope for the worst for the Crimson Tide following the retirement of Nick Saban. Even people affiliated with schools that have no connection to the Tide are rooting for the fall of the dynasty. They’ve watched Alabama win at an unprecedented clip for the last 15 years and they’re ready to see something new.
Bessemer City Schools unanimously agrees to state intervention
BESSEMER, Ala. (WBMA) — Bessemer City Schools board voted to consent to a state intervention Monday evening. The item on the agenda read, "Approval of a resolution to accept state support and guidance." Vice President Terry Dawson read the resolution to the room. "Whereas the State Superintendent of Education...
Legendary R&B singer, Motown hitmaker dead at age 88: ‘His career touched the lives of so many’
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last remaining original member of the Four Tops, died on Monday at age 88 at his home in Detroit. Fakir’s family announced the singer’s death in a statement to The New York Times, Billboard and other media outlets, and said the cause was heart failure.
Top Alabama commits who other teams are pushing for
Recruiting never stops, and most recruitments are not over until pen hits paper and a National Letter of Intent is signed. This will be no different for Alabama during the 2025 recruiting cycle. There are a few Tide commits of note to keep track of over the next several months before the early signing period in December. These prospects are worth paying attention to because they have continued to visit other schools and/or have very strong relationships built elsewhere.
16 SEC Teams in 16 Days.....Alabama Will Miss The College Football Playoffs in 2024
We are smack in the middle of the Dog Days of Summer. And let's be honest..... all of our minds are starting to wonder towards the monster football season ahead. With that in mind I am cranking up the college football content to give the people what they want!. Being...
Delta still impacted by IT outage, leaving travelers with canceled flights
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Delta is still seeing the residual impacts from Friday’s global IT outage. In a statement from Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, more than 3,500 Delta flights across the country were canceled over the weekend. Some of those cancellations continued into Monday for travelers at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. “I get this […]
Proposed Birmingham charter has not met enrollment numbers, says state commission
The Alabama Public Charter School Commission said Monday that Freedom Prep, a charter school slated to open in Birmingham this fall, missed a deadline to meet its enrollment numbers for the coming school year. In a June meeting, the commission approved an amendment to the school’s charter contract that included...
Naloxone boxes added in Empire, west Walker
Jubilee House now has naloxone distribution boxes in multiple areas in Walker County. The nonprofit recently received a $5,000 grant from the Comer Family Foundation to help expand harm reduction initiatives and naloxone distribution. “We have used some of those funds to purchase four new distribution boxes to expand naloxone...
A glimpse into the housing authority’s safety effort that inspired the East Lake Safe Streets Initiative
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Birmingham Housing Authority Development has gotten creative to curb crime in certain areas. We first told you about their efforts earlier this year. Now city leaders are working to build off HABD’s success with the East Lake Safe Streets Initiative. That pilot program is...
Rock the South sees 50K attendees
CULLMAN, Ala. – Rock the South saw around 50,000 attendees at this year’s three-day festival over the past weekend. The Cullman Police Department handled things inside the venue, while the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office managed everything outside the venue, including parking. Cullman Police Chief David Nassetta said...
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