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Prepare for damaging winds and quarter-sized hail with thunderstorms in North Alabama Monday
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 4:27 p.m. on Monday valid until 5:15 p.m. for Cullman, Marshall and Morgan counties. The storms could bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail (1 inch). "At 4:27 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located near Strawberry,...
OneGenAway Invites Community to Take a Swing at Hunger
Nonprofit OneGenAway is asking the community to take a swing at hunger in Alabama, mid-Tennessee and Florida’s panhandle by supporting its Annual Golf Invitational, planned for Monday, Aug. 5, at The Grove, 6200 Wildings Blvd., College Grove. Sponsoring a hole for $200 translates to 1,000 meals. OneGenAway rescues high-quality,...
National Republicans to target 2nd congressional district, announce Caroleene Dobson as a ‘Young Gun’
Alabama’s 2nd congressional district was drawn to give a Democratic politician the advantage, but the National Republican Congressional Committee is going all-in on its candidate 99 days before the Nov. 5 election. The NRCC announced Monday that Montgomery attorney Caroleene Dobson is one of 26 Republicans added to the...
Alabama should follow Louisiana’s Lead
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Violent crime in our state continues to get worse. In Birmingham, alone homicides are up by 15 percent after the first six months of the year. And look at Montgomery, where homicides have increased by 93 percent over the past five years. There is...
Hurricane Season Update: 50% Chance of System Development
Don’t forget that Hurricane season is in motion and continues through November 30. According to The Weather Channel, “Formation of tropical systems near the Caribbean or U.S. East Coast is common in August.”. Here is What We Are Monitoring. A disturbed weather area over the central tropical Atlantic...
Inside a revolutionary UAB Medicine telehealth project built for real life in Alabama
Each year, thousands of people arrive at UAB Medicine’s emergency department with potentially life-threatening complications from diabetes, congestive heart failure and high blood pressure. Over the past 12 months or so, an existing UAB Medicine telemedicine program, led by the UAB eMedicine team, has ramped up a dramatic response....
Culver’s opens Alabama location, another coming soon
Culver’s has opened another Alabama location in Oxford. The newest restaurant in the chain is located at 3 Recreation Drive, just off Interstate 20 and Alabama 21. The restaurant is open seven days a week, Monday through Sunday, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 a.m. Culver’s also has another restaurant...
Roughly 8,000 Birmingham City School students are unregistered for this school year
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — In exactly a week, Birmingham City School students will return to class. According to the school system, there are about 8,000 students who have yet to be registered. School officials remind parents and guardians that registration support is available at the Lincoln Professional Development Center. The center is open Monday through […]
Alma Powell, wife of Gen. Colin Powell and Birmingham native, dead at 86
Alma Powell, wife of retired general and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, has died at the age of 86. Her death was confirmed by a family spokesperson. “(Powell) was the grounding force of our family,” the couple’s three children, Michael, Linda and Annemarie, said in a statement provided to CNN.
Restaurants at Birmingham Zoo reopen after mom finds rodent droppings in daughter's lunch
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The kitchens at the Birmingham Zoo are back open for business after a guest shared photos of rodent droppings in her child's meal on social media last week. On Friday, Birmingham-area mother Katie Jeter took to Facebook to voice her concerns after what looked to be...
Smoke test season begins at Decatur Utilities
DECATUR, Ala. — Decatur Utilities will begin its annual smoke testing of portions of the sanitary sewer system on Monday, July 29th and continuing for several weeks. The attached map shows the locations of this work in red. Video Industrial Services will be performing this work and will have...
New Costco development in the works at Clift Farm expected to bring more revenue, traffic to area
MADISON, Alabama — If you've driven past the Clift Farm area in Madison lately, you've probably noticed some new developments underway in that area. A new Costco is one of them! With a name that big, you might expect even more traffic in an already congested area. District 4...
Paul Finebaum Predicts Auburn's College Football Record This Season
The Auburn Tigers have been searching for their first winning season since 2020 when they went 6-5 in a COVID-shortened season. They were just one miraculous play away from achieving that last season in Hugh Freeze's inaugural season as head coach. The Tigers finished the year 6-7, ending ...
Two people arrested after homemade explosive device found in bookbag in Limestone Co.
LIMESTONE CO., Ala. (WAFF) - The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two individuals who were in possession of a homemade explosive device. Officials say investigators were searching for a stolen motorcycle when Lieutenant Jay Stinnett encountered a man and a woman pushing a motorcycle on Zehner Rd. Stinnet...