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AHSAA clarifies timing for new shot clock in basketball ahead of 2024-25 season
Alabama will be starting a shot clock in high school basketball starting during the 2024-25 season, and the Alabama High School Athletic Association clarified some of the rules around it on Wednesday. The introduction of a shot clock was announced by the AHSAA back in April, following the end of the AHSAA Final Four. It will be used in non-championship and non-area games and is completely optional for now. In April, there were questions, and some...
Trucking company founded in 1958 absorbed by conglomerate
An Alabama trucking company operating under the same family since 1958 has been acquired by a Kentucky conglomerate. Haney and White Enterprise out of Shepherdsville, Kentucky finalized the acquisition of BR Williams Trucking and BR Williams LTL Logistics based in Oxford, Alabama, this month. Haney and White owns Haney and White Logistics and Running Ox […] The post Trucking company founded in 1958 absorbed by conglomerate appeared first on CDLLife.
Alabama boutique hotel named nation’s best in new survey
A distinctive Alabama hotel with just 10 suites has been picked as the nation’s best boutique hotel by voters in USA Today’s 10Best survey. The GunRunner Hotel in Florence was identified as one of 20 finalists in the competition back in July. Results were revealed Wednesday, and the hotel didn’t just make the final 10: It came in at No. 1.
Alabama National Guard offers an inside look at summer training
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama National Guard operates with year-round training, but this summer has been incredibly busy. From air to land, the agency has been working with NATO allies to prepare for anything that may be a threat to our national security. Every state’s National Guard partners with a nation in Europe. Alabama’s partner […]
MILITARY MATTERS: Nonprofit gives car to Alabama veteran and his family
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WTVM) - An Alabama veteran injured while serving was honored recently with a new car. A national organization and U.S. Bank partnered to make sure this veteran had one less thing to worry about in caring for his family. Nonprofit Freedom Alliance has meant a lot to veteran Robert Luke Cureton. In the past, the group has given scholarships to his children.
Seasons May Change, but Challenges and Temptations Won’t
With a solid month away from the turn of a brand-new season, it reminds me to understand the power of the change in seasons because we can become open to some negative things — attacks and challenges — when we’re not aware of that change. In Alabama,...
Last known US slave ship must stay under Alabama coast waters: Report
MOBILE, Alabama: After a year-long investigation, a task force of archaeologists, engineers and historians said the last known U.S. slave ship is too "broken" and decayed to be extracted from the murky waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast without being dismembered. The Alabama Historical Commission task force said the Clotilda,...
Ongoing Investigation: Another HS Football Player,14-years-old, Dies After Collapsing at Practice
Just a week after a 15-year-old high school football player from Virginia died after collapsing on the field, a 14-year-old HS football player from Alabama died after collapsing at practice. The HS football player from Alabama was a freshman. The 14-year-old HS football player from Alabama, Semaj Wilkins, was a...
Dobson faces scrutiny over “segregation academy” ties amid education push
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Republican candidate Caroleene Dobson is running to be the U.S. Representative for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. Dobson has made strong public comments on education, comments which may prove concerning in light of her own educational history. Dobson herself graduated from Monroe Academy in...
Another Alabama IVF clinic is to close at year’s end
An Alabama IVF clinic that kept providing in vitro fertilization treatments even while others suspended them during weeks of uncertainty following a state Supreme Court ruling says it will close January 1 – further narrowing IVF options in a state that already had few providers.
1 of 2 suspects charged in Alabama slaying of pregnant woman, man has capital murder charge dropped
One of two suspects charged with capital murder in the 2015 deadly shootings of a pregnant woman and a man in Muscle Shoals had his case dismissed Tuesday, court records showed. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office, which is prosecuting the slayings of Gary Baskins, 25, Kayla Glover, 23, and...
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