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Travelers trek to north Alabama for ‘World’s Longest Yard Sale’ this week
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Tourists will attempt to cross state lines for the “World’s Longest Yard Sale” from Thursday to Sunday, which features stops in Alabama. Also known as the 127-Yard Sale, vendors in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan will set up shops spanning 690 miles along rural Route 127. In Alabama, the yard […]
Education experts criticize Alabama education department's new policies before being enforced
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Alabama State Department of Education making changes to some of the rules it enforces. It’s requiring every school system to enforce them instead of giving school districts the option. One education expert feels enforcing these policies isn’t going to be easy for educators.
Alabama Closely Monitoring Possible Tropical Depression Formation
As we move into the prime hurricane season months of August, September, and October, The Townsquare Media Weather Center will closely monitor conditions. We are paying attention to a tropical wave with a 60 percent chance of developing over the next 7 days. Tropical Wave Position. A well-defined tropical wave...
Five Alabama high school athletic programs recognized nationally by MaxPreps
Five high school athletic programs in the state of Alabama were ranked in the MaxPreps Cup 2023-24’s top 100, with one program ranking as high as fifth. Mountain Brook finished as the fifth-ranked athletic department in the country via the rankings, with Hoover (42nd), Scottsboro (47th), Vestavia Hills (75th) and Hewitt-Trussville (84th) also being recognized.
Alabama jails more people per capita than every country except one, report finds
Alabama jails more people per capita than every country in the world except El Salvador. With 898 inmates per 100,000 Alabama residents, the state has the sixth highest incarceration rate on the planet, according to a Prison Policy Initiative report published in June. “It is usually a mix of southern...
Bert Neff was sentenced to eight months in prison for his involvement in the Alabama baseball scandal
On Monday, Eugene Bert Neff Jr. was sentenced to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release. Neff was the Indiana man who was behind the NCAA betting scandal that led to Alabama’s baseball coach Brad Bohannon being fired. Court records indicate that Neff must report to the facility on October 29 to begin serving his sentencing. This past February, Neff pleaded guilty to obstructing a federal grand jury investigation into the NCAA betting scandal. There was a chance that Neff was going to serve the maximum sentence of 10 years.
Alabama bill would require permits for assault weapons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WBRC) - A bill pre-filed in the Alabama Legislature would require a person to have a permit to legally carry certain firearms like assault weapons. Birmingham’s mayor recently showed up to a council meeting with an AR-15, calling for more legislation like this. Right now, anyone 19...
Alabama Secretary of State claims League of Women Voters has ‘shady way’ of collecting people’s data
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen Monday accused the League of Women Voters of capturing personal data on a voter registration website, an accusation the president of the group called a conspiracy theory. Allen said in a Monday press release that a TV ad in Alabama produced by Vote411, an...