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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...
Alabama families seek answers after inmates’ bodies returned without internal organs
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Agolia Moore was shocked to get a call telling her that her son was found dead in an Alabama prison of a suspected drug overdose. She had spoken to him to earlier that evening and he was doing fine, talking about his hope to move into the prison’s honor dorm, Moore […]
Montgomery woman charged with capital murder in connection to HSV shooting
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The Huntsville Police Department has arrested a Montgomery woman on a capital murder charge. Officials arrested 20-year-old Alazia Na’Riya Latrice Harris for the deadly shooting of 21-year-old Naji Wiggins in the early morning hours of July 20. Officers responded to Spool Lane and found Wiggins...
Huntsville Fire and Rescue opens new fire station to boost safety
Huntsville city leaders held a ribbon-cutting on Thursday for a new fire station they say will help boost safety and services in west Huntsville. Fire Station No. 20 is located at 13175 Burgreen Road in Madison. It's a two-bay, 6,858 square-foot facility that includes a captain's office, two captain bedrooms, seven private bedrooms, a kitchen, dayroom, dining room, exercise room, turnout gear room, and laundry room.
Saharan dust causing hazy skies across the Tennessee Valley
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The thick Saharan dust is causing hazy skies and poor air quality for communities across the Deep South. The thick cloud of dust made its way to the United States due to the strong upper-level winds of the jet stream. The Saharan dust has enveloped...
Bulldogs Fight Heat in Opening Fall Camp
THE HILL | The Alabama A&M University football team battled hot and humid conditions on Thursday morning inside Louis Crews Stadium as the Bulldogs opened the 2024 season with the first practice of fall camp. Alabama A&M, which went 5-6 overall last season and 3-5 inside the Southwestern Athletic Conference...
Huntsville City Schools students return Thursday as Superintendent Sutton looks ahead
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - As students for Huntsville City Schools get ready to return to the classroom tomorrow, Superintendent Clarence Sutton is looking even further ahead. He’s coming off the heels of announcing his ten-year 600 million dollar Capital Plan towards the end of the last school year. He...