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Issues on deadly state road continue following CBS 42 investigation
COOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — CBS 42’s Your Voice Your Station team is following up on a road investigation from earlier this year where issues continue. In April, we helped Alice Hall get ALDOT’s attention to make safety repairs on the roads to her home. This came after there were four fatal accidents over eight years. […]
How area schools are addressing school bus driver shortages
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Bus driver shortages persist around the nation. Nationally, in the year 2023, bus driver employment was down nearly 15% from 2019. Two Wiregrass area school districts said pre-pandemic lows have been hard for many school systems to overcome. For school districts, figuring out bus driver staffing...
Alabama’s Black Belt Birding Festival kicks off August 2
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Happening Aug. 2 to 4, the fourth annual Black Belt Birding Festival will take wing throughout Alabama. Highlighting the birds, history and heritage of Alabama’s Black Belt region, the festival offers many opportunities to birdwatch with others and enjoy the natural environment. In total, 18 different events are planned within the three-day […]
Alabama Attorney General, after examiner’s review, closes book on Mobile contract probe
The Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts says the City of Mobile followed “all relevant state laws in executing” a $92,000 contract last year with a firm to review an in-house evaluation of ShotSpotter technology and Operation Echo Stop (OES), according to a letter released Wednesday by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
‘I Want to Make You Happy for the Rest of Your Life … I Can Only Do That If You Be My Wife’
Met: August 1996, at McRae’s department store in the Brookwood Mall. Both were college grads in their late twenties. “I had just relocated to Birmingham [from Montgomery] for the management training program at McRae’s, and when I drove up [in McRae’s parking lot] Micah drove up next to me and the Omega tag on his car caught my eye,” Andrea said. “We walked in at the same time and ended up sitting right next to each other during the training and I started a conversation with him asking if he knew an Omega from Huntsville with the same last name… We didn’t have much more conversation that day, we were just cordial throughout the week, but I would look up and he would always be looking at me… One evening he said, ‘You seem to have a grasp of the management training material, do you mind if I get your number so I can call you with a couple of questions?’ I gave it to him, but he never called,” she laughed.
Enterprise State Soccer team off to great start
ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WTVY) - Enterprise State Community College is the recipient of a $2,000 Sport Opportunity Grant from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation to assist the college in adding a men’s soccer program. The new men’s soccer program is set to begin Fall Semester 2024 and Enterprise State is part of the NJCAA Division I program.
Gulf Coast region gas prices fell from last week: See how much here
Regional gas prices fell last week and reached an average of $3.06 per gallon of regular fuel on Monday, down from last week's price of $3.07 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The average fuel price in the Gulf Coast region has risen about 11 cents since...
Popular Alabama Hot Sauce Will Be In Short Supply This Summer
Are you a fan of hot and spicy like I am? I could put SRIRACHA on everything! I could use it on my pancakes. Is that a little much for you? I don't even know which one is the "original" sriracha, the green cap or the white cap. Who knows?
Realtor finds fewer homes being sold across parts of Central Alabama as prices, interest rates rise
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — WVTM 13 is getting the facts of the housing market across Central Alabama. One realtor found the market took a dip in the past two years, which had happened since the pandemic. The Alabama Association of Realtors finds the percentage of people who own homes in...
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