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Crime Stoppers, Birmingham Police helping students with supplies for upcoming school year
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama and members of the Birmingham Police Department are helping get students ready to return to school!. Wednesday, the groups filled 450 backpacks with school supplies that they will distribute to Birmingham City students this Saturday. “Some kids are not able to...
Falkville woman arrested on drug charges following traffic stop
MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - A Falkville woman was arrested on several drug charges following a traffic stop on Tuesday. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy pulled Sherry Painter over on Highway 31 near W. Lacon Road for moving violations. During the traffic stop, deputies said they...
Alabama built rocket successfully launches secret Space Force satellite
The Atlas V rocket, built at the United Launch Alliance factory in Decatur launched its final National Security satellite during an early morning blast off at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s Atlantic coast. Although this marks the end of military launches for the Atlas-V, this type of Alabama rocket may see extra work carrying NASA’s Starliner, once the new space capsule is certified as safe to fly operational missions to and from the International Space Station.
Sculptor says Helen Keller statue at Alabama State Capitol nearing casting
The sculptor of a Helen Keller statue headed to the Alabama State Capitol said Tuesday the sculpture would be ready for bronze casting in “probably one more month.” Jay Warren, an Oregon-based sculptor designing the state of the disability rights activist, shared photos of the statue with the Alabama Women’s Tribute Statue Commission over a […]
Darryl Washington to lead new Montgomery Main Street Initiative
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Darryl Washington, the Director of Economic Development for the city of Montgomery, is set to leave his current position to become the Executive Director of the new Montgomery Main Street Initiative. Washington, who began working for the city in April 2022, will officially transition out of his role on July 31, 2024.
Montgomery police seek driver in fatal hit and run
Montgomery police are asking for the public’s help in finding an 18-wheeler driver who they say was involved in the fatal hit and run of a pedestrian Monday. At about 7:14 a.m., police and fire medics went to the West South Boulevard I-65 South off-ramp on a report of commercial vehicle striking a pedestrian, said Maj. Saba Coleman, spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. The pedestrian, Lavaris Rawlinson, 32, of Montgomery, sustained fatal injuries, she said. ...
Nick’s in the Sticks alleged racist slur condemned by city leaders, original owner’s family: ‘We are all one Tuscaloosa’
Multiple Tuscaloosa city councilors on Tuesday condemned the owner of a popular restaurant accused of referring to Black customers by a racial slur in an incident that went viral over the weekend. “We are all one Tuscaloosa, and I am grateful and thankful for the knowledge that we are all...