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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...
Air University's Eagle Institute Innovation Accelerator Program Conducts Training with ASU's Leadership Team
Maxwell's Air University's Innovation Accelerator Eagle Institute (Air University) conducted a day-long leadership and critical analysis training program with Alabama State University President, Dr. Quinton T. Ross, Jr. and the members of his cabinet on July 30. The Air University training was led by Jeremy VanEgmond, chief of the Eagle...
Alabama loses football commitment to Auburn, then offers his brother
All is fair in love and war... and recruiting. Less than 48 hours after losing Southside (Alabama) four-star playmaker Derick Smith to the Auburn Tigers, the Alabama Crimson Tide have countered.
Crimestoppers: Man steals credit card and purchases gift card over $500 at Huntsville Walmart
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - On average, about 68 cameras watch you every time you step inside a Walmart. Even still - many think it’s an ideal location to steal from or use stolen debit cards to steal from others. Angle after angle, Walmart has you covered, including one man...
Family-owned Alabama restaurant closing after more than 65 years
A long-time staple of dining in the Shoals area is closing. Jody’s Restaurant in Tuscumbia, a family-owned eatery which has been in business since 1958, is closing Aug. 4. The restaurant, located at 1460 Alabama 20, offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Regular customers turned up for its meat-and-three menu of Southern cooking, with an occasional helping of peach cobbler.
Latest Projected Path of Tropical System Shifts Closer to Texas
That's the name that the National Hurricane Center has given to a tropical system that continues to push west-northwestward across Puerto Rico. The wave is expected to better organize as it continues across Cuba before making a more northerly turn into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The question is when...
Tropical depression possible soon in Gulf of Mexico: What will it mean for Alabama?
The National Hurricane Center on Thursday night continued to watch a tropical disturbance near Hispaniola that could become a tropical depression soon. And it could be in the Gulf of Mexico when that happens. Hurricane center forecasters raised the probability of development from medium (60 percent) to high (70 percent)...
Tracking the heat and the tropics
DOTHAN, ALA. (WDHN)– The whole state of Alabama is under a heat advisory again with temperatures about to return back into the mid to upper 90s. Heat indices will be around 110 degrees and rain chances only around 30-40%. Expect to see temperatures to peak around 97 degrees today and low temperatures overnight will be in the mid to upper 70s.
Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame inducts inaugural class
Nearly 40 years in the making, the Alabama Turkey Hunters Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class of honorees on June 8 during the National Wild Turkey Federation-sanctioned 2024 World Turkey Calling Championships held in Mobile. In 1986, the city leaders in Linden established the Alabama Turkey Hunters Hall of...
Wetumpka’s Bailey commits to ULM football
Wetumpka senior Ethan Bailey is the latest Indian to commit to play football at the Division I level. Bailey, a defensive end, recently committed to play at the University of Louisiana Monroe. He picked the Warhawks over Marshall, Alabama A&M and Alabama State among others. “It really means a lot...
August 2024 Student Spotlights – Montgomery
Every month we compile a list of students doing great things across the River Region. We have so many talented students in our area. River Region Parents joins with their families and schools to celebrate their achievements!a.
Montgomery promotes The Hub: a new consolidated homeless services center
The Ministry About People (The MAP Center) in partnership with more than a dozen local organizations and the city of Montgomery have opened The Hub. The new Consolidated Homeless Services Center (CHSC) aims to be the first step in the continuum of assistance to prevent and end homelessness in Montgomery. The CHSC will provide direct services and resources to homeless clients in crisis in one facility, serving as a hub for organizations that provide essential services to support communities in ending homelessness.
Norman McGowin provides decades of dedicated care
The Greenville Advocate hero of the week is Dr. Norman McGowin. McGowin, who grew up in the Butler County community of Chapman, attended elementary school there before moving on to what was then Greenville Junior High and High School. After completing his surgical residency at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) McGowin returned home, […] The post Norman McGowin provides decades of dedicated care appeared first on The Greenville Advocate.
Man dies after being struck by vehicle at gas station in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBMA) — In Birmingham, a man is dead after being hit by a vehicle at a gas station. On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at approximately 12:35 a.m., 58 year-old Ronald Ronzell Ball was at a gas station in Birmingham on 632 Lomb Avenue, when he was hit by a vehicle that was driving though the parking-lot.
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