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Tuscumbia woman files federal class action lawsuit against Colbert Animal Services
COLBERT COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF) - A new federal lawsuit is leveling some serious accusations against the Colbert County Animal Shelter, its director, the county and area police officers. The lawsuit alleges the animal control director has gone rouge, acting more as a deputy with arresting powers than an animal advocate.
Weather Alert: Possible Damaging Winds for Portions of Alabama
Alabama is expected to experience another hot day. Please don’t forget that several counties are under a heat advisory. Click here for more details. The National Weather Service in Birmingham said, "A surface boundary will approach the Interstate 59 corridor from the northwest this afternoon, resulting in isolated thunderstorms, some of which may become severe.”
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...
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.
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