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No SEC football program will ever catch up with the Alabama Crimson Tide
Preseason optimism abounds across the fanbases of most SEC football programs. Going back to 1934, with the addition of Oklahoma and Texas, the new SEC has ten football programs that have won 49 national championships. A few of those championships are iffy claims; including the Alabama Crimson Tide's from 1941, but there is no debating the SEC's national championship dominance.
Lanett honors citizens for keeping the city clean
LANETT — At Monday’s meeting of the city council, Mayor Jamie Heard presented good citizenship certificates to a Lanett couple for doing an exemplary job of having an attractive home and yard and to an anti-littering warrior who picks up litter off the street three or four times every week. The post Lanett honors citizens for keeping the city clean appeared first on Valley Times-News.
Scattered Showers Next Few Days
Showers and thunderstorms. High near 94. Heat index values as high as 106. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Friday Night. Showers and thunderstorms...
Childersburg industry leads the way in ultra-low carbon concrete construction
CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – Childersburg’s Blair Block has begun commercial production of the world’s first ultra-low carbon concrete blocks at its local concrete masonry production facility. The new blocks leverage CarbonBuilt’s proprietary technology that reduces embodied carbon by 70-100+ percent compared to traditional concrete blocks. “This is...
Trussville Freedom Celebration celebrates Fourth of July
TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — Fourth of July celebrations kicked off all across central Alabama Thursday night. There was over 8,000 people in attendance Thursday night at the Trussville Freedom Celebration. The celebration has become an annual tradition for Leslie Davis and her family, as they set up in their front yard to watch the fireworks. […]
Man shot to death in Birmingham’s 5th homicide in 5 days: ‘My brother is no longer here’
A 55-year-old man was shot to death this morning when Birmingham police say he may have heard some kind of commotion outside and stepped out to look. Family members on the scene identified him as Renard “Keith” West. “He was a big-hearted person,’’ said his brother, Rufus Ricks....
Former Crimson Tide Broadcaster Eli Gold Joins Gridiron Radio Network.
Eli Gold, the longtime voice of University of Alabama football action, will be calling games this fall for the Gridiron Radio Network. Gridiron’s website is currently touting “Fridays With Eli Gold,” a nine-game run that kicks off on Friday, Oct. 4, when Syracuse plays at UNLV. Subsequent dates include Utah at Arizona State (Oct. 11); Oklahoma State at BYU (Oct. 18), Boise State at UNLV (Oct. 25); San Diego State at Boise State (Nov. 1). For a complete schedule, click HERE.
Garbage truck crashes into home in Madison
Officials say a garbage truck crashed into three unoccupied cars and then a home in Madison on Friday. No one was inside the home at the time of the incident. The truck driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Hot, but less humid weekend ahead
More hot weather is expected over the weekend, but we will see a brief break in the humidity and rain chances. Next week looks steamy again with occasional rain expected. For tonight we'll see mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures will fall back into the mid 70s. Expect a mix of clouds...
Built to last: Torch Technologies earns Evergreen designation
HUNTSVILLE – Huntsville-based Torch Technologies, one of the nation’s leading defense contractors, has been named to the Tugboat Institute’s inaugural Best Evergreen Companies list. Each of the companies on the list exemplifies excellence across all of the Evergreen 7Ps principles. Their dedication to their business excellence is...
Scattered thunderstorms likely today. Heavy rain expected.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Good morning! For today, scattered showers and thunderstorms likely. Rain will be heavy at times, wind gusts to 40 MPH can be expected. High temperatures will be dependent on storm coverage. A Heat Advisory continues for the area, but not as hot as yesterday with high temps around 90 degrees. Tonight, showers and storms end early. Firework shows scheduled for tonight should be good to go. Low to mid 70s overnight.
Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bullets
It’s no secret that Americans love guns. Not only do nearly half of Americans say they live in a household with guns, but the U.S. beats out every other nation on Earth when it comes to gun density (the 2nd most gun-dense country is Yemen, and it’s not even close). The U.S. is actually the only country that has more guns than people. Given all that, it’s not much of a surprise that, in some states, you can now walk into a grocery store and buy bullets from a vending machine as if you were ordering a candy bar or a soda.
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