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Local winner Glenn Sims takes home $15,000 at Toyota of Sylacauga clearance event
SYLACAUGA, Ala. – Last week, Glenn Sims claimed the $15,000 grand prize at Toyota of Sylacauga’s Massive Summer Clearance event. Sims, who previously won a 55-inch big-screen TV during a Toyotathon event, was both shocked and grateful for his latest windfall. “When the guy at Toyota matched up...
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...
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...
Terrific New Theatre’s giant rummage sale to support new building in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham residents should mark their calendars for Saturday, August 3, when Terrific New Theatre (TNT) hosts their giant rummage sale. This event offers an exciting opportunity to dig through treasures and hidden gems, with every purchase supporting the theater’s new space. Profits from the sale...
New supermarket opens, bringing fresh food and hope to a struggling Alabama steel town
Carver Jones Market opened in Fairfield on Wednesday, the first grocery offering fresh meat and produce in the city in nearly a decade. The Rev. Alton Hardy, founding pastor of Urban Hope Community Church, which he started in 2012, began working several years ago with supermarket veteran James Harris, now CEO of Carver Jones Market, to come up with a plan for their shared vision of a grocery to serve a needy community.
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.
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.