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Alabama Death Row inmate denied handwritten appeal to stop his execution
Alabama Death Row inmate Keith Gavin had said in a court filing by his attorneys last month he didn’t plan any more appeals of his scheduled lethal-injection execution Thursday for the 1998 murder of man at a bank ATM in Cherokee County. But in the past few weeks he...
Austal Breaks Ground on Final Assembly Facility
MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA, a global ship builder and prime defense contractor, last week broke ground on the company's new final assembly facility. The infrastructure expansion will include a new assembly building, waterfront improvements, and a new shiplift system. The expansion will enable the erection of large steel modules...
Century man seriously injured in crash on State Road 4 in Escambia County: FHP
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Century man was seriously injured in a Wednesday morning crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP Troopers said the crash happened on State Road 4 (West Highway 4) around 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, after a78-year-old Century man driving a pickup truck pulling a trailer on eastbound […]
Prepare for strong thunderstorms in Baldwin County early Wednesday evening
The National Weather Service issued a report at 4:18 p.m. on Wednesday for strong thunderstorms until 5 p.m. for Baldwin County. Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 4:17 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Lillian, or 8 miles west of West Pensacola, moving...
Hinote Glass Road in Baldwin County to be impassable this week, officials say
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Baldwin County officials are warning drivers about a detour route as a road will temporarily close this week. According to county officials, a portion of Hinote Glass Road between Monsanto and County Road 65 will be impassable to traffic from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 18. The […]
Alabama child care grant, bonus money is ending. What happens next?
Alabama child care facilities have an opportunity to get one last round of grants from a pot of federal money. Once that money runs out, advocates say, they expect the state’s child care crisis to get even worse. They say they need long term investments to sustain the rapidly declining industry.
Alabama lawmakers speak on 2nd day of Republican National Convention
MONTGOMERY, Ala (WIAT) — Many conversations involving Alabama lawmakers are happening at the Republican National Convention as the political event enters day two. Houston County Republican Party chairman Alex Reynolds says history is being made at the convention. He also noted the unique atmosphere in the aftermath of former President Trump’s attempted assassination. “You talk about the energy […]
Alabama school districts with high teacher retirements: See where
The number of educators retiring in Alabama is climbing again, with nine school districts seeing the highest number of retirements in the past decade. Just under 3,100 employees retired from July of 2023 through June of 2024, according to the Teachers Retirement Systems of Alabama. Numbers include teachers and other staff who have vested in the system after at least 10 years of employment.
Alabama legislators to look at victim notification system for county jails
State officials met Tuesday in the first in a series of meetings to investigate how to create a victim notification system for individuals incarcerated at county jails. The Joint Interim Study Commission on Local and County Victim Notification, which held an organizational meeting at the Alabama Statehouse, comes after the state established a victim notification […] The post Alabama legislators to look at victim notification system for county jails appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
Austal Breaks Ground on Final Assembly Facility
MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA, a global ship builder and prime defense contractor, last week broke ground on the company's new final assembly facility. The infrastructure expansion will include a new assembly building, waterfront improvements, and a new shiplift system. The expansion will enable the erection of large steel modules...
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