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Community reflects on life and death of Decatur teen: 'It haunts me every day'
Aug. 17—On May 3, 17-year-old Rashad Marquise Smith was dumped in a parking garage at Decatur Morgan Hospital with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. Rashad grew up poor. His parents weren't much in the picture, and his grandmother was all he had. She tried her best to fill that void and keep him on the straight and narrow, an impossible task, perhaps, for one woman. In Northwest ...
247Sports editor: Freeze Four makes Auburn football elite transfer QB destination
247Sports' Bud Elliott believes the "Freeze Four" quartet of Cam Coleman, Perry Thompson, Bryce Cain, and Malcolm Simmons will help Hugh Freeze's Auburn football program find an elite transfer portal option under center in 2025. "Auburn is going to be a crazy nice option for a transfer QB next year,"...
CBS Sports shares an early prediction of Auburn football’s postseason fate
The Auburn Tigers head into year two of the Hugh Freeze era and look to gain ground in its rebuilding efforts. The Tigers earned six wins in 2023 and grabbed a postseason bid to play in the Music City Bowl at season’s end. Auburn, however, wants to right the ship as the program has not won more than six games in a season since 2019. Due to their extensive revamp of the offense, many outlets are projecting Auburn to take that much-needed step forward this season. One of those outlets, CBS Sports, is projecting Auburn to make another bowl appearance in 2024....
After First Week, Leaders in Birmingham, Bessemer City Schools Looking for Higher Enrollment
Bessemer City Schools Superintendent Dr. Dana Arreola reported that enrollment is at about 60%. She urged the remaining 40% of students who have not yet registered to do so. “If you have not made your way to one of our campuses to register, we ask that you please return, because our students are very much missed at this point if they have not returned to school, and we’re just excited for them to walk across that threshold and jump right into learning,” says Arreola.
Update: Thunderstorms with pea-sized hail in East Central Alabama Saturday
The National Weather Service issued an updated report at 5:58 p.m. on Saturday for strong thunderstorms until 6:45 p.m. for Calhoun, Cleburne, Clay, Randolph and Chambers counties. Anticipate pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) and wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 5:58 p.m., Doppler radar tracked strong thunderstorms along a...
More strong storms possible today and Sunday in Alabama
More rounds of strong to severe storms will be possible both today and Sunday in Alabama, and a severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for part of the state through tonight. The watch covers a few counties in northeast Alabama and will be in effect until 9 p.m. CDT:. The...
Construction on new Alabama State House underway
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — A $350 million project to build a new State House is underway in Montgomery. Pat Harris, secretary of the Alabama Senate, said construction of the multi-million dollar building should be complete by the end of next year. After several fires and flooding over the years, Harris said the wait is over. […]
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