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Deadliest strain of fentanyl found in Alabama after drug bust
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - As the fentanyl epidemic continues, law enforcement is warning that a new and even more deadly strain has made its way to Alabama. After a drug bust in Shelby County, the Drug Task Force Investigators said they found para-fluorofentanyl, which is more dangerous than pure fentanyl.
State and local officials cut ribbon on Garden City River Park & fire station improvements
GARDEN CITY, Ala. – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, representatives from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and other local leaders gathered for a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Garden City Fire Department’s new fire station Wednesday, July 24, to officially unveil improvements at Garden City River Park.
3 Alabama universities close DEI offices, shift staff
Three Alabama universities have closed their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices to comply with a state law. The University of Alabama (UA) System campuses, including the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, announced Tuesday the offices would be closed by Oct. 1…
Private prison operator holds close ties with lawmakers as it sidesteps state law
Flush with donations from CoreCivic, Tennessee’s lawmakers have spent the past three years enacting tough-on-crime policy that could help the state’s private-prison operator in spite of complaints that profiting on the backs of inmates is bad business. Moves to create laws that require teenagers to be tried as adults for certain crimes and remove rewards […] The post Private prison operator holds close ties with lawmakers as it sidesteps state law appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.
2 Lowe’s delivery truck drivers robbed while pumping gas, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Sunday morning delivery turned into a robbery and carjacking for two Lowe’s delivery truck drivers in Nashville, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. In the 30 years of being a truck driver, Tim Sullivan said he hadn’t run into anything like this and...
Man breaks into ex-girlfriend’s home, shoots her boyfriend, says police
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A man was injured in a shooting in Orange Mound on Wednesday. It happened at the Pendleton Place Apartments near the intersection of Lamar Avenue and Pendleton Street just after 1:30 a.m. The complaint told Memphis Police she was lying down in bed with her four-month-old...
WEATHER 7-25-2024 Rains Taper Off
More pop-ups as we get into the weekend than widespread. Sunday we will see rain chances on the rise again. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
US Marshal says East TN manhunts have been higher-profile recently, while overall number of searches remains the same
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities said they have not seen an increase in the number of manhunts in East Tennessee, even if more searches have been reported recently. David Jolley, a U.S. Marshal, said more cases involving searches for suspects have been higher-profile recently. Those include the search for Juan Carlos Perez Diaz, accused of killing a young woman and leading authorities on an overnight manhunt after her body was found in the bed of a pickup truck in Oak Ridge. He was taken into custody on July 23.
Nashville grapples with lingering neo-Nazi presence in tourist-friendly city
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Among the throngs of tourists in cowboy attire who flock to Nashville’s famed downtown honky-tonks, a small but unsettling group has distracted locals and visitors from the neon lights lately with Nazi salutes and white supremacist rhetoric. For weeks, neo-Nazis have livestreamed antisemitic antics...
Athens Police make large underage alcohol sales arrest
ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - Nine people are charged after authorities say they sold alcohol to minors. Athens Police say during the first week of July they opened an investigation into local convenience stores selling alcohol to minors after several residents complained. Police began surveilling the stores and used “an underage...
When is tax-free weekend in Tennessee? Here's what's exempt and what's not
Tennessee's tax-free weekend is nearly here, giving residents a chance to save on clothes, school supplies and devices that have sat on the shopping list for a while. Arkansas' tax-free weekend will directly follow Tennessee's and includes some additional exemptions not available in the Volunteer State. ...
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