Popular discount store opening new Alabama location
Trendy discount chain Five Below is opening a new Alabama location on Saturday with prize offers for early visitors. The store, located at 2300 McFarland Blvd. in Northport, will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, and is offering $10 gift cards to the first 100 customers in line, according to a...
DEA highlights fentanyl risks, urges parents to engage with children
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — As students across Alabama return to school, federal drug enforcement leaders are cautioning parents that the most dangerous threat to their children may not be in the classroom, but online and potentially hidden in plain sight at home. Steven Hofer, the DEA (Drug Enforcement...
Longtime Alabama sports clothing brand closing distribution with 80 layoffs
A company with Alabama origins for more than 120 years is now consolidating its business and closing its distribution operations in the same city it was founded in. Russell Athletic will no longer operate at the Fruit of the Loom distribution center in Alexander City, the company said in notices filed with the state...
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Threat Hits Alabama Coast
Residents along the Gulf Coast are now being warned about a deadly, flesh-eating bacteria that's already claimed the lives of a few people. According to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Health, just this year, there have already been 17 cases of Vibrio Vulnificus in which all patients were...
Montgomery mayor says crime remains down, but there’s still work to do
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - We’re now two-thirds of the way through 2025, and according to Mayor Steven Reed, crime remains down. “The facts remain that violent crime and non-violent crime are down compared to this time last year,” Reed said. “Of course we’d like for that to be down 100 percent, and we’re going to...
Giving one’s life for a friend: Down in Alabama
A 22-year-old man died saving his childhood friend during flash flooding in east Alabama. Cohen Sinclair Turner helped push his friend to safety in a tree after their SUV was swept away, sacrificing his own life in the process. “No greater act of selflessness than to give your life for another,” said Cohen’s uncle,...
Truck drivers ticketed for not speaking English
DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. (WAFF/Gray News) - Two truck drivers traveling through Alabama received tickets for not speaking English. “The English language proficiency standard has been there for a long time,” Mark Colson, the CEO of the Alabama Trucking Association, said. The drivers were given tickets in DeKalb County and...
Multi-state manhunt ends when escaped Mississippi inmate found hiding under bed in Alabama residence
An escaped Mississippi inmate was apprehended Monday night in Alabama after he was found attempting to evade capture by hiding under a bed. Christopher Austin Tedford, who had escaped while in custody on burglary charges in Lowndes County and felony shoplifting charges in Amory, was taken back into custody around 10...
Alabama school systems’ cellphone policy makes sense – so idiots hate it
Alabama’s new cellphone ban policy requires school systems to develop their own methods for keeping phones out of classrooms. Huntsville City Schools has told its students to keep them in their bags or deal with the consequences, which is pretty reasonable. The school board’s biggest clown, Andrea Alvarez, has...
Alabama’s new CBD ban devastates local business
LEE COUNTY — A month after Alabama lawmakers banned THC and CBD products from retail stores, local retailers say the industry faces devastation. Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation that taxes, regulates and restricts the sale of consumable products containing hemp-derived THC. The law requires retailers to obtain a...
