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Are we safe yet in Alabama? Fear is not a sustainable foundation: op-ed

What happened on Saturday in Minneapolis should stop all of us in our tracks. During a protest, a man named Alex Pretti was killed by federal immigration officers. Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and U.S. citizen, was killed just weeks after another federal immigration officer fatally shot Renee Good, an American...
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Tornado Watch Issued for Florida, Georgia and Alabama

A tornado watch has been issued for large portions of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, as a volatile weather system moves across the southeastern United States, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). UPDATE: 2 separate tornadoes reported!. In Florida, a tornado warning was in effect until 3:15 p.m. CST for...
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Special Weather Alert for Alabama: Below Freezing & Black Ice Risk

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a Special Weather Statement about the frigid temperatures across the region. To put the temperature plunge in perspective, the temperature at the Townsquare Media studios was 60 degrees at 7 a.m. By 7 p.m., it had fallen to 30 degrees. “Temperatures will...
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Popular grocery chain closing stores early today for winter storm: See if your store...

Dozens of Publix locations across central and north Alabama will be closing early today, Jan. 25, due to the winter storm causing wet and icy conditions across the Southeast. Currently, all Publix stores in Birmingham and Huntsville will close early with the exception of the Flint Crossing Marketplace location in...
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An Alabama Cave Holds One of America’s Most Complete Records of Prehistoric Life

Tucked into the ridges above Bridgeport, Russell Cave holds a story that stretches nearly nine millennia. You follow a shaded boardwalk to a vast rock shelter where people cooked, crafted, and thrived long before written history. Even if you cannot step inside, the layers beneath your feet reveal meals, tools,...
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Giant T. rex sculpture turns heads in Pike Road

PIKE ROAD, Ala. (WSFA) — Drivers on Highway 231 in Montgomery County now have a towering metal companion watching over their commute. TK LLC, a metal fabrication company in Pike Road, recently assembled a giant Tyrannosaurus rex sculpture. It all started when the company’s owner took a trip to Las Vegas.
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Family of Montgomery hit-and-run victim pleads for answers, help with funeral costs after months-long...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A Montgomery family is asking for answers — and help — more than seven months after a hit-and-run left their loved one critically injured and ultimately took his life. The victim, Shaquan McDade, was struck while riding his bicycle on Wares Ferry Road on...
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Rare Snow Blankets Parts Of Florida, Georgia, Alabama

Winter made a rare invasion into the South over the weekend, bringing an unusual snow day to parts of the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and central Georgia. Some spots got only about an inch of wet, disappearing snow. Others got as much as three inches of fluffy, playable snowfall. See the southern...
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Mo Brooks comes out of retirement with 2026 campaign announcement

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Former Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks announced plans to qualify for the Alabama House District 20 race after supporters raised $100,000 to fund the campaign. Brooks qualified to run for a state house office, which he first held in 1982. Brooks, 71, filed qualifying papers Friday at...
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What roads are closed due to ice? Conditions in Alabama, how to tell what’s...

Several major roads in North Alabama are closed due to ice this morning. Roadways and overpasses in Madison County are slick due to ice from overnight rain. Most notably, I-565’s eastbound and westbound lanes are closed. Currently, Green Mountain Road, Bankhead Parkway, Memorial Parkway overpasses, Chapman Mountain...

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