Severe weather risk upgraded for Alabama on Sunday
The severe weather risk for south Alabama has ticked upward for Sunday -- at the same time north Alabama will be dealing with a winter storm. NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has increased the severe weather risk from a Level 1 (marginal) out of 5 to a Level 2 (slight) for all of south Alabama and expanded the Level 1...
19-year-old dead following vehicle crash in Alabama
ALABAMA — A Cherokee man died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash Friday night, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Troopers said the crash occurred around 7:50 p.m. on Jan. 23 just outside of Tuscumbia. Authorities said 19-year-old Leslee James Edward Weaver was driving when his vehicle...
Customers experience power outages as heavy rain moves across central Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Customers are experiencing power outages as heavy rain moves across central Alabama Sunday, Jan. 25. According to the Alabama Power Outage Map, as of 11:30 a.m., there are 441 outages. Out of 1,603,477 customers served, the map says 9,435 customers are affected across the state. The...
Thousands without power in Alabama
ALABAMA — Several thousand customers across Alabama are without electricity as winter weather continues to affect parts of the Southeast. According to PowerOutage.us, 9,102 homes and businesses are currently without power statewide, accounting for 0.35% of the 2,603,302 customers tracked. Alabama now ranks seventh in...
Winter weather and possible severe storms update
CLANTON, Ala. – Friday, Jan. 23, 2:45 p.m. …Ice Storm Warning for Lauderdale, Colbert and Franklin counties from midnight Saturday until 6 p.m. Sunday… …Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Watch from early Saturday until 6 p.m. Sunday near and north of I-20… …Extreme Cold Watch for southwestern counties...
Alabama argues against new trial for death row inmate despite DNA evidence
Alabama is asking a federal appellate court to stop the new trial for a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row for a crime that DNA doesn’t tie him to. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office asked the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals late Friday night to overturn a lower court’s ruling that Christopher...
LIST: Churches canceling in-person Sunday services due to winter storm
Several churches have announced they will be canceling in-person services on Sunday due to the winter weather.
Alabama may ban a controversial practice from elementary school classrooms
An Alabama law would ban elementary teachers from using an outdated method of reading instruction. SB168 would prohibit teachers from using “three-cuing.” The model asks students to look at a word and guess its meaning from context, as opposed to sounding out the word and building fluency. “There...
Volunteer chaplain arrested at Alabama prison facility
BULLOCK COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A volunteer chaplain with the Alabama Department of Corrections is under arrest on contraband charges, according to ADOC. The ADOC staff at Bullock Correctional Facility were told Wednesday that Andrew Turner, a volunteer chaplain who is also a former inmate had contraband. During a...
Dead dog found dumped in Alabama, investigation underway
ALABAMA — Police are asking for the public’s help after a dead dog was found dumped on the property of TNT Ministries in Hollywood. According to the Hollywood Police Department, officers were notified after a deceased dog was discovered on the property of TNT Ministries along County Road 33. Investigators said the...

















