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Roll 'Bama Roll
March 18, 2018
The Crimson Tide ended their six-year NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament drought with a big 86-83 win over the favored 8-seed Virginia Tech. Things get a little tougher as Alabama now faces 1-seed Villanova. The Wildcats are 31-4 on the season and in the midst of a 6-game winning streak including aÃÂ ...
AL.com
March 18, 2018
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey appointed ADECA's Energy Division to conduct the meetings, which are aimed at providing information about the settlement and feedback that can be used to develop a mitigation plan. The 2016 settlement between Volkswagen and the U.S. Justice Department occurred after it wasÃÂ ...
Rigzone
March 17, 2018
Colonial Pipeline to Pay Alabama $3.3 Mln for 2016 Spills -State Official ... March 15 (Reuters) - Colonial Pipeline Co will pay $3.3 million to the state of Alabama to cover damages and penalties from an explosion and a spill on its gasoline line in 2016, the state's attorney general said on Thursday.
WKRG
March 7, 2018
Mobile, AL (WKRG) - Officials with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division will be holding a conference on the state's red snapper population in two weeks. The meeting will review changing regulations and how to improve the population. Red snapperÃÂ ...
whnt.com
March 6, 2018
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama officials unveiled a new school safety initiative at a news conference Tuesday afternoon that aims to enhance school safety and security in the state. After the Parkland shooting at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School last month, many states have been tackling theÃÂ ...
WSFA
March 1, 2018
Prattville High School officials have dispelled any rumors of threats toward the school. (Source: WSFA 12 News). PRATTVILLE, AL (WSFA) -. Prattville High School and Autauga County School System officials say there is no merit to rumors of a threat being made against the high school. Principal BrockÃÂ ...
Bustle
March 1, 2018
In an attempt to circumvent this problem, Alabama Republicans are considering abolishing marriage licenses altogether, regardless of the genders involved, to ensure that no state officials are forced to sign off on the marriage of a gay couple. State Sen. Greg Albritton, the bill's sponsor in the Senate,ÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
March 1, 2018
A statement from Taul's attorneys with the Montgomery-based Beasley Allen Law Firm said Taul reported a scheme where the mortuary paid kickbacks to two former officials with the Alabama Organ Center in exchange for business referrals. The funeral home collected tissues for the organ center.
CNN
February 28, 2018
Chief US District Judge Karon Bowdre of the Northern District of Alabama also ordered corrections officials to allow for a full medical examination of inmate Doyle Lee Hamm, 61, whose execution last Thursday was called off about 2 1/2 hours after he was taken into the death chamber, court documentsÃÂ ...
AL.com
February 28, 2018
The Alabama attorney general's office is proposing sweeping changes to the state ethics law in a bill sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh. The work that produced the 119-page bill started under former Attorney General Luther Strange and continued under Attorney General Steve Marshall.
U.S. News & World Report
February 27, 2018
Officials are offering $20 gift cards to bar patrons who will come in for testing after health screenings linked tuberculosis to five nightclubs in the southeastern ... The Alabama Department of Public Health says the tests are free and begin Tuesday, with the first 300 participants to get Walmart gift cards.
AL.com
February 20, 2018
It's official: Alabama state schools superintendent job posted for $250k. Posted February 20, 2018 at 4:41 PM. Search firm Chairman Gary Ray of Ray and Associates and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey discussing state superintendent search during Jan. 24, 2018, work session of the board of education in Montgomery, Ala.( TrishaÃÂ ...
BuzzFeed News
February 6, 2018
Darcy Jeda Corbitt, Destiny Clark, and a third, anonymous plaintiff filed the federal lawsuit against four state public safety and DMV officials, saying they “are responsible for the establishment and enforcement of a policy that prevents transgender people in Alabama from obtaining a driver license thatÃÂ ...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
Driver killed, multiple injured after bus carrying high school students crashes into ravine: Officials ... driver of a bus carrying Texas high school band students has died and numerous people are injured after the bus crashed down a steep embankment off the side of an Alabama interstate, authorities said.
Fort Worth Star Telegram
December 31, 1999
Alabama's prison commissioner says the state halted an inmate's execution by lethal injection because medical staff were having difficulty connecting an intravenous line. Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said Friday morning that staff did not think they could get the line connected before the deathÃÂ ...
Montgomery Advertiser
February 27, 2018
... leader of the Alabama Senate Thursday filed legislation that would make significant revisions to the state's ethics law for public employees and officials. ... The bill from Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, has the backing of the Alabama attorney general's office and appears in some casesÃÂ ...
WSFA
February 27, 2018
That is the idea behind legislation being pushed by Alabama state Rep. Allen Farley's, which would allow schools to work with local law enforcement to create a trained school security program. The team could be made up of teachers, school officials, coaches, or almost any member of the community.
AL.com
February 27, 2018
A review of the execution attempt was set for Monday morning in U.S. Chief District Judge Karon O Bowdre's courtroom, but that hearing was cancelled Friday after a telephone conference between Harcourt and officials from the Alabama Attorney General's Office. On Monday Bowdre set a schedulingÃÂ ...
Roll 'Bama Roll
February 27, 2018
Alabama officials told ESPN that Sexton paid his penalty for known violations, serving a one-game NCAA suspension in the season opener against Memphis. He did not debut until the team's second game against Lipscomb. Crimson Tide officials told ESPN the latest report includes nothing pertaining toÃÂ ...
AL.com
February 26, 2018
Baldwin County Public Schools and Daphne police say a social media image that contained a school threat does not threatened Daphne High School. The image, circulating on Snapchat, reads, "ATTENTION, ALL DHS students prepare to see my wrath tomorrow." Officials say the image has "made its wayÃÂ ...
WAFB.com
February 6, 2018
Alabama officials provided details about a case receiving national attention after a Millbrook man wanted in connection with a viral video depicting the sexual assault of a young girl was taken into custody Tuesday. Germaine Moore, 44, turned himself into Millbrook police at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, authoritiesÃÂ ...
BuzzFeed News
February 6, 2018
Darcy Jeda Corbitt, Destiny Clark, and a third, anonymous plaintiff filed the federal lawsuit against four state public safety and DMV officials, saying they “are responsible for the establishment and enforcement of a policy that prevents transgender people in Alabama from obtaining a driver license thatÃÂ ...
AL.com
January 6, 2018
As Alabama lawmakers gather for the upcoming legislative session, Lower Alabama officials do have some wish lists for what might develop in Montgomery. But they don't seem to have much expectation that it'll be an especially contentious or controversial session. "The word out of Montgomery is thatÃÂ ...
SECcountry.com
January 6, 2018
Sometimes this doesn't matter and sometimes it does, but it's a good thing for the Tide to get Campbell's visit after he visits the Bulldogs. I'm sure Georgia will have lots of momentum after his trip there next weekend, but then Alabama has a chance to stifle the Bulldogs' momentum the following weekend.
Yellowhammer News
January 6, 2018
Alabama's elected officials are historically really good at kicking the can down the road in terms of the problems facing our state. Short-term “fixes,” like the lottery proposal to “solve” the budget “crisis” in 2016, just aren't going to cut it anymore. Alabama is my home, and it's a place where I want to raise myÃÂ ...
AL.com
January 5, 2018
A loan of $300,000 to his campaign has bolstered the efforts of Chess Bedsole in his pursuit of the Alabama attorney general Republican nomination. Bedsole, former campaign chair in Alabama for President Trump, now has $639,869 in cash on hand, according to campaign finance disclosures for theÃÂ ...
SECcountry.com
January 4, 2018
... official visit schedule over the next few weeks leading up to National Signing Day on Feb. 7. He said there is no clear second-place school right now between Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia and Florida. “Nah. Right now it's just even,” Walker told SEC Country. “By the time I take my officials, I'll let you know.”.
Tuscaloosa News
January 4, 2018
MONTGOMERY — Alabama officials are investigating two cases of mumps that have been confirmed at a high school in the eastern part of the state. The Alabama Department of Public Health says the cases of the contagious disease were confirmed at Central High School in Phenix City. The agency saysÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
December 28, 2017
Alabama officials certified the results of its special Senate election Thursday, officially naming Democrat Doug Jones the victor not long after a judge rejected a last-minute challenge from Republican Roy Moore. Late Wednesday, hours before the Alabama State Canvassing Board was scheduled to meetÃÂ ...
Tuscaloosa News
December 25, 2017
Salary announced for new University of Alabama official .... The University of Alabama's new vice president of financial affairs will have an annual base salary of $400,000. The UA System board of trustee's compensation committee approved the appointment of Matt Jajack on Dec. 19 during a meeting byÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 19, 2017
... can determine if the plan meets mandates under federal law, according to an official feedback letter, dated Dec. 13. That letter contains more than six pages of tables indicating which areas of the state's plan need more information for how Alabama education officials plan to implement requirements underÃÂ ...
CNN
December 12, 2017
"I would find that highly unlikely to occur, Jake," Merrill said, when asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if he expected anything other than Jones being the next senator from Alabama. Merrill's remarks came after Republican candidate Roy Moore's campaign chairman directed the media to Merrill to understandÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 31, 1999
It's official: Alabama state schools superintendent job posted for $250k. Posted February 20, 2018 at 4:41 PM. Search firm Chairman Gary Ray of Ray and Associates and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey discussing state superintendent search during Jan. 24, 2018, work session of the board of education in Montgomery, Ala.( TrishaÃÂ ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
December 31, 1999
Alabama's prison commissioner says the state halted an inmate's execution by lethal injection because medical staff were having difficulty connecting an intravenous line. Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn said Friday morning that staff did not think they could get the line connected before the deathÃÂ ...
Tuscaloosa News
December 26, 2017
Salary announced for new University of Alabama official .... The University of Alabama's new vice president of financial affairs will have an annual base salary of $400,000. The UA System board of trustee's compensation committee approved the appointment of Matt Jajack on Dec. 19 during a meeting byÃÂ ...
Snopes.com
December 24, 2017
“State election officials have determined that more than 12,000 votes (that's 5,329 more than yesterday) so far in the state of Alabama are null and void because the voters don't appear to be living,” local news station WYKY reported Wednesday. “It appears that these voters' names were never removed fromÃÂ ...
AL.com
December 19, 2017
... can determine if the plan meets mandates under federal law, according to an official feedback letter, dated Dec. 13. That letter contains more than six pages of tables indicating which areas of the state's plan need more information for how Alabama education officials plan to implement requirements underÃÂ ...
whnt.com
December 18, 2017
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Secretary of State, John Merrill, announced Monday that the individual write-in votes cast for the U.S. Senate Special Election on December 12 will be totalled for individual candidates. Merrill's office said in a press release that the decision was made “based on Act 2016-450 whichÃÂ ...
CNN
December 12, 2017
"I would find that highly unlikely to occur, Jake," Merrill said, when asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if he expected anything other than Jones being the next senator from Alabama. Merrill's remarks came after Republican candidate Roy Moore's campaign chairman directed the media to Merrill to understandÃÂ ...
WTOK
December 7, 2017
Alabama's secretary of state asked Google to remove an advertisement by a group supporting Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones. Republican Secretary of State John Merrill's office says the ad wrongly implies votes in the upcoming election will be made public. Merrill says Google has removed theÃÂ ...
AL.com
October 13, 2017
... from reading list; 'makes people uncomfortable,' official says ... novel by Harper Lee deals with racial inequality in a small Alabama town.
AL.com
October 13, 2017
A number of election officials across Alabama remain confused ... calls to their official telephone numbers, did not return phone messages, ...
SECcountry.com
October 10, 2017
In this edition, we talk about one statistic that is alarming for Alabama fans when it comes to officials, Nick Saban's opening comments, and ...
Seattle Times
October 6, 2017
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say partially skeletonized remains found in Alabama have been identified as a 34-year-old woman.
AL.com
October 6, 2017
Tropical Storm Nate is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and make landfall on or near the Alabama coast before sunrise on Sunday with ...
AL.com
October 5, 2017
Note: This story has been updated several times with new information. Additional updates are likely. Coastal Alabama authorities were keeping ...
Montgomery Advertiser
October 2, 2017
Alabama officials sounded optimistic Monday that Congress would reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program despite missing a key ...
Politico
September 26, 2017
Alabama's secretary of state released a letter Tuesday warning state voters not to vote in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for ...
whnt.com
December 31, 1999
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Secretary of State's office announced Friday that the Alabama State Canvassing Board will meet on Thursday, December 28 at 1:00 p.m. to certify the results of the U.S. Senate Special Election. The State Canvassing Board reviews and certifies results of Alabama's state andÃÂ ...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
MONTGOMERY, AL — A TV interview that had raised suspicions about voter fraud in the recent Alabama Senate race, but after an investigation, officials said they found nothing improper. Still, defeated Republican candidate Roy Moore asked for donations Thursday to investigate potential election fraud.
