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Alabama Dept. of Public Health investigating Salmonella outbreak

PELHAM-According to reports, four individuals who had eaten at Johnny Ray’s in Pelham, Alabama (309 Huntley Parkway) tested positive for Salmonella. Two have matching patterns of a rare Salmonella Enteritidis. Other potential cases of Salmonella are being investigated.

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Troopers donate used vests to Armor of God Project

Troopers with Armor of God founder Clint Reck

MUSCLE SHOALS-State Troopers or as they are more recently called ALEA (Alabama Law Enforcement Agency) on Friday, Jan. 8, donated 38 ballistic vests to the Muscle Shoals-based non-profit organization Armor of God Project. Since 2009, Armor of God Project has distributed more […]

Bentley sues federal government over refugees

Governor Bentley

MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday announced the State of Alabama has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for non-compliance of the Refugee Act of 1980. This Act specifically requires the federal government to consult with the state regarding the placement of refugees before those refugees are placed within its borders. […]

Citizen Alert – Telephone scams to watch out for now!

MONTGOMERY- Luther Strange, Alabama’s Attorney General, and Joseph Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC), warn Alabama citizens to be wary of recurring telephone scams.

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Mo Knows: Washington Should Work For American Workers, Not Against Them

Washington, D.C. – A dismal report released this week by the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies confirms the wage suppression of low-skilled labor, an effect made worse by the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress in December which quadruples available work visas for low-skilled, temporary non-agricultural foreign workers who seek to take […]

Alabama US Attorneys: Probate judges not free to disobey the law on marriage equality

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore

HUNTSVILLE- Both of Alabama’s United States Attorneys, Joyce White Vance and Kenyen Brown, have issued a stern warning to probate judges throughout the Alabama concerning today’s directive from Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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OCR Issues Report, Finds Alabama Agency Failed to Properly Recruit, Hire and Retain Female Troopers

WASHINGTON- The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has issued a compliance review report finding that the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Department of Public Safety (DPS) did not provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to female trooper applicants and female troopers. On January 1, 2015, DPS […]

Troopers Investigate 25 Traffic Fatalities during Christmas-New Year’s Safety Initiative

  During its latest holiday enforcement period, which ran from 12:01 a.m. Dec. 18 to midnight Jan. 1, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) investigated 25 traffic deaths across the state. The deadly crashes from this 15-day safety initiative occurred in Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Cleburne, Cullman, Elmore, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Limestone, Mobile, […]

Wayne Rogers, Alabama native, dead at 82

Steve Flowers: This Week in Alabama Politics

As we close the final page on the 2015 book, my year-end tradition is to reminisce about the passing away of significant players on the Alabama political stage. The first obituary is not a person but an entity. The Alabama Education Association is essentially dead as a political organization. The king is […]

Tide opens as 7-point favorite over Clemson

Coach Saban met with the media in the morning for his final press conference before the game

DALLAS – The second-ranked Alabama football team wrapped up the practice schedule with a walkthrough on Wednesday, the final meeting before Thursday’s Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic against Michigan State.

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Info for residents with septic tanks and private wells during floods

 

During heavy rains and floods such as those currently being experienced in Alabama, the ground can become saturated. Residents who use an onsite sewage disposal system (a septic tank system) may be experiencing performance problems due to these rain-soaked conditions.

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Crimson Tide took part in media day prior to Tuesday’s workout

DALLAS – The second-ranked Alabama football team completed its slate of full practices for the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, working nearly two hours in shells on Tuesday afternoon.

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Red Cross Seeks Help, Provides Critical Assistance Across Multiple States After Tornadoes, Flooding Force Thousands from their Homes

 

The American Red Cross launched a massive relief response across multiple states in the wake of deadly storms which have been hammering communities across most of the country since before the Christmas holiday.

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Fayetteville teen killed in crash

ATHENS– A single-vehicle crash at 4:30 a.m. this morning, Dec. 29, has claimed the life of a Tennessee teen. Lindey J. Gifford, 18, of Fayetteville, Tenn., was killed when the 2006 Honda Accord she was driving left the roadway and struck a tree.

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Decatur Man Indicted for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, Misuse of a Social Security Number and Identity Theft

Freddie Dewayne Long

BIRMINGHAM – A federal grand jury today indicted a Decatur man for failing to register as a sex offender and misusing another person’s Social Security number and other means of identification, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Marshal Martin Keely.

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Video of Flooding in Florence, Alabama

Steve Flowers: This Week In Alabama Politics

 

This week we will conclude our analysis of the potential horses in the 2018 Alabama Gubernatorial Derby. First, let me briefly recap the horses we have already handicapped. The list includes, in descending order, Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (18), Supreme Court Justice Jim Main (17), Sen. Greg Reed (16), […]