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Alabama QB Jalen Milroe enters transfer portal
15/01/2024

Alabama QB Jalen Milroe enters transfer portal

The exodus from Alabama after Nick Saban’s retirement continued on Saturday. Quarterback Jalen Milroe announced he is leaving the Crimson Tide via the Transfer Portal. Milroe threw for 2,348 yards with 23 touchdowns against 6 interceptions in 2023. He also rushed for 523 yards and 12 TDs. Alabama ...

Priceville head football coach accepts same role at Brookwood
14/01/2024

Priceville head football coach accepts same role at Brookwood

BROOKWOOD, Ala. (WAFF) - Brookwood High School’s football team just got a new head football coach following the end of the 2023-24 season. According to WAFF’s...

Huntsville gets ready to host upcoming Conference USA basketball tournaments
14/01/2024

Huntsville gets ready to host upcoming Conference USA basketball tournaments

March Madness will be in the Rocket City in just 60 days, as Huntsville will be the host of this year's Conference USA men's and women's basketball tournaments.

Winter storm warning: Bitter cold temperatures, snow on the way
14/01/2024

Winter storm warning: Bitter cold temperatures, snow on the way

HUNTSVILLE — Ol’ Man Winter is about to pay a visit to the Tennessee Valley. And he’s bringing his pal Jack Frost along for the ride....

National activists call Decatur ‘new ground zero’ at Princess Theatre event
14/01/2024

National activists call Decatur ‘new ground zero’ at Princess Theatre event

Families affected by police brutality or recklessness and Black Lives Matter activists welcomed Decatur to “a club that nobody wants to be a part of” at a Saturday panel discussion organized by Standing In Power at the Princess Theatre.

Jeff Gin Company could be closing amid struggles in cotton business
14/01/2024

Jeff Gin Company could be closing amid struggles in cotton business

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Changes in some parts of the Tennessee Valley are making it harder to cotton farm. What once was a lucrative business in...

HudsonAlpha biotech summer internships available to college students
14/01/2024

HudsonAlpha biotech summer internships available to college students

HUNTSVILLE – Graduates and undergraduates throughout Alabama are invited to apply for internships at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology for its biotech program. The initiative is...

Decatur officials against banning students’ cellphones
14/01/2024

Decatur officials against banning students’ cellphones

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - Cellphone use by students continues to become a growing concern and Decatur officials are aware. According to WAFF’s newspaper partner, The Decatur...

Family traveling through Alabama reportedly carjacked, two children kidnapped, but later found safe
13/01/2024

Family traveling through Alabama reportedly carjacked, two children kidnapped, but later found safe

Alabama and federal authorities were searching for a suspected carjacker Friday after a family traveling through the state was carjacked and their two young children kidnapped in the proces. The children were found hours later unharmed in the truck that was abandoned. State police sent out an Amber....

Sheriff: Man says he repeatedly dropped 2-month-old because he didn’t feel it was his child
13/01/2024

Sheriff: Man says he repeatedly dropped 2-month-old because he didn’t feel it was his child

DOUBLE SPRINGS, Ala. (WBRC) - New details were revealed in court Friday involving the death of a two-month-old baby in Winston County, who was allegedly killed...

Quiet weekend, weather aware next week for arctic air and possible snow
13/01/2024

Quiet weekend, weather aware next week for arctic air and possible snow

Weekend Outlook: Much cooler air is forecast to move into Alabama this weekend. Saturday will be sunny, colder, and breezy. High temperatures will be in the upper 40s. Saturday night will be clear and cold with lows in the 20s. Sunday will have plenty of sunshine and chilly highs in the 40s. Weather...

Birmingham woman charged with capital murder after her uncle dies in house fire
13/01/2024

Birmingham woman charged with capital murder after her uncle dies in house fire

A Birmingham woman has been charged in the death of her 44-year-old uncle following the fatal house fire at the family’s home in late December. Keechaundra...

Hugh Freeze wants Cadillac Williams gone from his Auburn football program: Alabama analyst
13/01/2024

Hugh Freeze wants Cadillac Williams gone from his Auburn football program: Alabama analyst

Bama Hammer's Ronald Evans heard some pretty damning rumors about the state of the Auburn football program; the most damning being that Hugh Freeze wants Cadillac...

5 beautiful outdoor wedding venues in Huntsville to check out
13/01/2024

5 beautiful outdoor wedding venues in Huntsville to check out

In case you didn’t know, we’re in the middle of engagement season—which runs from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day. If you recently got engaged, congratulations!. We know...

Laying a foundation: Rebels' trio helped set new standard for West Morgan football
12/01/2024

Laying a foundation: Rebels' trio helped set new standard for West Morgan football

TRINITY — The 2023 West Morgan football season was one for the ages.

Cadillac Williams resigns from Auburn football staff
12/01/2024

Cadillac Williams resigns from Auburn football staff

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVY) - Auburn associate head coach and running backs coach Carnell “Cadillac” Williams is resigning from his position with the Tigers football program. Williams,...

Snow looking more likely in parts of Alabama as winter’s coldest weather arrives
12/01/2024

Snow looking more likely in parts of Alabama as winter’s coldest weather arrives

It’s looking more possible that parts of Alabama will get a little snow next week. Although snow in Alabama is never a sure thing. The National...

Alabama prison deaths continue in 2023; three dead this weekend
01/02/2023

Alabama prison deaths continue in 2023; three dead this weekend

After a year with record level deaths in Alabama prisons, more people are dying behind bars. At least three men died in Alabama Department of Corrections custody in the last week of January, ADOC confirmed to the Montgomery Advertiser. Two of the deaths occurred at Donaldson Correctional Facility in...

Legacy of Alabama man who secretly paid pharmacy bills grows as fund is duplicated
01/02/2023

Legacy of Alabama man who secretly paid pharmacy bills grows as fund is duplicated

A month after the revelation of an Alabama farmer’s decade-old donations to help people in town pay their pharmacy bills, Hody Childress’ fund is now four...

Whataburger set to locate on East Meighan; city to offer tax incentives
01/02/2023

Whataburger set to locate on East Meighan; city to offer tax incentives

Whataburger is coming to Gadsden. The City Council during its precouncil meeting on Tuesday discussed, and next week will consider, a measure authorizing Mayor Craig Ford to enter an economic development agreement with MWB Restaurants LLC to locate a Whataburger at 563 E. Meighan Blvd. That is in th...

Report: Nick Saban reveals former starter asked for $500K, help getting girlfriend into law school
31/01/2023

Report: Nick Saban reveals former starter asked for $500K, help getting girlfriend into law school

Nick Saban isn’t pulling his punches when speaking on the demands that college athletes are making regarding NIL deals. Indisputably, the combination of both NIL and the NCAA Transfer Portal have severely changed the recruiting game. Speaking at the 18th annual Alabama Football Coaches Association...

Four Former Alabama Players on Eagles are Flying to Super Bowl LVII
31/01/2023

Four Former Alabama Players on Eagles are Flying to Super Bowl LVII

Quarterback Jalen Hurts, wide receiver DeVonta Smith, offensive guard Landon Dickerson and cornerback Josh Jobe represent the Tide

Alabama mass prison release: State freeing 369 inmates under amended 2015 law
31/01/2023

Alabama mass prison release: State freeing 369 inmates under amended 2015 law

The Alabama Department of Corrections will be releasing nearly 400 inmates statewide on Tuesday. The mass release – which will put the early-release inmates under the...

Search for Colbert County fisherman now a recovery effort
31/01/2023

Search for Colbert County fisherman now a recovery effort

Local law enforcement and the Alabama Marine Patrol have been working this weekend to locate a 63-year-old man missing after a boating accident.

Jalen Hurts breaks NFL record previously held by Cam Newton
30/01/2023

Jalen Hurts breaks NFL record previously held by Cam Newton

Former Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts earned himself and his team, the Philadelphia Eagles, a bid to the Super Bowl after dominating the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. In that game, Hurts pushed through the line of scrimmage and scored rushing touchdown No. 15 on the season inclu...

Potential major ice event developing
30/01/2023

Potential major ice event developing

After an active January to kick off 2023, February has the potential to start icy for some parts of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. We are tracking three chances of winter weather in our region.

Birmingham native, comedian Rickey Smiley says son Brandon Smiley has died
30/01/2023

Birmingham native, comedian Rickey Smiley says son Brandon Smiley has died

Comedian Rickey Smiley announced Sunday that his oldest son Brandon Smiley has died, in a raw message shared via social media channels. In a brief video...

Hazel Green girls set AHSAA win streak record, pound Riverdale (Tenn.), 76-7
30/01/2023

Hazel Green girls set AHSAA win streak record, pound Riverdale (Tenn.), 76-7

The Hazel Green girls have won the most consecutive games in Alabama High School Athletic Association history. The Trojans earned their record 87th straight by beating...

One man missing, teen rescued after being thrown from boat on Alabama lake
29/01/2023

One man missing, teen rescued after being thrown from boat on Alabama lake

A 13-year-old was rescued, but a 63-year-old man was still missing Saturday after a boat collided with a bridge piling, Alabama law enforcement officer said. A search was underway for the missing boater Alabama Law Enforcement Agency personnel said. Missing was Daniel E. Hamm, 62, of Florence, Alaba...

Miss Alabama USA 2023: Miss Auburn-Opelika wins the crown
29/01/2023

Miss Alabama USA 2023: Miss Auburn-Opelika wins the crown

Sophie Burzynski, a student at Auburn University, is the new Miss Alabama USA 2023. Burzynski, who competed as Miss Auburn-Opelika USA, was crowned Saturday night during...

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