Let there be lights! And a Chelsea family had the best and brightest to win “The Great Christmas Light Fight.” The Cloutiers, whose displays are legendary in the Birmingham area, came out on top in the ABC TV competition. For Ricky Cloutier, it’s more than a source of pride. He said he enjoys seeing the […]

Authorities in Huntsville say a homeless man could have been crushed to death after being thrown into the back of a garbage truck on Monday. The man was sleeping in a dumpster when a Republic Services truck on its rounds picked up the dumpster, emptying its contents – including the man – into the back […]

As Americans continue to flee to the Southeast, the Yellowhammer State has become one of the nation’s top destinations. According to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, Alabama added 24,450 residents over the course of one year. The state ranked 15th for the largest population increase in the nation. From July 1, 2021 […]

Recent funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has served to enhance the quality of life in several Alabama communities and create value for local economies. To demonstrate the impact ARC has had in Alabama, the Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association (AMLTA) produced a video highlighting first-hand accounts, including that of Nick Saban, speaking to […]

The State Parks Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation of Natural Resources  was recently granted $20,000 to fight an invasive plant species at Chewacla State Park. The grant was made possible by a Hearts of Stihl award from Stihl. The grants come from the America’s State Park Foundation and are given to help support […]

The holidays are a time where people get together with those they love. And Alabamians are no exception: Folks will be driving across town, across the state and out of state over the coming days. To help ensure the travels are safe, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is urging motorists to take it easy and […]

All good things come to an end, even on Mars. To that end, NASA’s InSight mission has ended after more than four years of collecting unique science on Mars. Mission controllers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California were unable to contact the lander after two consecutive attempts, leading them to conclude the spacecraft’s […]

The Lauderdale County jailbreak featuring prisoner Casey White and correctional officer Vicky White has been given the Hollywood treatment. Now available for viewing on streaming service Tubi, “Prisoner of Love” details the love saga that captured the nation this year. The movie, produced by Marvista Entertainment, details the events that transpired over the course of […]

A class-action lawsuit related to a data security breach has been filed against Oakwood University, a private Seventh-Day Adventist university in Huntsville. The 32-page suit, filed in the state of California, claims Oakwood officials were responsible for a large data breach in March that could have been prevented. That breach potentially allowed hackers access to […]

In the wake of similar actions around the state and country, TikTok is being blocked on university Wi-Fi and on-campus housing at Auburn University. The school has also asked employees not to install the app on any technology issued by the college. Auburn has an official account on the app, however nothing has been posted […]

Nothing impacts your energy use—and therefore, your utility bill—more than the weather. Specifically, the outside air temperature. But even though cold, winter weather is rolling into our area, you don’t have to be at the mercy of mother nature when it comes to home heating costs. According to Huntsville Utilities, there are many simple things […]

The state of Alabama is awarding $2.65 million in grants to help fight homelessness, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday. The money will assist government and nonprofit agencies in Alabama, Ivey said in a news release. The groups will help provide shelter, legal services, and health services for the homeless or at risk of being homeless. […]

An Alabama inmate “was literally baked to death,” in his jail cell, according to a federal lawsuit that has been filed in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama . The cell’s temperature was from 101 to 104 degrees when the man was found unresponsive by jail staff at William E. Donaldson […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $13.6 million to expand the Wilcox County Water and Sewer Authority’s water system. The project is part of the agency’s program to expand clean, safe, and modern drinking water utility services into areas not served by a modern water system. “In some areas of the state, […]

Four additional auto suppliers in Alabama have utilized child labor in recent years, investigative reporting conducted by Reuters found. The father of a 14-year-old Guatemalan girl told Reuters his daughter worked this May at Hwashin America Corp. in Greenville, a supplier of the two car brands, assembling auto body components. The account was bolstered by […]

HUNTSVILLE — The National Association of Realtors® has named Huntsville a top 10 real estate market to watch in 2023. Every city on the list can be found in the South, or at least south of the Mason-Dixon line. NAR placed Huntsville on the list based on several factors: affordability, job and population growth, “information […]

University of South Alabama researchers began work this semester on a three-year study that examines the relationship between social media use and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among African American communities in Alabama. South students and faculty will do interviews and surveys in Mobile County, while their counterparts at Tuskegee University will be doing the same in […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has helped secure more wins for the state through his work on the Senate Armed Services Committee. On Thursday, the Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. With the House passing the bill last week, it will go to President Biden’s desk and he is expected to sign it. […]

A Madison high school assistant principal was assaulted by a student Wednesday while breaking up a fight on a bus. The James Clemens High School assistant principal was hit multiple times from behind and was bitten twice. The bite was hard enough that it went through his shirt and broke the skin, reports said. While […]

Gov. Kay Ivey asked the Alabama Supreme Court this week to change a rule that limits execution warrants to a single date. “In several recent executions, last-minute gamesmanship by death row inmates and their lawyers has consumed a lot of valuable time, preventing the department from carrying out its execution protocol between the conclusion of […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $9.3 million to Auburn University to establish an Institute for Rural Partnerships. According to a news release, the money through the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will go toward developing technology to assist producers and the processes of poultry and forest products. “I am deeply excited […]

Two women got an unexpected surprise when they were arrested for trapping and feeding cats over the summer. Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, were found guilty on four criminal charges Tuesday. A Wetumpka city judge sentenced both to two years of unsupervised probation and 10 days in jail. The sentence of 10 days […]

Nothing impacts your energy use—and therefore, your utility bill—more than the weather. Specifically, the outside air temperature. But even though cold, winter weather is rolling into our area, you don’t have to be at the mercy of mother nature when it comes to home heating costs. According to Huntsville Utilities, there are many simple things […]

Cited as the “crowning achievement of Artemis I,” the Orion spacecraft splashed down Sunday morning in the Pacific Ocean, capping a more than 1.4 million-mile journey around the moon. The uncrewed mission that launched Nov. 16 was an integrated flight test of the hardware and technology that will take humans back to the moon for […]