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EMAIL WARNING OF VIOLENCE AHEAD OF JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL RIOT CAME FROM HUNTSVILLE FBI FACILITY: REPORT

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore An email warning of violence from rallies like the one that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riots originated from an FBI facility in Huntsville, new reports show. An FBI intelligence […]

As COVID surges, most Alabama teachers must use own sick leave to quarantine

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

ASSOCIATED PRESS As cases of COVID continue to climb statewide, many Alabama teachers are finding out they must burn their own sick leave if they get sent home from school to quarantine. That’s a change […]

PATIENTS WITH MEDICAL EMERGENCIES SEARCH FOR BEDS AS COVID FILLS ALA. INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Cameron Smith Dennis Harbison, 73, went to the ER at Bibb Medical Center in early August for pain from what he thought was a pulled muscle, difficulty breathing and low blood pressure. At the […]

Growth in West Huntsville Straining Police, Fire Coverage Areas

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Paul Gattis Huntsville’s growth has stretched some city resources to the point that public safety has become strained in parts of the west side of Alabama’s largest city. It’s a problem acknowledged by the city’s […]

‘IT’S TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK’ AT MAKING BODYCAMS PUBLIC, HUNTSVILLE COUNCILMAN JOHN MEREDITH SAYS

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

The Associated Press Until last week, he didn’t think it was possible legally to release such videos in Alabama. That’s what city lawyers told him, he said, as the city beat back his efforts to […]

Michael K. Williams, star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ found dead at 54 in New York City apartment

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

SOURCE: New York Post – Larry Celona, Tina Moore and Jason Beeferman “The Wire’’ actor Michael K. Williams was found dead of a suspected heroin overdose in his Brooklyn penthouse Monday afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The […]

Governor Kay Ivey allocates $12 million in COVID-19 funds to bring travel nurses to Alabama hospitals

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Gov. Kay Ivey has reallocated $12.3 million in federal funds Alabama received for assistance with COVID-19 to bring qualified travel nurses from other states to work temporarily in Alabama hospitals. State Health Officer […]

Judge formally dismisses lawsuit over Confederate monument in Huntsville

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Paul Gattis The lawsuit stemming from the Madison County Commission’s decision last year to relocate a Confederate monument is over. Madison County Circuit Judge Claude Hundley formally dismissed the case Wednesday, granting the county’s motion filed […]

Bob Jones graduate, just hired as Shorter University coach, dies of COVID at 24

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By William Thornton A Bob Jones High School graduate who had just been hired as an assistant basketball coach at Shorter University died of COVID-19 only a day after being diagnosed. Ryan Dupree died Saturday at […]

UAB nurses protest as COVID pandemic rages on: ‘We are extremely overwhelmed’

September 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Connor Sheets A group of night shift nurses and hospital workers gathered outside UAB Hospital this evening, briefly refusing to clock in for work in protest of long hours driven by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic […]