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Alabama saw the election of its first Jewish state lawmaker in more than forty years Tuesday as Democrat Phillip Ensler unseated his Republican rival by a commanding margin
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BREAKING UPDATE: Our sister station
@WTVM
confirms two large corporations have informed the Lee County coroner that they will pay for the 23 tornado victims' funerals. More info ASAP.
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At 9:21:21 tonight, it will be the 21st second of the 21st minute of the 21st hour of the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century.
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Alabama's state mandated mask order officially ends at 5 p.m., but don't toss yours just yet.
Hospitals, schools, and a number of businesses and cities will continue on with their own mask requirements for the foreseeable future
#BREAKING
: More than 10 people are dead after at least two tornadoes hit Lee County Sunday afternoon, according to the Lee County sheriff.
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BREAKING: Civil Rights attorney Fred D. Gray Sr., 91, to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom thanks to more than a year of efforts by
@RepTerriSewell
!
Multiple buildings in downtown Montgomery, as well as the ASF, were illuminated in purple and gold overnight to mark 100 years of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
UPDATE: After profiling Rutabaga, a stray who has been in an east Alabama shelter for more than 845 days, we can share that she's officially been adopted!
An AMBER Alert has been issued for 1-year-old Elisha Jenkins who was last seen Monday afternoon in Bay Minette, Alabama. Elisha may be with Jaimie Hobbs, a white female with brown eyes and brown hair. They may be traveling in a blue 2015 Hyundai Sonata with Alabama tag
#4822BB1
.
DAYS UNTIL:
This Weekend - Too many
Easter - 6
July 4 - 80
College football - 131
Thanksgiving - 227
Iron Bowl - 229
Christmas - 254
2020 - 261
Aug. 31, 2046 - 10,000