3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (134+ words) Drivers in Trussville should prepare for significant traffic changes on northbound Interstate 59, starting Tuesday. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced a new phase of road construction that will last up to three months. Traffic along northbound I-59 will shift to…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (750+ words) The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker, who also served as the first full-time employee of the outdoor retailer REI and later as its president and CEO, died Tuesday at…...

7+ hour, 26+ min ago  (488+ words) The loved ones of prominent civil rights attorney J. Mason Davis Jr. are preparing to say their final goodbyes while holding close the memories of the man they knew beyond his public legacy. Davis is known for winning appeals cases for…...

14+ hour, 11+ min ago  (938+ words) Authorities in the Bahamas have moved to a recovery operation in their search for an American woman who reportedly fell overboard during a boat trip with her husband Saturday night, local police said. Lynette Hooker, 55, and her husband, Brian Hooker,…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago  (129+ words) Police in the Bahamas said late Wednesday that they have arrested the husband of a U. S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished. Authorities said the 59-year-old man whom they did not identify was arrested in Abaco…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago  (74+ words) >>Weather forecast is above A juvenile is recovering after being shot late Tuesday night on Jefferson Avenue West in Oneonta, according to Chief Jimmy Baldwin. "A juvenile was shot around 11 p. m. last night on Jefferson Avenue West and had to be…...

10+ hour, 49+ min ago  (287+ words) Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that Alabama's education savings account program, known as the CHOOSE Act, drew a record number of applicants in its second year, with nearly 49, 000 students seeking participation. The application period for the 202627 school year closed March…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1009+ words) Israeli strikes hit busy commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning on Wednesday, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U. S. -Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon said at least 182 people were killed and hundreds were wounded, making it…...

12+ hour, 29+ min ago  (84+ words) WVTM Major Maurtice Mills, a 2012 graduate of Spain Park High School, has been named the Marine Corps Aviator of the Year. The award, also known as the Alfred Cunningham Award, honors the top Marine pilot for excellence and achievement. Major…...

7+ hour, 48+ min ago  (210+ words) A man has been arrested on multiple felony charges after investigators found evidence that a child had been sexually abused, and his wife is also facing charges for failing to report it. The investigation began within the past week after…...