NEW VOTERS TO THE POLLS
Alabama’s Primary Election will be on March 1st and the deadline to register or update voting registrations will be on February 12th. For many, this will be their first time at the polls.
Archives: January 2016
Championship Celebration
WVUA23’s broadcast of the 2015 Alabama National Championship Celebration.
MAN TRIES TO RUN OVER NARCOTICS AGENT
TUSCALOOSA: Renato Luberto Savage is in custody after he attempted to run over a West Alabama Narcotics Agent last night. Savage, who was arrested last month on several narcotics offenses, was spotted on Kauloosa Avenue near Peco by agents. Officers knew he was violating his parole in Mississippi from the previous arrests. When officers stopped
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MAN STABBED ATTEMPTING TO HELP MAN IN DISTRESS
GLENCOE, Ala. (AP) – A northeastern Alabama man is recovering after he says he was stabbed in the chest upon getting out of his vehicle to help what he thought was a man in distress. Glencoe Police Chief Jonathan Horton tells media outlets that a Southside man was driving home Monday night from Gadsden when
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HEROIC TRUCK DRIVER NAMED A “HIGHWAY ANGEL”
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama truck driver was named a Highway Angel for his efforts in searching for a missing baby after the mother’s car crashed into a creek in August. The Truckload Carriers Association said in a news release Wednesday that Steve Elliott of Phenix City was driving on his way to Mobile
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TARGET THIEF GETS PRISON SENTENCE
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama federal judge has sentenced a man to about a year behind bars for stealing roughly $72,000 from Target stores across nine states. Reports say Chavito Ferguson was sentenced Thursday to 12 months and one day in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of wire fraud in September. Ferguson
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ALABAMA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES FOR SECOND MONTH
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s unemployment rate is up slightly from a month ago. Labor statistics released Friday show the state’s jobless rate rose to 6.2 percent in December, up from 6 percent in November. Alabama Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington said in a statement that while an increase is never celebrated, it also indicates that
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AEA NO LONGER MAKING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AS IT SEEKS TO PAY OFF PAC LOANS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Education Association, long a major presence in Alabama campaigns, will halt direct political contributions while it pays off debts incurred in the 2014 state elections, officials said this week. AEA President Sheila Remington and Amy Marlowe, a spokeswoman for the AEA, said in separate interviews that the once-powerful teachers’
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DISASTER DECLARATION SIGNED FOR AREAS HIT BY DECEMBER FLOODS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Officials say federal disaster assistance is available for people in areas that were hit by storms and floods in late December. A statement from the White House Friday said President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration covering 39 of the state’s 67 counties including Blount, Cullman and Perry. Alabama Gov. Robert
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AVOIDING ANOTHER “SNOWPOCALYPSE”
By WVUA 23 Student Reporter Ashlyn Irons TUSCALOOSA- Its no secret. A lot of Southerners don’t know how to deal with snow. The mere possibility of flurries sends good ole boys and girls to their panic rooms. UA student and Wisconsin native, Laura Neumann, said that when she first got to Alabama, she found the
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STUDENT TAKES KINDNESS CHALLENGE TO A NEW LEVEL
By WVUA 23 Student Reporter Alexa Armstrong NORTHPORT–Mac Hunt, 12, an Echols Middle School student and son of Northport Police Department’s Carrie Baker, overheard his mom on the phone trying to find a warm place for someone to stay as the cold weather takes over Tuscaloosa County. Upon hearing this Mac felt thankful for the warm
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WALKER COUNTY JOB FAIR HAS HUGE TURNOUT
Thursday in Walker County, over 500 people looking for work attended a job fair held at the Community Health Systems building in Jasper. There were over 50 employers there. The job fair was open to the public, but many people there were miners who’ve lost their jobs due to the declining coal industry The event
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REMEMBERING BETHANY HARRIS
LIVINGSTON, AL – A memorial service was held in honor of 19 year old UWA student, Bethany Harris. Harris was killed after being ejected from her car when it left the road and hit a tree. The investigation revealed that Harris was not wearing a seat belt. Friends and family are asking others to honor the life
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BIBB COUNTY 911 BOARD MEETS, DISCUSSES AMBULANCE PROBLEM
CENTERVILLE- Residents of Bibb County met Wednesday night with the county 911 board to discuss possible solutions to a growing emergency medical services coverage shortage. Since November, local fire departments have been forced to serve as backup EMS providers when ambulances from AmServ EMS are unavailable while on other calls. Several proposals were discussed at the
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CLOSED DOOR TUBERCULOSIS MEETING IN MONTGOMERY
47 cases of Tuberculosis were discovered in Perry County. It caused a major hit to the school system’s Athletics Program. Tuesday night, the basketball games between R.C. Hatch High School and Greensboro High and Demopolis was cancelled. It sparked an emergency closed door meeting between the Alabama High School Athletic Association, The Central Control Board
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POLICE TALK CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY
Technology helps people connect with others all over the globe. WVUA 23 spoke with law enforcement officials about how cell phone technology, in particular, has changed how they investigate crimes. “It has been helpful in a lot of ways because everybody has a cell phone these days. even kids. it has helped families to locate
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TIDER INSIDER TV 1-20-2016
Derrick Henry and A’Shawn Robinson were the only Alabama juniors to declare for the NFL Draft. That means many members of the 2015 National Championship team will be returning for their senior season. Plus who will be the starting QB for 2016?
TUBERCULOSIS IN PERRY COUNTY AFFECTS SCHOOL ATHLETICS
State officials reported that forty-seven Perry County residents tested positive for tuberculosis. Not only does that number affect the community, but now, Perry County School System. Outside systems are now fearful of students coming into contact with the disease. Perry County’s senator and the school system’s superintendent speaks on the subject.
SALVATION ARMY IN TUSCALOOSA SET TO OPEN IN FEBRUARY
The Salvation Army will open it’s doors in February. The 88 bed facility off Greensboro Avenue will also include rooms for families, making it one of the largest homeless shelters in the state. The old facility was destroyed in the April 27, 2011 Tornado.
3 MAJOR GROCERY STORES LOOKING TO LOCATE IN MOUNDVILLE
Early January, WVUA 23 News spoke Exclusively with Moundville Mayor Tony Lester about bringing a new grocery store to Moundville. After the story ran, the next day, Mayor Lester says he was contacted by companies looking to locate to Moundville.
MLK DAY MARCH AND RALLY
People of all ages gathered Monday to honor the life and legacy of the late Dr. martin Luther King Jr. with a unity march and rally beginning at Foster Auditorium on the campus of the University of Alabama. From there, the crowd marched down University Boulevard to Tuscaloosa City Hall where a rally was held that included
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HOLIDAYS ON THE RIVER CLOSES MONDAY
TUSCALOOSA–The ice skating rink at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater is closing on Monday for the season. This year Holidays on the River was open longer into the new year thanks to rainy weather and the National Championship game.
MURDER SUSPECT BEHIND BARS AFTER HIGH-SPEED CHASE
The search for two men police say were involved in the death of a man at the Heights at Skyland apartment complex earlier this week is over. Tuscaloosa police said they found the silver Honda Accord connected to the shooting around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Investigators said they learned the occupants of the vehicle at that time,
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DEBATE OVER SOUTH’S CONFEDERATE HERITAGE CONTINUES
By WVUA Student Reporter Ashlyn Irons TUSCALOOSA- Heated hearings in New Orleans on Thursday sealed the fate of three historic Confederate monuments within the city. But the fate of Confederate monuments in the present day is bringing question and debates for the South as a whole. Some residents claim the monuments celebrate an ugly moment in
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