Author: Amy Martin

LET’S PLAY GIVEAWAY

*THIS CONTEST ENDED AUGUST 3, 2020** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!! Winners are: Flag Football – Kade Bullard; Tackle Football – Xavier Lee; Baseball – Jaxon Broadrick; Soccer – Lilee Backer; Cheer – Mikinley Skinner Fill out and submit the form below…

Spirit of Alabama: Northridge kicker breaking barriers

When most young girls were joining dance classes, Aileen Charles was passing around the pigskin. She started off by playing flag football in elementary school and had the guts to talk to her coach about joining the team once she…

Health Matters: ADHD

When you think of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, your first thought is likely that it’s a children’s diagnosis, but ADHD is a problem for adults as well. University Medical Center Clinical Psychologist Dr. John Burkhardt said ADHD is…

Featured Teacher: Chelsea Faulkner, Vance Elementary School

Congratulations to Vance Elementary School first-grade teacher Chelsea Faulkner, who’s WVUA 23’s latest Featured Teacher. Foster was nominated by a parent who said she’s made her daughter love school at Vance even in the wake of a family tragedy.…

Ivey honors state’s first Black poet laureate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama’s governor is honoring the state’s first Black poet laureate, a creative writing teacher from Birmingham who delves into the pain and difficulty of being Black in America. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey presented a commendation Wednesday…

Street named for fallen officer has signs installed

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A stretch of a street in west Tuscaloosa now recognizes Investigator Dornell Cousette, a police officer killed in 2019 while trying to take a suspect into custody. Some Tuscaloosa Police officers said they were surprised last week…

Alabama Wins the Iron Bowl 24-22 in Quadruple Overtime

Sports impact millions of people around the world every day. There’s always that one game that fans circle on their calendars. For Alabama, that’s the Iron Bowl. And this year, the Crimson Tide squeaked by with a 24-22 win over…