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TUSCALOOSA MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING INFANT DIES ON DEATH ROW

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A death row inmate convicted of killing his 2-month-old son has died in prison. The Alabama Department of Corrections said Wednesday that Willie Dorrell Minor was found unresponsive in his cell at Donaldson Correctional Facility on Dec. 21. He was later pronounced dead. Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton wrote in

LEAPING LEMUR SURPRISES FLORIDA TROOPER DURING DUI ARREST

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – A lemur surprised a Florida Highway Patrol trooper when it crawled from a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck that had been stopped for driving erratically and hitting other cars. Dashcam video shows the lemur peeking out of the trailer before hopping to the ground and leaping around the trooper

SIX FLORIDA STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER EATING THC GUMMIES

MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) – Six Florida middle school students were treated at a hospital after eating THC-infused gummy candies while in gym class. The Lakeland Ledger reports that a 12-year-old had the gummies and shared them with friends on Thursday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said five students were taken to the hospital via ambulance

PROTESTERS GATHER OUTSIDE HOOVER MAYOR’S HOME, DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MALL SHOOTING VICTIM

Protests erupted at Hoover mayor Frank Brocato’s home last night. The protests started around 8 p.m. Nov. 27. People were demanding video surveillance of the Riverchase Galleria shooting be released. Earlier that day, Hoover City Council members had little to say after going into executive session at a special called meeting. The meeting was to discuss

WHATLEY HEALTH SERVICES CEO STEPS DOWN

By WVUA 23 Reporter Erin McNally and WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Savannah Bullard Whatley Health Services, a nonprofit health care provider for low-income families, is getting a new CEO. CEO Deborah Tucker is stepping down from her position after leading Whatley for 18 years. Interim CEO David Gay said he’s excited about his new role.

CITY OF TUSCALOOSA TO APPLY FOR $3 MILLION WORKFORCE GRANT

By WVUA 23 Reporter Jabaree Prewitt and WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Savannah Bullard The city of Tuscaloosa, in partnership with the West Alabama Chamber Foundation, are applying for the JP Morgan Advancing Cities Grant. The purpose of the $3 million grant, which must be used over a three-year period with no city match, is for

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS DISCUSS DEADLY WILDFIRES

By WVUA 23 Reporter Alessandra Pontbriand and WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Savannah Bullard The death toll from the Camp Fire in northern California has increased to 76, while the number of people unaccounted for increased to 12 to 76. The blaze is now 55 percent contained after consuming more than 149,000 acres. In southern California,

ALABAMA SECRETARY OF STATE: ELECTION DELAYS WON’T HAPPEN HERE

By WVUA 23 Reporter Cameron Crowe and WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Savannah Bullard Almost a year ago, Alabama was a media and political circus during a special election for the senate seat formerly occupied by Jeff Sessions. Democrat Doug Jones won in an upset, and those in charge of the election handled it professionally. Fast

EMPLOYEES OF COMPANY IN WISCONSIN GIFTED GUNS FOR CHRISTMAS

A company in Wisconsin wished its employees a Merry Christmas with brand-new guns. BenShot Bulletproof Bullet Glasses is known for making glassware with real bullets embedded in the glasses. When it came time to pick Christmas gifts for employees, Co-Owner Ben Wolfgram said handguns just made sense. It’s a first for the company that has

FLORIDA POLICE: CHILDREN WATCH WOMEN SLASH EACH OTHER AT BUS STOP

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) – Police say two women wielding shards of a broken coffee mug attacked each other at a Florida school bus stop. News outlets cite a North Port police release as saying dozens of elementary school students waiting at the stop last week witnessed the fight. It says the mug was broken

MIDTERMS 2018: OTHER ELECTIONS, INITIATIVES TO KEEP AN EYE ON TODAY

Election Day is finally here, and it is looking to be one for the history books. With a myriad of firsts, voter turnouts like we have never seen before and races that cannot be called until the last vote is counted, the 2018 midterms are certainly shaping up to be elections to remember. Here are

POSSIBLE TORNADO SENDS 2 TO HOSPITAL IN LOUISIANA

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Emergency officials in Louisiana say two people have been taken to a hospital after a possible tornado touched down. Bobbi Jo Breland with the Washington Parish office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said in an email the storm struck around 3:30 a.m. Thursday just west of Bogalusa. Breland says a

CHIEF: FLORIDA MAN CLIMBED INTO WELL SO HE COULD ‘SAY HE DID IT’

DELEON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say they’ve rescued a Florida man who got stuck after climbing into a 30-feet deep well just “to say he did it.” Volusia County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Scott Smoak tells news outlets the man was stuck for about an hour early Wednesday before being pulled to safety. Smoak

PANEL UPHOLDS SEX-FOR-SPEED-BUMPS CASE AGAINST FLORIDA MAYOR

LANTANA, Fla. (AP) – An ethics panel has found probable cause against a Florida mayor accused of soliciting sex from a resident in exchange for installing speed bumps in her neighborhood. In a statement Wednesday, the Florida Commission on Ethics said it found probable cause that Lantana Mayor David Stewart “misused his position to attempt

$150,000 BAIL SET FOR FLORIDA CITY COMMISSIONER IN SHOOTING CASE

BARTOW, Fla. (AP) – A Florida judge has set bail at $150,000 for a former city commissioner accused of fatally shooting a shoplifter at his store. News outlets report the judge on Thursday also ordered Michael Dunn to remain under house arrest after he leaves jail. The judge said Dunn isn’t allowed to work in

FLORIDA UNIVERSITY WARNS OF ‘SEXTORTION’ EMAIL SCAM

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Officials at the University of Central Florida say an email “sextortion” scam is targeting university accounts. The Orlando Sentinel reports the emails claim to have video of users watching “adult sites” and demanding $900 if they don’t want the video shared with all of their contacts. The university tweeted about the

SOUTHEAST MOSTLY DROUGHT-FREE, ALABAMA AND GEORGIA WORSENING

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The Southeastern United States is mostly free of drought, but a new federal assessment shows conditions are worsening slightly in Georgia and Alabama. A new map released by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows about one-third of Georgia is either abnormally dry or in a moderate drought. About one-quarter of Alabama has

ALABAMA PROFESSOR, STUDENTS ASSISTING JOURNALISTS COVERING HURRICANE MICHAEL

The death toll after Hurricane Michael has now increased to 39 people as more work continues to be done in the Florida Panhandle. As journalists continue to work in the area to cover the disaster, one University of Alabama journalism professor is working there with students to help journalist cover the aftermath. Chandra Clark has

HURRICANE MICHAEL KILLED AT LEAST 29 IN FLORIDA, 39 TOTAL

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Authorities in Florida say Hurricane Michael has killed at least 29 people in the state, bringing the overall death toll to 39. Florida Emergency Management Division spokesman Alberto Moscoso says the state toll stood at 29 on Monday afternoon. Ten deaths have been reported in other states. The latest update in

AMID SQUALOR AND DEBRIS, MICHAEL’S SURVIVORS CLING TO MOTEL

By JAY REEVES Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) – Simply getting through the day is a struggle at the American Quality Lodge, a low-rent motel where dozens of people are living in squalor amid destruction left by Hurricane Michael. Families huddle under makeshift tents and in breezeways strewn with broken glass and roofing fragments,

FLORIDA MAN SAYS HE THOUGHT SEEING UNDERCOVER SEX STING WOULD BE ‘COOL’

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say a Florida man caught in an underage sex sting told deputies he only came to the meeting place because he thought it would be cool to see an undercover sting in action. A Volusia County Sheriff’s Office release says 34-year-old James Bowen is one of seven men who

MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE TODDLER FOUND DEAD IN HOT OVEN

By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A grandmother is being questioned after her dead granddaughter was found inside a heated oven in a Mississippi town. Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin Williams tells local news outlets the 20-month-old girl had also been stabbed when she was found dead Monday night in Shaw. The grandmother

SEARS DECLARES BANKRUPTCY

Sears is sinking and the previously dominant retail chain has filed for bankruptcy. The company, which has been around for 132 years, has suffered with financial issues over the past few years and has accumulated major debts. They were unable to pay a $134 million debt payment which was due Oct. 15. President Donald Trump

EXPERT: STUDY NEEDED ON WHY PEOPLE DON’T EVACUATE

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) – A Florida hurricane expert says officials need to study why so many people refuse to evacuate ahead of a deadly storm such as Hurricane Michael. Craig Fugate is former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and a former emergency management chief for the state of Florida. Fugate is skeptical of

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