The tragedy is a reminder of skyrocketing coronavirus cases in the Latinx community. Loved ones hope the mother's death will encourage people to take the virus seriously and help stop its spread.
Coach Nick Saban has been cleared to travel with the Crimson Tide football team and he credits part of his recovery from COVID-19 to receiving convalescent plasma.
The Alabama Dance Theatre announced it will open its 34th season, A Season of Radiance, with a virtual production of Mistletoe at Troy University’s Davis Theatre for a private audience of dancers’ families because of COVID-19 restrictions. However, the theatre will present Mistletoe at Home on Sunda
The prison system’s top leader said the biggest challenge the Alabama Department of Corrections faces during the pandemic is the coronavirus case surge among employees at the prisons.
About 9.1 million who are receiving aid from those programs will be cut off Dec. 26, according to a report from the Century Foundation. An additional 4.4 million are expected to exhaust all 39 weeks by year’s end.
State Rep. Laura Hall, D-Huntsville, is authoring the pieces of legislation, which, among other things, would remove the Confederate flag from the state’s Coat of Arms.
Alabama Department of Public Health officials say they are reviewing the current 14-day home quarantine for people possibly exposed to COVID-19 and making changes to allow for a reduced quarantine period in some cases.
The victim killed in Thursday morning’s semi-truck crash along U.S. Highway 231 in Troy has been identified, according to Troy Police Chief Randall Barr.
