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The grocery store is set to open in Tenleytown on Wednesday, July 13.
WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: The video above was originally published on May 12, 2022.
The long-awaited opening of D.C.'s first Wegmans on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest is coming soon. The popular grocery store chain announced that the City Ridge location would open on July 13 at 9 a.m.
Wegmans says they are still hiring additional employees for this location and that people are encouraged to apply on their website.
Last year, Wegmans announced that the grocery store was opening on Wisconsin Ave. They said they were planning to hire about 450 people, including 150 full-time employees.
Wegmans is also still expanding its staff at its Reston location and is actively seeking 150 full-time employees. The Reston location is set to open in 2023. According to a press release, the store will hire more than 400 people, with the majority of the hires being local.
According to data from Mayor Muriel Bowser's office in January, some neighborhoods west of the Anacostia River average one grocery store for every 10,000 residents, while only three of the District's grocery stores are located east of the River.
"There are currently only two existing full-service grocery stores in Ward 7, serving 80,669 residents, of which 92% are African American," Bowser wrote.
The data was released as part of the mayor's plan to one a grocery store at Capitol Gateway Marketplace in Ward 7.
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A second person has also been charged with impersonating a Federal officer.
WALDORF, Md. — A Maryland man is facing multiple charges after officials say he impersonated a U.S. Marshal.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office District of Maryland, 37-year-old Antione William Tuckson has been indicted on charges of false impersonation of an officer and employee of the United States and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Officials have also charged 40-year-old Nijea Nicole Rich as a co-conspirator.
Officials claim Tuckson and Rich pretended to be Deputy United States Marshalls and that Tuckson also illegally possessed a 9mm caliber semi-automatic pistol.
Court documents show Tuckson allegedly has a history of impersonating law enforcement going back to December 2020, when he allegedly used the registered trademark “USMS Special Services,” along with police-style vehicles equipped with red and blue flashing lights, weapons, a fake identification card and badge, and other law enforcement gear to pose as a Deputy United States Marshal.
According to court documents, Tuckson was working as a security guard with a dog at a restaurant in Prince George's County on March 6, 2022. While working, he allegedly detained two customers who had disputed their bill. Tuckson is accused of falsely identifying himself as a Deputy United States Marshal to Prince George’s County Police Department in an attempt to justify his weapon. When officers arrived, they asked about his federal status and Tuckson identified Rich as his supervisor at the United States Marshals Service. Officers arrested Tuckson and took his 9mm firearm from his hip.
Shortly after Tuckson was arrested, Rich arrived, reportedly wearing police-style clothing, and claimed to Prince George’s County Police officers that the canine was her emotional support animal and was also a patrol dog owned by Tuckson, according to an affidavit. When she approached the officers she allegedly said “You locked up a U.S. Marshal?”
The dog was taken by the Prince George’s County Animal Services Division (ASD). Court documents state Rich identified herself as a U.S. Marshal and displayed an identification card that said U.S. Marshal to an ASD employee the next morning. When officials searched personnel databases, there was no record of Tuckson or Rich having ever been U.S. Marshals or employees of the U.S. Marshals Service.
The pair were arrested on May 20 after a search of Tuckson's home and made their first court appearance later that day at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. Tuckson was ordered to be detained pending trial, but Rich was released under supervision.
If convicted of impersonation, Tuckson and Rich will face a maximum sentence of three years in federal prison. Rich also faces a maximum of five years in federal prison for the conspiracy and Tuckson faces a maximum of 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. | 2022-05-23T23:53:44Z | www.wusa9.com | Maryland man, woman indicted for impersonating a U.S. Marshal | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/maryland-man-indicted-impersonating-us-marshal-deputy/65-2588be72-9b25-4b75-9e8d-8ff8fd79be26 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/maryland-man-indicted-impersonating-us-marshal-deputy/65-2588be72-9b25-4b75-9e8d-8ff8fd79be26 |
One parent started a Facebook group to help find formula as the shortage continues.
WASHINGTON — Parents are still scrambling to find formula for their kids, so one Northern Virginia mom started a Facebook group to help each other.
A few weeks ago, Luly, who asked that we don't use her last name due to her husband's job, started noticing empty shelves where the formula she usually buys for her newborn should be. Other parents started to post on social media that they were noticing the same thing.
“I'm telling you, they're desperate," she said.
That simple need -- food for her baby -- Luly started to worry she wouldn't be able to fill.
“It's so primal to be like, our babies have to be fed," she said. "I just couldn't imagine just sitting by and being like, hopefully . . . they took care of what you need to take care of, I'll take care of mine. I just, I'm not wired that way.”
So, she started the NOVA Baby Formula Finding Network Facebook page to connect parents with each other.
In a little over a week, it's already at 2,500 members.
“It's growing because people's needs are not being met, Luly said.
This Falls Church family has had to make some hard decisions since 2-year-old Ellie has food allergies and can only tolerate four solid foods. https://t.co/OUoY59egJm
Luly said parents will post what they're looking for or photos and locations of where they've found formula. They've had parents as far away as California and Florida looking for help.
“I mean, people are, I'm telling you, people are messaging me. This mom sent me a photo of her baby and she's like, if it hadn't been for you, my baby would not have been fed this week," Luly said. "Do you know what that's like? I cannot imagine. I can't imagine.”
She said she will keep monitoring the group. "My goal would be that at some point, our group is no longer necessary.” | 2022-05-24T11:47:05Z | www.wusa9.com | Northern Virginia moms helping each other find formula | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/northern-virginia-moms-helping-find-baby-formula-shortage/65-1a3c5b37-7371-4aed-b8f1-ba05472e13fd | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/northern-virginia-moms-helping-find-baby-formula-shortage/65-1a3c5b37-7371-4aed-b8f1-ba05472e13fd |
15-year-old charged with killing two men in Woodbridge shooting
Virginia teen arrested on murder charges for double fatal shooting
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The teen was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two 23-year-old men at the Woodbridge Station Apartment complex.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection to the shooting deaths of two men at a Prince William County apartment.
On Sunday, May 15 just after 4 p.m., officers responded to the Woodbridge Station Apartments complex located in the 13600 block of Mary's Way in Woodbridge to investigate a destruction of property incident.
When police arrived at the location, a resident of the apartment told police that a bullet hole was found in his ceiling, appearing to have come from the apartment above him. A bullet fragment was found on the residence's floor. Officers knocked on the door of the upstairs apartment, but no one answered.
Officers requested maintenance to open the apartment door, and once inside officers found two men unresponsive, both of whom had been shot. First responders were called to the scene, and both men were pronounced dead.
Police later identified the two men as Malik Xavier Lamar Davis, 23, of Woodbridge and Christian Jamar Roberts, 23, of Dumfries.
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According to police, there were no additional injuries or other property damage reported. There was also no sign of forced entry into the apartment.
Further investigation revealed that the victims and other acquaintances, including the 15-year-old arrested, had been together inside the apartment. At some point, a fight broke out, shots were fired and the two 23-year-old men were killed.
Based on preliminary investigation, Prince William County Police arrested and charged a 15-year-old on May 19. He is charged with:
One count of use of a firearm in a commission of a felony
Once count of shooting into an occupied dwelling
One count of possession of a firearm by a person under 18
The suspect is being held at the Prince William County Juvenile Detention Center.
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Police say that a fight broke out between two groups which left one person shot and another injured.
WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: The video above was published on May 24, 2022, and addresses a different incident.
A man in D.C. was shot Tuesday evening on Upshur St. in Northwest, D.C. near Theodore Roosevelt High School. Police are saying they received a report around 4:14 p.m. regarding sounds of gunshots in the area.
Police report that a fight broke out between two groups which left one person shot and another injured. Officers located the man suffering from a gunshot wound when they arrived. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
According to investigators, the second man was found suffering from assault injuries He was taken to a hospital and has non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials say they have been in contact with the nearby high school and that the students were not in any danger at any time. The school's dismissal was called and after-school activities continued inside with staff present.
Police say they do not know how many shots were fired during the shooting.
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Fight in DC leaves one man shot and another injured, police say
The deadly shooting led schools in Maryland and Virginia to announce plans to have a higher police presence on campuses Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — Schools across the DMV are planning to have an increased police presence on campus following a mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school that claimed the lives of at least 19 children.
Governor Greg Abbott said the 18-year-old man walked into Robb Elementary School, about 85 miles west of San Antonio, and opened fire. It was the deadliest school shooting in Texas history and the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.
In Loudoun County, the sheriff's office (LCSO) tweeted an announcement that more deputies will be at schools to "ensure that our community feels safe." LCSO said there are no reported threats but the higher than usual presence is out of caution.
The City of Hyattsville Police Department will also have a higher presence than usual at schools within the city in order to provide reassurance to the community.
"That plan includes increased patrols at all of our schools, both on foot and in vehicles, the monitoring of social media for copy-cat threats, and speaking with parents, educators and community members to answer questions and ease fears," the department tweeted.
Students in Anne Arundel County will also see more law enforcement at schools. The Anne Arundel County Police Department says they are doing it not because of any threat but in order to help students feel secure.
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The shooting comes about 7 hours after another shooting on Upshur Street in Northwest.
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers are investigating another shooting in Northwest D.C., this time in the 1200 block of North Capitol St.
MPD officials say they were called to the area after receiving a report of gunshots in the area. When police arrived on the scene they did not find a victim, but they did see evidence a shots were fired in the area.
A short time later a male victim, approximately 18 to 25 years old, arrived at a local hospital with gunshot wounds. The victim's current condition is unknown at this time, police said.
So far, police say they do not have any information on possible suspects or motive in the shooting.
The 1200 block of North Capitol St. was shut down for the investigation but has since reopened, according to officials.
This latest incident comes approximately seven hours after MPD reported a shooting and assault in the area of 13th St. and Upshur St. NW, near Theodore Roosevelt High School.
Police say a fight broke out between two groups which left one person shot and another injured from assault. The man who was shot was rushed to a local hospital with critical injuries.
The second victim is expected to recover.
Anyone who has information about either of these shootings is asked to contact police at 202-727-9099 or text the department's tip line at 50411.
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This 100-year-old World War II veteran is still helping his neighbors | Get Uplifted
Frank Smith shows us that you're never too old to help your community.
WASHINGTON — Frank Smith is showing us all that you're never too old to help out in the community. The World War II veteran turned 100 years old earlier this month, but he's still helping his neighbors.
After World War II, Frank worked as a farmer and then as a prison chaplain. After he retired, he was looking for a way to continue serving his neighbors. For the last five years, Frank has volunteered with a senior center five days a week. He delivers as many as two dozen meals a day to members of his community.
But Frank isn't just filling bellies, he's feeding the soul with his kindness and his hugs.
"A hug is good medicine. It makes people know that somebody cares, and that's what I do," Frank said. | 2022-05-25T11:14:31Z | www.wusa9.com | Veteran still serves others even at 100 years old | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/life/heartwarming/get-uplifted/100-year-old-wwii-vet-helps-neighbors/65-aef0f3ca-4551-4f29-a74e-467b870a4bee | https://www.wusa9.com/article/life/heartwarming/get-uplifted/100-year-old-wwii-vet-helps-neighbors/65-aef0f3ca-4551-4f29-a74e-467b870a4bee |
The program, called "Ascend West Virginia," wants to use the state's natural beauty and a little cash to make it a remote-work destination.
Here is how it works. The program offers remote workers $10,000 to move to one of the three pilot areas that launched in 2021: Lewisburg, Shepherdstown, or Morgantown.
They will receive another $2,000 for the second year. But the cash is only part of the incentive package.
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Bubba Wallace is the only full-time African American NASCAR driver.
Bubba Wallace is now looking into other ways to make NASCAR more diverse. Wallace teamed up with LEIDOS – A Science and technology leader based out of Reston, Virginia - to help change the culture in NASCAR.
"With all they do in the military field and embrace diversity and inclusion it aligns with our core values," said Wallace.
"Kids that are looking up to me they might not want to drive necessarily, but they want to be part of the sport and want to see a familiar face on the pit crew," said Desira Stearns, the Strategic Diversity Outreach Director at LEIDOS. She believes this a perfect partnership. "Inclusion is the foundation, where you have people coming into an environment where they feel welcomed, they feel engaged and they feel connected. It's a common vision Wallace, 23XI Racing, and LEIDOS share."
In 2018, Bubba Wallace became the first African-American driver to compete full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series since NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Wendell Scott in 1971. In 2021, Wallace became the first African-American driver to win a Cup Series race since Scott won in Jacksonville in 1963.
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Bubba became the face of diversity & inclusion after the George Floyd protests. Now, he hopes his partnership with @LeidosInc will help change the culture in @NASCAR.
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Aside from Bubba Wallace, only seven Black drivers have ever participated in a top NASCAR race and Wallace believes NASCAR isn’t alone in its lack of diversity.
"I mean, not only NASCAR but every organization, every company in the world, sees now how big diversity is and it's sad that we've waited this long; but, it's also humbling to know that I'm one of the ones in our sport, and there are so many others that are in other leagues and other businesses."
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Bubba Wallace is a graduate of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Development Program, which was created in 2004 for female and ethnically diverse drivers and pit crew members who have the potential and determination to succeed at the highest levels of NASCAR. There are more than 55 graduates now working in NASCAR and more than 25 at the NASCAR Cup Series level. The program has a 100% placement rate and drives approximately $2 million in salary.
"I think the culture is changing. But having a set answer, you never really know. It's a journey. Because if you have an answer, then that means we have a destination," said Wallace. "I don't think this process ever has a destination. It's always a journey. And you're going to cross a path that you have to figure out how to navigate through."
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Teen whose parents died in Bowie car crash granted full-ride scholarship to Hampton University
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Carlos Manuel Castro-Perez was last seen in the 2300 block of Blueridge Avenue around 5 a.m.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Police are asking for the public's help finding a missing 14-year-old who hasn't been seen since Friday, May 20.
According to a release from the Montgomery County Department of Police, 14-year-old Carlos Manuel Castro-Perez was last seen in the 2300 block of Blueridge Avenue around 5 a.m.
Carlos is described as being 5'3" tall and weighing around 130 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a gold necklace, a dark grey t-shirt, light blue jeans and white and blue Nike sneakers. He may be carrying a black and gray backpack.
Investigators say Carlos's family is worried about his welfare.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 301-279-8000 (24-hour line) or the Special Victims Investigations Division at 240-773-5400.
Credit: Montgomery County Police
MISSING: Carlos Manuel Castro-Perez
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ANNANDALE, Va. — Editor's Note: The video above was published on May 21, 2022.
An 83-year-old woman died after a group of people gathered in a parking lot were hit by a car in Annandale, Virginia on May 20.
According to a release from the Fairfax County Police Department, the crash happened in the 7200 block of Maple Place when the driver of a car swerved off the road and hit four people standing together in the parking lot.
Investigators believe the driver dropped food and spilled a drink inside her car and was trying to pick up what she dropped when she lost control of the vehicle. The driver crossed a median before hitting the group and driving into a metal fence. Officers say the people were gathered in the parking lot to discuss a community project in the area.
One of the people hit, 83-year-old Eileen Garnett, was taken to a nearby hospital for help but later died from her injuries.
Investigators say speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the crash.
Officials say this incident is the seventh pedestrian-related fatality in the county this year. In 2021, five people died after being hit by cars in the county.
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Louis Allen is accused of touching a girl "unlawfully" at Lake Accotink Park in Springfield on May 21. When the girl's family confronted the man he drove away.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A Lorton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the sexual assault of a girl at Lake Accotink Park in Springfield.
In a news release, Fairfax County Police Department identified the man arrested as 42-year-old Louis Allen.
FCPD says the assault was reported to authorities on May 21. On that day, investigators say Allen approached a girl around 6 p.m. on a playground. Police say Allen started talking to the child and "unlawfully" touched her thigh.
The girl left the play area to avoid Allen, but he later followed her into the water and touched her once more. Police did not indicate where Allen touched her on this occasion.
Credit: Fairfax County Police Department
Louis Allen was arrested by police in connection with a sexual assault that happened at Lake Accotink Park in Fairfax County, police say.
According to FCPD, the girl told members of her family that she was touched by Allen so they went to confront him.
Investigators say when the family members were confronting Allen he got into a vehicle and left the park. The family reported the assault to police and provided investigators with cell phone video of the man as well as the vehicle's registration that he left in.
After receiving this identifying information, FCPD's Major Crimes Bureau obtained an arrest warrant for Allen "for aggravated sexual battery."
Detectives from Fugitive Track and Apprehension Unit as well as with the U.S. Marshals Service starting tracking Allen and he was arrested on Wednesday. He was also served with an additional three outstanding warrants that "included two counts of failure to appear and one count of simple assault against a family member."
Police took Allen t the Adult Detection Center and he is being held without bond. FCPD's Major Crimes Bureau’s Victim Services Division has assigned victim advocates to assist the family of the young girl assaulted to provide appropriate resources.
Anyone with information about this case or knowledge of additional inappropriate conduct by Allen should call Fairfax County Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-8477.
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Extra police, locked doors, drills and training for students and staff at these DMV schools.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — In the wake of the tragic shooting at a Texas elementary school Tuesday, WUSA9 reached out to numerous local school leaders to discuss safety measures in our region’s schools.
One thing was clear: Even on a difficult day, the work continues.
“I’m a parent myself, so we’re all hurting,” said Kate Hession the Executive Director of the Maryland Center for School Safety.
The center trains school staff and works with local, state and federal partners to develop security strategies for schools throughout Maryland.
“I think that's one thing that parents may not realize is happening in the school systems that there is, again, that whole community of individuals to include administrators and law enforcement that when a report of a concern comes to them,” explained Hession. “That they talk it through as a group, they work through that situation, and they make decisions about how to react.”
In fact, Hession said this school year alone the center received 700 reports on the state’s anonymous tip line: Safe schools Maryland or 1-833-MD-B-Safe.
“We get the doors propped open, things like that. But we do get concerns about individuals' self-harm to an individual,” she said.
In Virginia, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Brabrand canceled a county-wide principals’ meeting set for Thursday.
“I canceled it because our school leadership needs to be in schools today, tomorrow and frankly, in the days and weeks ahead, as we close out the school year, meeting with kids connecting with kids and with their families, to reassure them, that we have the most advanced safety systems available in Fairfax County Public Schools,” said Superintendent Brabrand.
He said that includes updated locks, annual crisis training, school resource officers and mental health assessments.
“We really had been training our counselors and our teachers in looking for the warning signals of kids who are starting to not pay as much attention in school, not come to school as often,” explained Brabrand.
“It takes the entire community to keep our schools and our students safe,” added Hession.
For many school leaders that means lawmakers.
“Our leaders have to come up with a solution to this issue of gun violence,” said Brabrand. “Maybe this is a place where we can come to a compromise in the name of our children.”
The CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools and the Chief of the Board of Education released a joint statement writing, “We urge policymakers to end the cycle of preventable school shootings with legislation that prioritizes the safety of those who teach, learn and work in schools." | 2022-05-26T01:22:05Z | www.wusa9.com | School leaders discuss safety measures in wake of Uvalde shooting | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/local-school-leaders-emphasize-security-in-wake-of-uvalde-school-shooting/65-6e2a1f28-1cff-47a0-8ec7-f2bacbed25d0 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/local-school-leaders-emphasize-security-in-wake-of-uvalde-school-shooting/65-6e2a1f28-1cff-47a0-8ec7-f2bacbed25d0 |
The former roommate, testifying under a pseudonym, said Timothy Hale-Cusanelli spoke about how he believed a civil war was "the simplest solution."
WASHINGTON — Jurors in the trial of a former Army reservist charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol Building heard testimony Wednesday from a key government witness: the defendant’s former roommate, who agreed to wear a wire for federal investigators.
The roommate, who testified under the pseudonym “Mike Jacobs” due to concerns about retribution by Timothy Hale-Cusanelli’s supporters, was called to the stand Wednesday afternoon. He said Hale-Cusanelli was assigned as his roommate in 2018 while both were stationed at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Colts Neck, New Jersey. Jacobs was serving at the time as a medic in the U.S. Navy. Hale-Cusanelli was an Army reservist working as a private security contractor on the base.
Jacobs described their relationship over roughly three-and-a-half years as “cordial,” though said they didn’t really socialize after work. He said they would frequently talk – almost always about politics or social issues and often specifically about how Hale-Cusanelli believed Democrats and President Joe Biden were “puppets” for Jewish interests. Jacobs, who is Black, said he and Hale-Cusanelli, who is white, were “definitely on different” sides politically, but that he enjoys speaking to people who disagreed with him and that it never had a negative impact on their living situation. The one thing they found they couldn’t discuss without the conversation becoming too heated, Jacobs said, was race relations in America.
Judge McFadden said he felt evidence of Timothy Hale-Cusanelli's anti-Semitic views and pro-Nazi/Hitler statements were cumulative with other statements about wanting a civil war and to "purge Congress." And, he said, it would obviously prejudice the jury. https://t.co/NC1RQwwik2
Though the two lived together for years, the bulk of Jacobs’ testimony focused on a single conversation they had a few days after the Capitol riot. Jacobs said FBI and NCIS agents had spoken to him and asked him to wear a wire to record Hale-Cusanelli discussing what he’d done on Jan. 6. Jacobs agreed, testifying that he believed it was the right thing to do. Federal investigators eventually paid Jacobs $4,000, but he said he wasn’t aware he would be compensated when he agreed to wear the wire.
The recording played in court began with Jacobs asking Hale-Cusanelli a question: “Why are you so scared of getting caught?”
“You know,” Hale-Cusanelli responded. “The 10-year felony thing… I could be labeled a domestic terrorist. It’s a thing they’re saying.”
Jacobs then asked Hale-Cusanelli if he was one of the people who entered the Capitol in a military-style stack formation. Hale-Cusanelli said no, but that he had used “a lot of hand signals” that could be viewed as tactical signals.
“I know I was yelling ‘advance’ a lot,” Hale-Cusanelli said.
Hale-Cusanelli also told Jacobs he’d stashed some of the clothing he’d worn on Jan. 6 at a friends house, and that he had a flagpole he’d seen used to strike a police officer in the head.
About the riot itself, Hale-Cusanelli spoke enthusiastically about his participation.
“I can’t describe how exhilarating it was,” he said. “The adrenaline. The rush. The sense of purpose.”
How do you recreate that, Jacobs asked?
“War,” Hale-Cusanelli said.
When Jacobs said he didn’t think civil war was going to happen in the U.S., Hale-Cusanlli responded, “Not yet.”
“How would you even make that happen?” Jacobs asked.
“Let me tell you. If we had more people, we could have cleared that whole building,” Hale-Cusanelli said, adding a short time later, “It’s only a matter of time. They don’t want to be the ones to fire the first shot.”
He broached the subject of civil war again several more times, at one point saying, “Civil war, not that I want that, but I think it is the simplest solution, the most likely outcome and the best shot at a clean bill of health for our society.” At another point, Hale-Cusanelli told Jacobs he didn’t necessarily want to see violence.
“It’s not like I want to see people dead on the street,” he said. “I’m not a complete sociopath. But I literally don’t see a political future going forward.”
For prosecutors, who had in the first day of the trial described Hale-Cusanelli as someone who “genuinely believes in civil war” as proof he intended to obstruct Congress on Jan. 6, the recording from that point became a mixed bag. Hale-Cusanelli told Jacobs several times there was no plan to obstruct the certification of electoral votes and claimed that he became agitated only when police began firing rubber bullets at protestors. But, Hale-Cusanelli also spoke favorably of a future, hypothetical conflict.
“There was no plan to overthrow the government like they keep saying,” Hale-Cusanelli told Jacobs. “But there will be.”
On cross-examination, Hale-Cusanelli’s attorney, Jonathan Crisp, pressed Jacobs on statements he made suggesting he didn’t really think his roommate was serious about any of the things he was saying.
“Didn’t you actually say you could tell this was all fantasyland?” Crisp asked.
“Yes,” Jacobs said.
“He never says, ‘I went in there to stop the electoral count, does he?” Crisp followed up.
“No,” Jacobs responded.
While the recordings and Jacobs’ testimony took up much of the afternoon, it’s not all jurors will have to look at. On Tuesday, prosecutors entered dozens of text messages from Hale-Cusanelli expressing his belief that the election was stolen and that Jan. 6 would result in a reversal through slates of faithless electors he believed multiple states were sending. In the texts, Hale-Cusanelli also repeated his desire to “get the civil war started already” – something assistant U.S. attorney Karen Seifert hammered home one last time during her final questions for Jacobs.
“Who brings civil war into the conversation?” she asked.
“Tim did,” Jacobs said.
The trial was set to resume Thursday morning with both prosecutors and the defense expected to rest their cases that day. | 2022-05-26T01:22:18Z | www.wusa9.com | Roommate who wore wire testifies in Capitol riot suspect's trial | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/roommate-who-wore-wire-for-fbi-testifies-at-army-reservists-capitol-riot-trial-timothy-hale-cusanelli/65-656cc64f-be48-4050-8ecb-3a7265611006 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/roommate-who-wore-wire-for-fbi-testifies-at-army-reservists-capitol-riot-trial-timothy-hale-cusanelli/65-656cc64f-be48-4050-8ecb-3a7265611006 |
The tragedy in Uvalde also has the Fairfax County Chief of Police, Kevin Davis saying that it is time to end the debate over resource officers in schools.
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — The shooting deaths of 19 elementary students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas have reignited the debate over school resource officers in Virginia.
Following the shooting at Robb Elementary School, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin met with multiple members of his cabinet Wednesday to evaluate future steps to improve school safety reviving his plan to assign $50 million in the state budget so that every school in the commonwealth has a school resource officer.
This year, a bill that would require every public school in Virginia to have a full-time police officer failed in the senate. Opponents of the legislation like the ACLU of Virginia argue that "policing in schools disproportionately targets students of color and students with disabilities" adding that the presence of an SRO "allows for escalation of routine administrative discipline."
"The conversations that I have had with principals, administrators and teachers throughout my career, they realize the value of police officers inside of schools," said Davis to WUSA9.
Currently, every middle school and high school in Fairfax County has an SRO, with the exception of Robinson, Hayfield and Lake Braddock Secondary Schools; they each have two.
Father of three daughters, Fredy Burgos has been advocating for increased school safety for years. He says the time to act is now.
"We have over 180,000 students so we have a potential that something could happen because of the amount of people that attend our schools. It is important that we have the ability to protect all of our students," says Burgos who serves as the Vice-chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Virginia.
There is still time for Younkin's SRO plan to be included in the budget, Virginia lawmakers will head back to Richmond for a special session on the budget on June 1.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin calls for lawmakers to fund school resource officers in every school in the state. | 2022-05-26T04:28:28Z | www.wusa9.com | Virginia reignited debate over school resource officers | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/school-shooting-texas-reignites-push-sros-virginia/65-ce55f6e8-4126-4198-9b01-dfaf7956fd58 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/school-shooting-texas-reignites-push-sros-virginia/65-ce55f6e8-4126-4198-9b01-dfaf7956fd58 |
The incident frightened large groups of children playing in fields nearby, sending them running.
MANASSAS, Va. — A man whose actions allegedly left two people shot and shocked hundreds of children and their families has turned himself in to police, they say.
Prince William County Police have been searching for 23-year-old Isaiah Malik Gordon since the beginning of May when he was publicly named as a suspect after the shooting near a youth flag football game in Manassas on May 1.
Officers responded before 11 a.m. that day to the report of shots fired near the athletic field of Louise A. Benton Middle School, they said, and ultimately saw that two men received treatment for gunshot wounds.
Dean Ladson, who is a father of a football player, told WUSA9 at the time that he saw two men arguing before the shots were fired and he doesn’t understand why someone would even bring a weapon to a children's sporting event.
The dad said that he was unaware of the nature of the argument. He said he saw at least 200 to 300 kids scattering around after hearing sounds of gunshots from the field.
Gordon has been charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, one count of possession of a firearm on school grounds, two counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and two counts of use of a firearm while on school grounds.
His court date is pending, but he is being held without bond in the interim, according to police.
Reward offered in Manassas Mall shooting that left man dead | 2022-05-26T10:31:46Z | www.wusa9.com | Man who shot 2 near Manassas youth flag football game arrested | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-police-man-who-shot-2-near-manassas-youth-flag-football-game-turns-himself-in/65-0934e1a9-d6af-4ea4-a04a-33201429c351 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-police-man-who-shot-2-near-manassas-youth-flag-football-game-turns-himself-in/65-0934e1a9-d6af-4ea4-a04a-33201429c351 |
County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said she remains "focused on the people who are here,” not Dan Snyder.
GREATER LANDOVER, Md. — Economic equality is about uplifting all neighborhoods, not just a few. A $400-million investment into what’s known as the Blue Line Corridor Project could bring Prince George’s County the economic development some say is love overdue.
County Executive Angela Alsobrooks believes it is a transformation that will move forward, with or without, a new Washington Commanders stadium.
“We believe that this makes it even more attractive for the Commanders to come,” Alsobrooks said. “We're kind of getting ready the soil for them to continue to plant here. And we believe that they add to the vision, they are not the sole vision that we have, but they add significantly to the vision that we already have for sports and entertainment district.”
Asked if she loses any sleep over the stadium decision Alsobrooks was quick to answer.
"No, I'm focused on the people who are here," the county leader said.
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Along Central Avenue in Prince George’s County, you will see signs of promise, and promises unfulfilled.
“As a county, we are talking about a history of people who have been left behind,” Alsobrooks said.
WUSA9 rode with Alsobrooks to learn more about the plan to help close that gap: The Blue Line Corridor Redevelopment. The project is a reimagining of everything from shopping to streetscape along Central Avenue, one of the county’s most vital arteries.
The plan is modeled on a concept known as T-O-D: “Transit Oriented Development" or the creation of compact, walkable, mixed-use communities centered around public train systems. The current Morgan Boulevard Station, on Metro’s Blue Line illustrates the need for such development. Alsobrooks says the lack of restaurants and retail has hurt the people who live here and the county’s overall economic growth.
“Because we have lacked those amenities our residents have had to go elsewhere,” Alsobrooks said. "To shop, to eat, to get medical care, to work. They get on these metros and they take their resources elsewhere. We want to be able to keep all those resources here at home.”
That was supposed to start happening 25 years ago when then-owner Jack Kent Cooke built FedEx Field, pledging an economic boom to the Landover area
It never arrived.
Now, with Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder getting closer to a move to Northern Virginia, purchasing the right to buy 200 acres of land in Woodbridge where a proposed stadium complex could be built, there are questions about whether the economic divide could widen even more if the team leaves Prince George’s County.
Alsobrooks said she is determined not to let that happen.
“We are not going to be held hostage by any one particular entity,” she said.
WUSA9 spoke with Alsobrooks before the Commanders potential land deal in Woodbridge went public. She focused on the plan she and Gov. Larry Hogan announced in April, funding $400 million in tax dollars directed to the Blue Line Corridor redevelopment project around the Commanders current home. That money will help pay for a new library, cultural center and a 10-15,000 seat amphitheater similar to one built in Nashville.
Alsobrooks said there are also plans for a “sports and entertainment district,” a concept she maintains will move forward with, or without, the Commanders.
Prince Georges County has also set aside $66 million of its own for infrastructure improvements, including clearing out trees and re-grading publicly owned, unused land to make them usable retail lots.
Alsobrooks said she understands that Prince Georgians have been let down by stadiums in the past, but said FedEx Field was built during a different era, and she hoped any new stadium built as part of the Blue Line Corridor redevelopment would be a year-round, multi-use facility, not just a host to a dozen games and concerts a year, like its predecessor.
“The way the stadiums are built, the way that they operate in communities, it's changed over the years," she said. "It's no longer the case that a football stadium or venue is just about football."
Construction on the Blue Line Corridor amphitheater and cultural center remains years away. But the county will move quickly to start work on smaller projects like the creation of a civic plaza here at the county office building.
“It’s important for residents to trust change is finally coming,” Alsobrooks said. “And that more is on the way.”
RELATED: Commanders stadium financing bill is losing support of some Virginia lawmakers
A plan working its way through the Virginia legislature to offer Snyder up to $300 million in tax revenues to help him pay for a new stadium in the Commonwealth has stalled making its passage far from certain.
Maryland says it will not offer direct public money to Synder to try and keep his new mecca in Prince George’s County.
RELATED: Some Maryland fans not happy Commanders could move to Virginia | 2022-05-26T12:04:03Z | www.wusa9.com | Maryland development plans will happen with or without Commanders | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/commanders-stadium/washington-commanders-stadium-prince-georges-county-blue-line-corridor-redevelopment/65-a7698261-8894-47b2-a549-1a5e98f02a75 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/commanders-stadium/washington-commanders-stadium-prince-georges-county-blue-line-corridor-redevelopment/65-a7698261-8894-47b2-a549-1a5e98f02a75 |
NORFOLK, Va. — UPDATE: Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is scheduled to address a National Rifle Association (NRA) event in Texas on Friday, just days after an elementary school shooting left 21 people dead in a different part of the state.
The event is about a five-hour drive from Uvalde, Texas, the city where the deadly shooting occurred Tuesday. 19 children and two teachers were killed.
13News Now reached out to Earle-Sears' office for additional confirmation on her appearance in light of the Uvalde shooting. No one has responded. | 2022-05-26T15:09:32Z | www.wusa9.com | Virginia Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears to speak at Texas NRA event | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/winsome-earle-sears-keynote-speaker-texas-nra-event-deadly-school-shooting/291-73fa8a98-1b81-4f51-9e77-b37e791c3087 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/winsome-earle-sears-keynote-speaker-texas-nra-event-deadly-school-shooting/291-73fa8a98-1b81-4f51-9e77-b37e791c3087 |
Steven Alston Jr., 17, is charged with attempted first-degree and attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of DeAndre Thomas.
DERWOOD, Md. — Editor's Note: The video above originally aired on Jan. 27, 2022.
A teen charged with shooting a fellow student at Col. Zadok Magruder High School in January will be tried as an adult, according to a Maryland Circuit Court judge,
Steven Alston Jr., 17, is charged with attempted first-degree and attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of DeAndre Thomas at the Derwood, Maryland school on Jan. 21. Thomas was shot in the abdomen by a suspect using a ghost gun, according to prosecutors.
Judge David Boynton decided that the juvenile court system would not have a better outcome for society and decided to keep Alston in adult court. The judge said that the maximum juvenile system treatment of six to nine months was not enough. The judge added this was "very adult-like behavior."
Alston faces 15-25 years in prison if found guilty of the attempted murder charges.
Thomas' family and the prosecutor said the now-16-year-old was in a coma for three weeks, has undergone nine surgeries since the shooting and still has one more major procedure before he is well enough to be a witness at the trial.
"This is not a club I thought I’d be part of -- a parent who’s had a child fall victim to gun violence," Thomas' mother, Karen Thomas, said in a previous interview with WUSA9. "I have two other children who, of course, I want to be able to feel safe about them going to school."
Alston's defense plans to bring up alleged bullying by Thomas, who did testify remotely earlier this week according to prosecutors. In that testimony, Thomas admitted to previously assaulting Alston days before the shooting. Prosecutors do not believe this to be "a typical case of bullying" and say the jury will have to decide on that factor.
Alston's defense attorneys also plan to bring up his below-average IQ, which according to Boynton's reading of an exam report, is 79.
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'He's a danger to this community' | Magruder High School shooting suspect held without bond, police say fellow students watched, live-tweeted shooting | 2022-05-26T18:13:18Z | www.wusa9.com | Teen charged with shooting Magruder High student tried as adult | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/17-year-old-tried-as-adult-attempted-murder-charges-shooting-magruder-high-student/65-5b55f69b-ee3d-4111-a18f-02476246edb2 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/17-year-old-tried-as-adult-attempted-murder-charges-shooting-magruder-high-student/65-5b55f69b-ee3d-4111-a18f-02476246edb2 |
This year, the cemetery faces a "good problem" - they received an extra 60,000 donated flowers and are actively seeking volunteers to help place the blooms.
ARLINGTON, Va. — Although Memorial Day weekend is observed by many as a celebration of the coming summer season, the true reason for the day remains honoring the brave men and women who have died in the line of duty.
The essence of the day is highlighted annually at Arlington National Cemetery, where they place flowers and flags on gravesites of the fallen to recognize each and every former service member.
However this year, the Memorial Day Flowers Foundation faces what they call a "good problem." They received an extra 60,000 donated flowers and are actively seeking volunteers to help place the blooms on gravesites.
"We will be placing over 100,000 flowers on Sunday and need more volunteers," the organization shared with WUSA9. "This means we will likely have about 185,000 flowers total at Arlington National Cemetery this weekend."
Volunteers are needed from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday and can go to https://www.memorialdayflowers.org/ to sign up. | 2022-05-26T18:13:30Z | www.wusa9.com | Arlington National Cemetery seeks Memorial Day weekend volunteers | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/memorial-day-arlington-national-cemetery-hundreds-of-volunteers-needed-for-memorial-day-flower-laying/65-395d5f38-f937-41ba-b085-13d323c8e8e2 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/memorial-day-arlington-national-cemetery-hundreds-of-volunteers-needed-for-memorial-day-flower-laying/65-395d5f38-f937-41ba-b085-13d323c8e8e2 |
Virginia health officials are awaiting test results from the CDC to confirm that the woman has tested positive for the virus.
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Health announced Thursday that a Commonwealth resident who traveled internationally recently has tested positive for monkeypox.
VDH said in a statement that the woman, who resides in Northern Virginia, initially received the positive test results from the Virginia Department of General Services Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services. She was then tested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the agency is awaiting the woman's results.
According to health officials, the Northern Virginia woman recently traveled to a country in Africa “where the disease is known to occur.” VDH says the woman “was not infectious during travel.” She is currently isolated at her home and VDH says she was not hospitalized.
Virginia State Health Commissioner Dr. Colin Greene called the disease “rare” in a statement and said the woman’s diagnosis “does not pose a risk to the public.”
Monkeypox is a viral infection that naturally occurs in parts of Africa. It causes a rash and potentially serious illness. Cases in people are occurring outside of Africa, linked to international travel or men who have sex with men. More info: https://t.co/SH81Isrol0 pic.twitter.com/hjGj9ZKm7K
— Va Dept of Health (@VDHgov) May 25, 2022
“Transmission requires close contact with someone with symptomatic monkeypox, and this virus has not shown the ability to spread rapidly in the general population,” Green said. “Based on the limited information currently available about the evolving multi-country outbreak, the risk to the public appears to be very low.”
The CDC says a U.S. resident first tested positive for monkeypox after returning from Canada on May 18. The agency has been tracking “clusters of monkeypox that have been reported in early- to mid-May in several countries that don’t normally report monkeypox, including in Europe and North America.”
According to the Washington Post, the CDC told reporters Thursday that nine cases of monkeypox have been reported in seven states.
Greene said that health officials in Virginia are continuing to monitor national and international trends and have urged medical providers to report cases of monkeypox to jurisdiction leaders as quickly as possible.
VDH says that monkeypox can potentially lead to serious illness and that “person-to-person” occurs when there is “prolonged close contact or with direct contact with body fluids or contact with contaminated materials such as clothing or linens.”
Symptoms of the illness include headache, fever, muscle aches, lymph node swelling and exhaustion. After a couple of days with the virus, health officials say a rash will appear on the face and spread to other parts of the body.
The symptoms may start to appear around seven to 14 days of being exposed but they clear up within two to four weeks for most people, according to VDH. Severe illness can lead to death.
VHD says the following individuals should especially seek medical care if they experience symptoms that are contagious with the virus: people who “traveled to central or west African countries, parts of Europe where monkeypox cases have been reported, or other areas with confirmed cases of monkeypox during the month before their symptoms began”; people in close contact with a person who tested positive for monkeypox; and men date other men. | 2022-05-26T19:43:16Z | www.wusa9.com | Virginia health officials report first case of monkeypox | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/health/monkeypox-in-northern-virginia-health-department-says-woman-traveled-abroad/65-1177c34b-6635-468c-8274-57de2bf1cd9a | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/health/monkeypox-in-northern-virginia-health-department-says-woman-traveled-abroad/65-1177c34b-6635-468c-8274-57de2bf1cd9a |
Northern Virginia woman tests positive for monkey pox, state health officials say
Fairmont Heights High School was placed on lockdown after reports that a student had a gun in class, the Prince George's County Police Department said.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. — A high school student was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly bringing ghost gun parts to class, according to the Prince George's County Police Department.
PGPD officers were sent to Fairmont Heights High School in Landover at noon for the report of a student with a gun. The school was placed on lockdown, and the officers said they searched the school and found parts of a ghost gun in a classroom.
Police said the student who brought the parts to school was identified and arrested. Charges have not yet been announced, according to PGPD, nor has any identifying information about the student arrested, including age or gender, been released.
“As our entire nation continues to grieve the loss of life in the Texas mass shooting, the Prince George’s County Police Department wants to ensure the community that the safety of students in our schools is our top priority," PGPD Chief Malik Aziz said. "Bringing a weapon to school or even making a threat of violence will not be tolerated. We will arrest and charge accordingly."
Schools across the DMV, including Prince George's County Public Schools, have increased police presence on their campuses following a mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school Tuesday that claimed the lives of at least 19 children and two teachers.
"We encourage anyone who sees anything suspicious or learns of any potential threat at a school to notify police," PGPD said in a release Thursday.
Increasingly, ghost guns -- or unserialized homemade weapons assembled from parts purchased online -- are becoming the weapon of choice among the youngest offenders. They remain untraceable due to their lack of serial numbers.
Maryland's Attorney General Brian Frosh says more than 25,000 privately made firearms have been confiscated by state law enforcement since 2016, when ghost gun data tracking began, and more than 12,000 build kits were shipped to Maryland between 2016 and 2019. Aziz said his department recovered 264 guns in 2021, an increase from 27 in 2019 and just one in 2016.
“All you need is a Dremel tool and a YouTube video and, as they specifically advertise, in an hour, or even less, you can have a functional handgun,” Frosh said of those buying ghost gun kits online. “We can no longer tolerate the fiction that these components should not be defined as regulated firearms.” | 2022-05-26T19:43:22Z | www.wusa9.com | High school student arrested with ghost gun parts in class | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/high-school-student-arrested-ghost-gun-parts-to-class-fairmont-heights-high-school/65-01afa033-7b68-4455-b7b2-cbd4445ed010 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/high-school-student-arrested-ghost-gun-parts-to-class-fairmont-heights-high-school/65-01afa033-7b68-4455-b7b2-cbd4445ed010 |
Officials at DC Fire and EMS said Mitchell was a Fire and EMS warehouse supply technician and had been with the department for 15 years.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a DC Fire and EMS employee pleaded guilty to taking bribes from a contractor.
The DOJ announced in February that two DC Fire and EMS employees, 50-year-old Louis “Joey” Mitchell and 43-year-old Charity Keys, had been arrested for taking payments from a D.C. contractor in exchange for directing purchase agreements and orders to the contractor.
According to court documents, the pair accepted bribes over the course of several years, including a bribe of $20,000 each, from the owner of a Maryland limited liability company contractually obligated to give items to FEMS and other D.C. agencies.
The DOJ says the bribery scheme led DC Fire and EMS to pay the company more than $150,000 for goods that never were delivered. Mitchell personally received at least $61,250 in bribes from the contractor.
Mitchell pleaded guilty Thursday. He will be sentenced in September.
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The girl was flown to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Officials with the Prince William Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for shooting a 9-year-old girl in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Police say the shooting happened in the 15300 block of Gatehouse Terrace. The girl was shot while playing in a neighbor's front yard around 6:30 p.m.
Investigators believe four "juvenile males" had some kind of beef with a man sitting in a car nearby. At least one of the four suspects started shooting and missed, hitting the 9-year-old girl, who was playing with other kids who could have been hit too, according to police.
A little boy who was playing with the young girl when she was shot said they were outside playing when a group of men walked by and shooting ensued shortly after. Surveillance video of the shooting captured the moments before and after the shooting. It appears the kids felt something was wrong before the gunshots started. A surveillance camera captured them saying they believe they saw gangsters and hiding behind a car.
Officers have not been able to find the juvenile suspects and are asking the public for help, offering a $10,000 reward in exchange for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible.
Anyone with information should contact the Prince William County Police Department tipline at 703-792-7000 or by submitting a tip online to pwcva.gov/policetip.
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A 9-year-old girl was shot outside while playing tic-tac-toe with her friends in a Woodbridge neighborhood. | 2022-05-27T00:19:28Z | www.wusa9.com | Officials offer $10k for information on Woodbridge shooting | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/10k-reward-offered-exchange-info-after-9-year-old-is-shot-woodbridge/65-1db5e57f-f9bb-43fc-956b-316a2fae32ea | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/10k-reward-offered-exchange-info-after-9-year-old-is-shot-woodbridge/65-1db5e57f-f9bb-43fc-956b-316a2fae32ea |
The identity of that suspect has not been released.
WASHINGTON — Police have arrested a 16-year-old in connection to a deadly 2021 shooting in Southeast.
According to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the shooting happened in the 200 block of 36th Place, Southeast on May 13, 2021.
Investigators say they received word of a shooting just after 11:30 a.m. When officers arrived they found four men who had been shot. All four men were conscious and breathing and taken to the hospital.
One of the four victims, 31-year-old Anwar Christian, died from his injuries on June 29, 2021.
At the time of the shooting, MPD Chief Robert Contee said officers were looking for a lone shooting in a black A4 Audi.
More than a year later, officers arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the shooting, charging him with first-degree murder while armed. The identity of that suspect has not been released.
Police: 4 men shot in broad daylight in SE
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Three Montgomery County Public School teachers discussed their fears, frustration and hopes for the future.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The nightmare in Uvalde, Texas has a shadow that looms over many teachers across the country, including the D.C. region.
For three elementary school teachers in Montgomery County, the shooting that killed 21 people has rattled their sense of safety once again.
They all agree that the emotional toll the tragedy has left on them, which include increased anxiety, worry and stress.
"I had a bunch of kids outside and they all started to scream and yell because they were having fun in recess," Holly Rainville told WUSA9. "My heart jumped into my throat and I got terrified because I thought of the worst. It's not just I'm tired and overworked, I'm also terrified for my life and the life of my students at any moment."
"I'm not feeling safe and feeling valued," Katie Raviv, who also taught in a school near the D.C. sniper attacks, added. "I'm also a bit numb that this happens so often."
"I'm tired of these tragedies reoccurring," Melanie Zimmerman said. "I just feel a little helpless that there's not enough we can do."
Depending on the school in the county, teachers had a moment to discuss their emotions stemming from the massacre this week. Others learned the fine line between addressing what happened with their kids and maintaining a sense of security.
"I become the frontline because I'm the teacher," Raviv said. "I would probably do whatever it takes to make sure my students and colleagues are safe."
While they discussed their feelings about the shooting, they all agreed on the need to take action by pursuing gun reform laws.
"The real change needs to be made with gun laws and keeping everyone safe and not making it easily accessible," Zimmerman said.
"We need an increase in the checks and balances that go into gun ownership," Rainville added.
"There's no need for that gun to be out on the streets," Raviv said.
In the wake of the shooting, at least four schools in the region joined a nationwide movement to hold student walkouts, including McLean High School in Fairfax County. About 200 students briefly walked out carrying signs and chanting, "Will We Be Next?" | 2022-05-27T01:53:55Z | www.wusa9.com | Teachers express stress and concern after Texas shooting | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/the-emotional-toll-of-texas-school-shooting-on-montgomery-county-public-schools-teachers/65-8f18c0fa-2f38-4945-bd0b-4b2f6371e997 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/the-emotional-toll-of-texas-school-shooting-on-montgomery-county-public-schools-teachers/65-8f18c0fa-2f38-4945-bd0b-4b2f6371e997 |
At least 3 injured in Prince George's County blaze
60 people displaced, 1 firefighter injured in Lanham, MD
Firefighters arrived on scene to find flames shooting from the roof of the Lanham apartment building.
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Three people have been sent to the hospital, including a firefighter after a large fire at an apartment building in Lanham, Maryland.
Prince George's County Fire Department crews were dispatched to a call of a fire around 1:55 a.m. in the 6800 block of Riverdale Road.
Once crews arrived on scene, they found flames on the second floor of the building shooting from the roof of the apartment building. The size of the flames led to crews on the scene calling a second and third alarm, to allow for more firefighters to help put out the blaze, according to Prince George's County Public Information Officer Mike Yourishin.
At one point firefighters had to leave the building and fight the fire from the outside because of the intensity of the flames, Yourishin said.
Yourishin said two people were taken to the hospital for minor injuries and a firefighter was also taken to the hospital for evaluation of minor injuries. The nature of those injuries is not known at this time.
Credit: Prince George's County Fire Department
Firefighters say all visible fire is out and crews remain on scene Friday morning monitoring the fire and extinguishing hot spots.
Yourishin estimates about 60 people have been displaced by the blaze. The Prince George's County Office of Emergency Management is helping those who have been displaced.
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The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of the DC region Friday.
WASHINGTON — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of the D.C. region as strong to severe storms are expected to move in Friday, bringing rain, hail and strong winds.
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How to Prepare For a Tornado
Have a way to get weather information. Click here to download the WUSA9 App. Be sure you enable location and notification services so we can let you know if there is significant weather in your area. Bring in any outdoor decorations you have up, bring in or tie down your patio furniture, and secure your trash cans to prepare for the winds.
If a tornado warning has been issued for your area, you should take cover immediately. The general rule for tornado safety is go low and stay low, which means go to the lowest level of whatever building you are in, away from windows and crouch in a low position with your head covered.
How Common Are Tornados in the DMV?
While tornados in the District itself and neighboring suburbs are rare, anecdotally it feels like we've been hearing more about tornado warnings as of late. In early July 2021, two tornadoes touched down in the D.C. metro region, according to the NWS. An EF0 tornado hit in D.C. while an EF1 touched down in Arlington. Max winds reached 80-90 mph, and thankfully no one was injured during either twister.
The July 1 tornado was only the sixth time in 17 years that a tornado warning including the District proper was issued, according to records kept by Iowa State University. From 2005 - 2021, 436 tornado warnings were issued across the DMV, but only six included the District itself.
According to data from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center and the Midwestern Regional Climate Center, only three tornadoes above an F0 magnitude have touched down inside the boundaries of Washington, D.C., in the past 50 years – and two of them happened on the same day in 2001.
What Does NWS Look For To Determine a Tornado?
First, the funnel cloud must have contact with the ground for it to be officially declared a tornado. Trained professionals are also looking for debris to be flying around the bottom of the funnel cloud.
Tornadic winds also leave a pattern of damage, because it's a rotating column of air. As it moves through, it does not produce wind speeds or wind direction evenly as it rolls across a neighborhood. So instead of trees falling in the same direction, they fall in opposite directions. Thus, what's referred to as "circular damage" is a telltale sign of a tornado.
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When the jury deliberates, it will have to focus not only on whether there was abuse but also whether Heard's op-ed piece can be considered legally defamatory.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Johnny Depp's lawyers asked a jury Friday "to give Mr. Depp his life back" by finding that his ex-wife, Amber Heard, committed libel. | 2022-05-27T18:43:31Z | www.wusa9.com | Closing arguments for Depp v. Heard defamation trial | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/closing-arguments-johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial/65-003f8b3d-3f5a-477a-827a-d8485ce6b6f6 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/closing-arguments-johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial/65-003f8b3d-3f5a-477a-827a-d8485ce6b6f6 |
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Miles Hall, 52, was shot and killed on May 16 — a week after his 28-year-old daughter died in a car crash in Fairfax County.
TRIANGLE, Va. — Editor's Note: The video above originally aired on May 18 before an arrest was made in this case.
An arrest has been made in connection with a homicide in Prince William County on May 16.
Officers responded to the shooting of Miles Hall, 52, of Triangle in a parking lot in the 3600 block of Tavern Way. Investigators say following the deadly shooting, an SUV was seen speeding from the scene.
Prince William County Police Department announced Friday that Devlon Crew-Hamilton, 31, of Northwest D.C. Crew Hamilton was arrested and faces charges for Hall's death.
PWCPD and officers from the town of Dumfries teamed up to investigate the case and found that both Hall and Crew-Hamilton knew one another.
Before the shooting, police say the two "were involved in an altercation" that "escalated" with Crew-Hamilton going to the parking lot and shooting Hall.
After an arrest warrant was obtained by detectives, Crew-Hamilton was located in Washington D.C. and taken into custody by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
A court date has not yet been set for Crew-Hamilton. PWCPD says he faces charges for second-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Hall's death brought added grief to his family since he died a week after his daughter, Ciera Berry, died in a crash on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County.
Police responded to a three-vehicle crash at the 169-mile marker in the early hours of May 9. Berry, 28, was killed after she hit two cars while changing lanes. Her vehicle burst into flames and while the passenger of her car was saved, she died.
Her mother, Lisa Winslow, told WUSA9 on May 18 that Berry was the mother of nine children ranging from a 2-month-old to a 12-year-old.
"The younger ones, they don't really know, they don't really understand," Winslow said. "The older ones, they have their days." | 2022-05-27T23:19:15Z | www.wusa9.com | Police arrest man connected to homicide in Triangle, Virginia | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/dc-man-arrested-in-connection-with-deadly-shooting-prince-william-county/65-24bc4903-5628-4224-8445-c24d3ce5af7d | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/dc-man-arrested-in-connection-with-deadly-shooting-prince-william-county/65-24bc4903-5628-4224-8445-c24d3ce5af7d |
A Northeast DC resident planned to hold a memorial service for her beloved aunt on Friday, but her cremated remains did not show up in time for the event.
WASHINGTON — A Washington D.C. family had plans to hold a memorial service for a loved one Friday, but her remains never showed up in the mail.
D.C. native Chardon Funderburk died at 51-years-old on June 12, 2009, according to her niece and Rhania Reeves of Northeast.
After Funderburk's death, she was cremated and her funeral was held in Suitland, Md., but many members of the family were unable to attend. Following the service, her son brought her ashes to San Diego.
Thirteen years after Funderburk's death, Reeves decided to honor her late aunt with a service many members of the family would be able to attend.
“I wanted to give her a proper memorial service here,” Reeves said in an interview with WUSA9.
The memorial cost around $4,000 to plan and it was set to happen Friday.
'God, where is she?' | Chardon Funderburk's cremated remains were shipped to DC for a memorial service on Friday. But, her niece, Rhania Reeves said the package containing the remains never arrived in the mail. @USPS says it's still trying to find them. (@wusa9) pic.twitter.com/XcU2EQ3XnU
Earlier this week, a cousin of Reeves who resides in San Diego mailed Funderburk’s remains, via the U.S. Postal Service to the District. Reeves received a USPS alert Tuesday that said that the package containing Funderburk’s ashes had been scanned and delivered to her apartment building in Northeast D.C.
But Reeves said the alert was wrong. No package had arrived at her residence.
“I never thought something like this would happen,” she said. “No, this is like my worst nightmare.”
Reeves reported the missing package to USPS and the agency checked the cameras at the apartment building to see if a postal carrier had come by with the package at the time the alert said it was delivered. According to Reeves, the footage showed Funderburk’s remains had not actually been delivered to Reeves’ apartment.
“What are we supposed to do now?” she asked. “We're out of money for a memorial service. My mom is grieving.”
USPS spokesperson Tom Ouellette told WUSA9 in a statement Funderburk’s remains have not been found, but the search for the ashes is continuing.
“First and foremost, the Postal Service offers our deepest condolences to the customer,” Ouellette wrote. “We will contact the customer and understand the family’s desire to locate the missing cremains as soon as possible.”
Missing remains | @RSprouseNews obtained this statement from @USPS regarding the disappearance of Chardon Funderburk's cremated remains. It says: "the Postal Service offers our deepest condolences to the customer." (@wusa9) pic.twitter.com/WY12gVqH85
Ouellette added the USPS does its utmost to ensure packages that contain remains are handled properly and with respect.
“In the very rare instance a package of this sensitive nature is found to be missing, we do a thorough search throughout the facilities the package traveled through, and staff at every level is notified of the missing package,” he wrote. “If the package is found and there is no identification included, the cremated remains are kept indefinitely.”
In the meantime, Reeves says she is hopeful her aunt will be found soon.
“I'm praying every second,” she said. “Like God, where is she? I don't want to think the worst, but it just keeps coming to pass.”
Family claims Woodbridge funeral home gave ashes before their loved one's body was cremated
'You're disgusted someone could do that' | Fairfax Co. woman desperately searches for urn with father's ashes | 2022-05-28T03:52:35Z | www.wusa9.com | 'Worst nightmare' | DC native's remains lost in the mail | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/praying-every-second-district-natives-remains-lost-in-the-mail/65-7fe9d350-98ec-435b-a9c7-826a585dddf1 | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/praying-every-second-district-natives-remains-lost-in-the-mail/65-7fe9d350-98ec-435b-a9c7-826a585dddf1 |
WASHINGTON — Editor's Note: The video above is from a previous WUSA9 story about how inflation is affecting Memorial Day weekend plans.
This Memorial Day weekend people from across the country visited D.C. to pay respects to those members of the military who paid the ultimate price fighting for freedom. | 2022-05-28T22:04:08Z | www.wusa9.com | Thousands visit DC over Memorial Day weekend to honor the fallen | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/memorial-day-weekend-in-dc-remembering-the-fallen/65-af77828e-ae85-46e2-9c57-2b65cac2769c | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/memorial-day-weekend-in-dc-remembering-the-fallen/65-af77828e-ae85-46e2-9c57-2b65cac2769c |
New security protocols will take place at the Alexandria City High School after a student died from being stabbed during a fight at the Bradlee Shopping Center.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Alexandria City High School (ACHS) disclosed new security protocols for the remainder of the school year after a senior was stabbed to death during a fight at the Bradlee Shopping Center.
Luis Mejia Hernandez, 18, a senior at the school, was taken to a nearby hospital and died from his injuries that were sustained during the fight on Tuesday that involved 30 to 50 people.
Starting Tuesday, the detail office from the Alexandria Police Department (APD) will be at the King Street and Minnie Howard campuses. There will be additional security officers supervising the inside and outside of both campuses, and the use of select entry/ access points will be restricted.
As we continue to mourn and grieve, the wellbeing and safety of our students and staff is our utmost priority. We want to assure you that there are resources in place for anyone who needs counseling or just someone to talk to, and we will continue to make these resources available through the end of the school year, both virtually and in-person," Executive Principal Peter Ballas said in a letter to the school community.
Students will need identification such as school ID cards, or other ID cards will be required to access all ACHS campuses. Staff will be checking for IDs when students arrive at the campuses.
Classes will transition via school wide announcements to help reduce the hallway traffic. At the Minnie Howard Campus, classes will be dismissed by hallway, while at the King Street Campus, classes will be dismissed by the floor at the end of each period.
The King Street Campus will divide lunch into two 35-minute sessions, which will only allow half the number of students at any given time to be together. The Minnie Howard Campus will stay with its current lunch structure.
Both campuses will see an increase of adults supervision in the common areas and hallways.
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The school is implementing staggered and incremental afternoon dismissal for both campuses, and it will be done by hallway. The new protocol will have some students arriving home later than usual.
As for sports, athletic competitions will take place at non-ACHS fields or at away venues.
Beginning Tuesday morning, additional counseling will be available all week, and students can participate in community circles as well.
Additional counseling support will be available all week, beginning on Tuesday morning, and we will engage in community circles across ACHS campuses.
The school is working in collaboration with APD, representatives from Bradlee Shopping Center, and the City of Alexandria leadership to implement additional measures for students across the campuses. | 2022-05-28T22:04:14Z | www.wusa9.com | New security measures at Alexandria City High School | wusa9.com | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/alexandria-city-high-school-implement-new-security-measure/65-a57bd057-8812-45bd-911e-302702150e6b | https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/alexandria-city-high-school-implement-new-security-measure/65-a57bd057-8812-45bd-911e-302702150e6b |
Touchdown Tuesday:5-Star quarterback DJ Lagway can see himself suiting up for the Crimson Tide. Sponsored.
Alabama football’s backup quarterbacks’ performances during the Crimson Tide’s spring game caught the eye of 2024 five-star quarterback, DJ Lagway.
Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson both showed they are capable of making plays with their arm and feet Saturday. Lagway paid close attention to both signal-callers during his visit to Tuscaloosa for A-Day, and he said he can imagine himself in their shoes.
“I could see myself playing in that offense,” Lagway said. “I saw a lot of things Jalen Milroe did that I feel like I could in that system as well.”
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The biggest fear a rideshare passenger can imagine is going from a customer to a victim at the hands of their driver. Auburn Police say April 10th in downtown Auburn, 46-year-old Theodore Leroy Halls Junior, of Opelika, picked up a female customer who had booked him as her driver. Halls is charged with Rape, Sodomy, and Sexual Abuse of the customer. The incident happened during the ride near Aspen Heights Lane. | 2022-04-21T13:15:59Z | www.cbs42.com | Auburn Police urge safety after rideshare driver charged with raping customer | https://www.cbs42.com/news/auburn-police-urge-safety-after-rideshare-driver-charged-with-raping-customer/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/auburn-police-urge-safety-after-rideshare-driver-charged-with-raping-customer/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Orangetheory Fitness is partnering with the TumTum Tree Foundation to hold a charity run on April 24.
To sign up for the run or for more information click here.
The TumTum Tree Foundation aids children in Alabama who have life-altering and life-threatening illnesses.
Watch our full interview regarding the run in the video player above. | 2022-04-21T19:21:26Z | www.cbs42.com | Orangetheory Fitness to hold charity run | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/orangetheory-fitness-to-hold-charity-run/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/orangetheory-fitness-to-hold-charity-run/ |
CALHOUN COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A 25-year-old Anniston man was killed in a Calhoun County crash Sunday night.
1 person dead after deadly accident on 3rd Ave N
According to state troopers, Enrique Isaac Morales died when the vehicle he was driving left the roadway, struck a ditch and overturned.
The crash happened on Parkwood Drive near Bynum Leatherwood Road, roughly five miles west of Anniston around 10:10 p.m. Morales was pronounced dead at the scene.
ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate the crash. | 2022-04-25T14:05:12Z | www.cbs42.com | Anniston man killed in Calhoun County crash | https://www.cbs42.com/news/traffic-news/anniston-man-killed-in-calhoun-county-crash-2/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/traffic-news/anniston-man-killed-in-calhoun-county-crash-2/ |
Cold front brings Central Alabama some rain and much cooler temperatures today
It is a mostly cloudy morning with scattered showers as a cold front moves across Alabama. Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s.
We will start the day with scattered showers and a few storms as the cold front moves across Alabama. The cold front will move east of Alabama by midday, and the rain will come to an end. Then we will become mostly sunny, breezy and much cooler. High temperatures will only be in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Tonight, will become clear and much colder. Lows will be in the lower to mid 40s. You will need the heat on and jackets again!
An area of high pressure will build north of Alabama on Wednesday and Thursday. Each day will be sunny with a slow warm up. Wednesday will be in the mid 70s and Thursday will warm back up to around 80°.
Weekend Outlook: It looks like half of the weekend will be dry. Saturday will be partly cloudy and warm. High temperatures will be in the mid 80s. A few showers will return on Saturday night as a cold front sits just north of Alabama. Most of the rain will be in Tennessee, but a few showers will move south toward Birmingham during the day and evening. High temperatures will be in the lower 80s.
Cold front brings Central Alabama some rain and much … | 2022-04-26T10:03:56Z | www.cbs42.com | Cold front brings Central Alabama some rain and much cooler temperatures today | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/weather/cold-front-brings-central-alabama-some-rain-and-much-cooler-temperatures-today/ | https://www.cbs42.com/weather/cold-front-brings-central-alabama-some-rain-and-much-cooler-temperatures-today/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – The lights could soon be coming back on along interstates throughout the Magic City. Right now, Birmingham City Council members say they are having conversations to try and get the darkness resolved.
Councilman Clinton Woods joined CBS 42 News Anchor Sherri Jackson on Tuesday and talked about the interstate lights. He said it’s a combination of vandalism and burned-out lights.
“There’s legitimate vandalism going on where the lights are being vandalized and people are stealing copper,” Woods said. “Whatever we can kind of do to get to that point, but it’s process and we’re working through the bureaucracy of it.”
Drivers around Birmingham told CBS 42 it causes a safety issue.
“It would be nice to have more overhead lighting to know where the lights are and whatnot,” Isabella Distefano said.
It’s a noticeable darkness for Birmingham drivers like Amelia Fouts.
“Sometimes it’s just difficult to make sure that I’m where I need to be on the road,” Fouts said. “To have well-lit driving conditions especially at night I think that will create an all-around safer situation for everyone on the road.”
Woods said although the interstates are state roads, the city is looking to prioritize lights after getting several complaints. He said the council is looking to partner with the state to try and make it happen by the World Games.
“There’s currently a lot of people working in a lot of different rooms right now trying to get this resolved,” Woods said.
CBS 42 spoke to an ALDOT spokesperson over the phone Tuesday who said both ALDOT and Birmingham are looking to match funds of about $1.4 million each to turn the lights back on.
Five points of focus include:
Arkadelphia Exit on I-20/59
Ensley Five Points West Exit on I-20/59
University Blvd. Exit on I-65
Greensprings Exit on I-65
Norwood to Woodlawn near airport on I-20/59 | 2022-04-27T11:58:16Z | www.cbs42.com | Birmingham looking to partner with state to turn interstate lights back on | https://www.cbs42.com/news/birmingham-looking-to-partner-with-state-to-turn-interstate-lights-back-on/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/birmingham-looking-to-partner-with-state-to-turn-interstate-lights-back-on/ |
April 27, 2011 is a day no Alabamian will ever forget. One of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history hit the Southeast, and Alabama felt some of the worst Mother Nature had to offer that day. Forecasters were warning of a major tornado outbreak days in advance, and unfortunately, the forecast was accurate. 62 tornadoes touched down in the state of Alabama that day, cutting a combined damage path of over 1200 miles. 253 people lost their lives in the state of Alabama alone as a result of the storms that day.
Morning Squall Line
Tornado Tracks from the morning round of storms
A Quasi-Linear-Convective-System (QLCS), or squall line, intensified as it moved across Eastern Mississippi and into Alabama. This line of storms produced widespread wind damage across the state, and produced multiple tornadoes, some of which were very strong. You can slide through the radar imagery of those morning tornadoes below.
Waterloo EF-1 (4:01-4:11 AM)
Dancy EF-1 (4:16-4:35 AM)
Smithsonia-Rhodesville EF-1 (4:19-4:23 AM)
Reform EF-2 (4:27-4:42 AM)
Holman EF-3 (4:41-5:02 AM)
Berry EF-1 (5:03-5:11 AM)
Coaling EF-3 (5:17-5:35 AM)
Parish-Cordova EF-3 (5:18-5:36 AM)
Hanceville-Holly Pond EF-2 (5:48-6:20 AM)
Altadena EF-1 (5:50-5:54 AM)
Mountain Woods Lake EF-2 (5:53-5:57 AM)
Cahaba Heights EF-2 (5:54-6:00 AM)
Liberty EF-1 (6:12-6:26 AM)
Odenville EF-2 (6:16-6:19 AM)
Joppa-Lakeview EF-1 (6:20-6:40 AM)
Warrentown-Oak Grove EF-2 (6:30-6:55 AM)
Section-Shiloh EF-1 (6:58-7:36 AM)
Henagar-Rosalie EF-2 (7:10-7:18 AM)
Mentone-Kaolin EF-1 (7:18-7:22 AM)
In addition to strong tornadoes, this morning line of storms produced widespread wind damage, leaving many in the state without power and interrupting lines of communication before additional violent storms would develop in the afternoon.
No Break For North Alabama
While Central Alabama saw a few hours of sunshine and a break from storms, North Alabama dealt with a second QLCS that produced more tornadoes through the middle of the day. While tornadoes touched down in Morgan, Limestone, and Madison counties, the temperature and dewpoint were climbing behind the morning round of storms, and the atmosphere was becoming primed for a tornado outbreak.
Afternoon Supercells
Pm Supercell Tornadoes
The atmosphere quickly rebounded after the morning round of storms over Alabama, and supercell storms began forming in parts of East Mississippi and West Alabama by mid-afternoon. While the morning round of storms left behind significant damage and killed 2 people in the state, the afternoon and evening round would prove to be the most devastating 8 hours Alabama witnessed. Supercell thunderstorms produced multiple, violent, long-track tornadoes across the state. Many of these tornadoes hit large cities, producing catastrophic damage and killing 319 people in the Southeast. 253 of those fatalities occurred in the state of Alabama. You can slide through the afternoon supercell storms below.
Cullman EF-4 Reflectivity
Cullman EF-4 Velocity
Hackleburg/Phil Campbell EF-5 Reflectivity
Hackleburg/Phil Campbell EF-5 Velocity
Cordova EF-4
Panola EF-3
Shottsville EF-3
Section-Flat Rock EF-4 Reflectivity
Section-Flat Rock EF-4 Velocity
Harvest EF-1
Tuscaloosa-Birmingham EF-4
Orrville-Monrovia EF-1
Bridgeport EF-4
Haleyville EF-3
Sawyerville-Eoline EF-3
Hubbertville EF-3
Rainsville EF-5 Reflectivity
Rainsville EF-5 Velocity
Argo-Shoal Creek-Ohatchee EF-4
Water Oak EF-1
West Point EF-0
Marvel EF-1
Pin Hook-Faunsdale EF-2
Lake Martin EF-4
Vincent-Logan Martin EF-1
Marion EF-1
Fort Payne-Fisher Crossroads EF-2
White Plains EF-1
Finley Creek EF-1
Verbena EF-1
These storms produced widespread devastation. Across the Southeast, 199 tornadoes touched down that day, a record for the most in a single day in U.S. history. 62 tornadoes touched down in the state of Alabama. 34 tornadoes were EF-3 or greater. 4 EF-5 tornadoes touched down, and three of the four did damage in the state of Alabama. April 27, 2011 went down as the deadliest single-day tornado outbreak in the United States since the 1925 Tri-State tornado. 319 people lost their lives that day, including a staggering 253 in the state of Alabama.
Since that day, forecasters have worked hard to get better at both forecasting severe weather in the Southeast, as well as better communicate risk to people in harm’s way. The events of April 27, 2011 have shaped the field of meteorology and have led to advancements in warnings, and research on severe weather in the Southeast. | 2022-04-27T12:41:37Z | www.cbs42.com | Looking Back at April 27, 2011 | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/looking-back-at-april-27-2011/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/looking-back-at-april-27-2011/ |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — A somber day of remembrance across Alabama. April 27, 2011 turned into a frightful day for communities across Alabama, as 254 people lost their lives.
Tornadoes left 53 people in Tuscaloosa dead and 1,200 injured.
Shalare Powell will never forget that tragic day, she has lived through two disasters. Powell is from New Orleans and lost her house after Hurricane Katrina destroyed it. After moving to Tuscaloosa her home was destroyed again by an EF-4 tornado.
Powell described how she tried to seek shelter from the storm.
“First I got into the bathtub, and I felt debris falling on me, and it’s something. I mean the Lord told me to get out of the tub and I stepped into my closet then the wind pushed the door behind me and everything fell on me,” she said.
Powell now has a new Habitat house on Juanita Drive after 65 percent of her Alberta community was destroyed.
“It brings back bad memories, but a good outcome. I lost everything in Hurricane Katrina and then lost my house April 27 during the tornado,” said Powell. “I went from a very bad place of losing everything twice not knowing how I was going to make it to now being a homeowner and I am looking forward to life now.”
Mayor Walt Maddox told CBS 42 that the tornado caused a half-billion dollars in damage citywide, destroying five thousand structures including homes and businesses.
“Certainly, nothing compares to April 27 and nothing has ever since. That was more than a disaster– it was a catastrophe,” said Maddox. “When 13 percent of your city is destroyed in six minutes there’s nothing that can compare to it from the humanitarian standpoint and economic and ultimately with the years following in the recovery.”
On April 27 there were 62 tornadoes. 35 Alabama counties were hit. | 2022-04-28T03:38:06Z | www.cbs42.com | 11 years later: Tuscaloosa residents remember 2011 tornado outbreak | https://www.cbs42.com/news/11-years-later-tuscaloosa-residents-remember-2011-tornado-outbreak/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/11-years-later-tuscaloosa-residents-remember-2011-tornado-outbreak/ |
JASPER, Ala. (WIAT) — Jasper Police announced the arrest of a 25-year-old suspect in connection with a March shooting.
According to police, Ja’Mikel Antres Hackman was charged with attempted murder, two counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied building, reckless endangerment and menacing in connection with a shooting on March 10.
Police said the shooting happened near Blanton Apartments and two other men, 20-year-old Ja’den Gilbert and 26-year-old Keleil James, have been previously charged in the incident. Both Gilbert and James remain in the Walker County Jail on $250,000 bond.
More charges could be pressed against the three suspects, according to Jasper Police.
Image courtesy Jasper Police Department | 2022-04-28T12:47:02Z | www.cbs42.com | Anniston man charged in connection with March shooting | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/anniston-man-charged-in-connection-with-march-shooting/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/anniston-man-charged-in-connection-with-march-shooting/ |
BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) – New information in that deadly quadruple shooting in Bessemer. Police tells us they believe this shooting could be connected to another shooting in the area.
Police believe Thursday’s shooting is retaliation from another shooting. They are working to determine which recent shooting this shooting stems from. Investigators say they are relying on the public’s help for answers.
Community members gathered for prayer vigil Thursday night in Bessemer to remember nearly the nearly 250 lives lost to gun violence.
Meanwhile, a few blocks away, a crime scene where another person died following a quadruple shooting.
“This just adds to the grief of the community, when we have to deal with a tragedy of this sort especially someone so young. It is a true concern for us,” said local pastor Reginald Colvert.
Bessemer Police said a woman was shot and killed and three men where hurt on Berkley Ave..
Police believe the shooting stems from retaliation, something LT. Christian Clemons said is a growing problem in the area.
“When there’s an incident, the other side feels like they have to get back. And I wish that we could just learn to get along really and learn to settle our differences without using violence,” Lt. Clemons said.
Neighbors gathered around watching police clear the scene, most people were hesitant to talk.
“We have a campaign out there, it you see something say something. And a lot of people think of that as being a snitch but when you have information and don’t come forward with that information things tend to snowball and get worse and worse,” Lt. Clemons said.
Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney Lynneice Washington said the violence has to stop.
“Well unfortunately that family will be joining us next year. It’s never a pretty sight. It’s not something that we glamourize but it’s something that’s our reality,” Washington said.
Police are urging you to come forward if you have any information. They said that information could save a life. | 2022-04-29T06:01:45Z | www.cbs42.com | Bessemer Police asking the public for information on Thursday’s deadly quadruple shooting | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/bessemer-police-asking-the-public-for-information-on-thursdays-deadly-quadruple-shooting/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/bessemer-police-asking-the-public-for-information-on-thursdays-deadly-quadruple-shooting/ |
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin also sent a message to Franklin, wishing him well as he moves into the next chapter of his professional life.
On Monday, CBS 42 will release The Farewell Interview with Art Franklin, a digital exclusive that profiles Franklin’s life, from his childhood in Detroit to his career in the Magic City. You can watch his message below. | 2022-04-30T02:49:52Z | www.cbs42.com | WATCH: Art Franklin's final sign off | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/watch-art-franklins-final-sign-off/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/watch-art-franklins-final-sign-off/ |
More Scattered Storms This Week
An almost summer-like pattern will take shape this week across Alabama. Warm and sticky afternoons with hit-or-miss showers and storms will remain in the forecast for the next few days before a shot of cooler air moves in by the end of the week.
Tonight: As a stalled front lifts back to the north, a few isolated showers and storms can’t be ruled out, but drier air will likely prevail across most of Central Alabama tonight, limiting our rain chance. Temperatures drop into the low to mid 60s, with some patchy fog possible after midnight into Monday morning.
Monday: Additional scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely Monday, particularly Northwest of I-59.
Some storms in the afternoon and evening could produce small hail and wind gusts above 45 mph, but we don’t expect any storms that would necessarily meet “severe” criteria (1″ or larger hail and/or 58+mph wind gusts). Some stronger storms north of I-22 and I-59 could linger into the overnight hours.
Tuesday/Wednesday: The pattern of isolated to widely scattered storms continues through mid-week. Storm coverage may be a touch higher Tuesday than Wednesday, but any one spot on either day could see a heavy downpour. More spots than not miss out on rain, and instead get quite warm. Temperatures climb into the upper 80s in most locations. Some of our typical “hot spots” might make a run at 90°.
Thursday-Friday: Finally, a more potent upper air disturbance paired with a surface cold front will approach the state Thursday evening into Friday. This will increase storm chances from Thursday evening into Friday morning, and could support some stronger storms capable of strong winds and hail, although at this time, our overall confidence in any severe weather remains too low to warrant a Weather Aware. Thursday will remain warm, but the front moves through by Friday afternoon, bringing a cool end to the week along with storms. Friday’s high temperatures will struggle to get out of the 70s.
The Weekend: We finally get some cooler and drier weather Saturday, with highs again struggling to exceed 80°. We’ll tamp down the humidity a tad as well from Friday into Saturday. The cool-down will be short lived though, as temperatures again climb into the mid to upper 80s Sunday. For now, we’re keeping rain chances out of the forecast for the weekend, but we could have to introduce a slim chance for rain at some point over the weekend if moisture return is more aggressive than what we’re forecasting right now. | 2022-05-01T22:17:34Z | www.cbs42.com | More Scattered Storms This Week | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/more-scattered-storms-this-week/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/more-scattered-storms-this-week/ |
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Our city is the paragon of diversity. A few sub cultures exist below the radar. One close-knit community has ties thicker than blood. There are close to 100 known-people in New Orleans who practice drinking of human blood.
Belfazaar Ashantison is the founder of the New Orleans Vampire Association and defines vampirism as “a physiological condition, where the person who has it, is lacking the ability to create specific energies needed to get through daily events, like getting up out of bed, getting dressed and going to work.”
“Every three months, my donors and I get tested. We all get tested together so we can keep each other abreast of situations,” Belfazaar said. | 2022-05-02T14:51:41Z | www.cbs42.com | The history of the New Orleans Vampire Association | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/the-history-of-the-new-orleans-vampire-association/ | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/the-history-of-the-new-orleans-vampire-association/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — World Games 2022 is set to announce the musician lineup for its Closing Ceremony presented by Coca-Coca UNITED Monday morning.
According to a news release, a major international recording artist will be among those announced as participating.
The announcement will happen at 10 a.m. Monday at Protective Stadium.
CBS 42 will livestream the announcement. | 2022-05-02T14:51:59Z | www.cbs42.com | World Games to announce closing ceremony performers | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/world-games-2022/world-games-to-announce-closing-ceremony-performers/ | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/world-games-2022/world-games-to-announce-closing-ceremony-performers/ |
BROOKSIDE, Ala. (WIAT) — A police officer with the Brookside Police Department was arrested last week and charged with rape, according to the department.
Deshawn Mark Cook, 26, was taken into custody Friday and held at the Jefferson County Jail on a $20,000 bond. He has since bonded out.
Brookside investigator shares early findings into police department
The city of Brookside released a statement on Cook’s arrest saying he “is no longer an officer” of the department. They declined to comment further but said they have been cooperating with JCSO in the investigation. | 2022-05-02T20:20:13Z | www.cbs42.com | Former Brookside police officer charged with rape | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/former-brookside-police-officer-charged-with-rape/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/former-brookside-police-officer-charged-with-rape/ |
by: Abigail Jones, Britt Lofaso
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A 14-year-old teen is fighting for his life in the hospital.
Lafayette police found him early Monday morning suffering from multiple gunshots wounds.
He was located in a park on Gilman Road.
Residents in the area say they believe he was left there to die overnight.
“So close,” Anthony Hamilton, who lives nearby, said.
Hamilton says he believes the teen was shot overnight and laid there in the park until someone found him in the daylight.
“I didn’t hear anything last night. They said it happened last night, and I didn’t hear anything. It’s shocking, and it’s sad. Young kids like that, it don’t make sense,” he added.
Of everyone News Ten spoke with in the area, just one person said they heard about three gunshots around 11 p.m. the night before the teen was found.
Hamilton says it’s difficult thinking about what the teen endured, if he had in fact been lying there for hours.
“Young kids, I can’t find the words to explain it. It’s just sad. I wish everybody would get themselves together and just do better. Help each other, something,” he told News Ten.
He adds that people should be aware of where their children are.
“Watch y’all’s kids. Keep them close by y’all because it’s fast out here,” Hamilton said.
The juvenile was stabilized at a local hospital and transported to New Orleans for further treatment. He is in critical condition.
Lafayette police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 232-tips. | 2022-05-03T13:45:14Z | www.cbs42.com | Teen found shot, left to die in Louisiana | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/teen-found-shot-left-to-die-in-louisiana/ | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/teen-found-shot-left-to-die-in-louisiana/ |
Chelsea City council gives residents the chance to vote on future of school system
CHELSEA, Ala. (WIAT) — City councilmembers in Chelsea decided to allow residents the chance to vote on the mayor’s plan to fund a stand alone school system Tuesday.
The council voted ‘yes’ to the mayor’s plan which allows residents to vote on forming an independent school district by raising property taxes.
The alternative proposal would not have raised taxes and would not break schools away from the Shelby County School System, which is something Mayor Tony Picklesimer has been pushing for quite some time.
“We are now on 2020 assessment values and at 12.5 mills we not only have what we need to build the reserve that’s required by law, we also have room to grow and room to create some capital money to spend on our facilities,” Picklesimer said.
The final say is now up to voters. A special election is set for July 12. | 2022-05-04T04:50:19Z | www.cbs42.com | Chelsea City council gives residents the chance to vote on future of school system | https://www.cbs42.com/news/chelsea-city-council-gives-residents-the-chance-to-vote-on-future-of-school-system/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/chelsea-city-council-gives-residents-the-chance-to-vote-on-future-of-school-system/ |
Weather Aware For Storms Thursday Night and Friday
We’ve got a Weather Aware in place for the potential for severe storms Thursday night and Friday ahead of a cold front. Most of the day Thursday will be dry and hot, with highs approaching 90° in the afternoon. Thursday night, a line of storms will move in from Mississippi, and some of those storms could be strong to severe in West Alabama from around 8 pm to 1 am. Storms should weaken a bit as they push east.
We may see a bit of a lull in the storms through the first half of the day Friday, but additional storms could develop as we head into Friday afternoon. If those storms develop, and if the atmosphere has recovered from any overnight and early morning storms, additional storms in the afternoon could become severe, capable of large hail and damaging winds. These storms would be similar to some of our stronger summertime thunderstorms, capable of wind gusts as high as 70 mph and ping-pong ball size hail.
It’s not a given these storms will form exactly the way models are projecting right now, but because of that possibility, a Weather Aware is in place for Friday afternoon.
Storms that develop would push east through the afternoon and evening, and would begin to dissipate and weaken around 6 pm. Behind these storms, cooler and drier air pushes in to kick off the weekend. | 2022-05-04T23:38:14Z | www.cbs42.com | Weather Aware For Storms Thursday Night and Friday | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/weather-aware-for-storms-thursday-night-and-friday/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/weather-aware-for-storms-thursday-night-and-friday/ |
MAPLESVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) – Record high diesel prices are likely to impact the cost of goods and services across central Alabama, especially at the grocery store.
The average price per gallon was well above $5 per gallon Wednesday.
Price hikes have already impacted business at Parnell Farms in Maplesville, where the family uses diesel fuel to haul cattle and timber.
“We were running anywhere between $28,000 to $32,000 a week one year ago in fuel and now we are up to close to $60,000 per week,” said Joseph Parnell.
Parnell said he paid about $2.80 per gallon in January 2020 and now he’s spending more on diesel than ever before. He said the cost of transportation will be felt by consumers.
“Transportation is generally 30 to 40 percent of the pricing component of a delivered product and so when transportation goes up 40 percent, it is going to impact that finished good price,” said Parnell.
During good weather, Parnell estimates they cut and transport 100 loads of raw wood products each week, including pulp wood and logs for dimensional lumber that you see in home improvement stores.
“We supply the trees to the mills, the paper mills that would make, in our area carboard boxes, and white copy paper,” said Parnell.
In addition to the effect on the logging industry, Parnell said rising prices are also impacting cattle. Parnell Farms sends cows to the Midwest to a feed lot. The animals are eventually sold to a packing plant and later a distribution facility.
“During the life cycle of that beef cow, that cow is transported at least 5 times and at least 4 of those are by an 18-wheeler,” said Parnell.
Added transportation costs have already raised prices at the grocery store. Parnell doesn’t see a simple solution, but is concerned the move to renewable energy has happened to fast. He’d like to see a 50 year goal to get to renewable energy to remove constraints on production.
In the meantime, prices will continue to rise to keep up with costs.
“The tractors consume the same amount of fuel today that they did a year ago and it costs twice as much to buy it. The trucks consume the same amount they did a year ago, and again it costs twice as much,” said Parnell.
Some have blamed Alabama’s gas tax for price hikes, but Parnell thinks it’s the supply of fossil fuels that is causing the greatest impact.
“As bad as I hate gas tax, I understand the need for it but with the renewables coming online and the electric cars, I am fearful that gas tax is going to continue to get higher and higher as a way to supplement those vehicles that are not paying,” said Parnell.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of diesel fuel Wednesday was $5.20. | 2022-05-05T03:52:40Z | www.cbs42.com | Record high diesel prices plaguing Alabama farmers | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/record-high-diesel-prices-plaguing-alabama-farmers/ | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/record-high-diesel-prices-plaguing-alabama-farmers/ |
Weather Aware today for strong to severe storms. Perfect weather arrives for Mother’s Day Weekend
It is a mostly cloudy and muggy morning across Central Alabama with a few showers. Temperatures are in the 60s.
You need to be Weather Aware today! The cold front will move across Central Alabama this morning into the afternoon. It will set off scattered strong to possibly severe storms.
SPC has placed areas of eastern and southeast Alabama in a Level 3/5 Enhanced Risk for severe storms containing damaging winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes across SE Alabama. Areas along and west of I-59 in Central Alabama, including Birmingham, in a Level 2/5 Slight Risk to Level 1/5 Marginal for severe weather starting in the morning and continuing into the early afternoon. The main threats will be strong winds and hail. Heavy rain is possibly with any storm too.
Tonight, we will be partly to mostly cloudy with the wrap around flow. It will be cooler, breezy, and less humid with lows in the mid to upper 50s.
Mother’s Day Weekend Outlook: We will be partly cloudy on Saturday morning. Then it will become mostly sunny in the afternoon with less humid air and highs in the mid to upper 70s. Mother’s Day, Sunday will be sunny and warmer as an area of high pressure sits north of Alabama. High temperatures will be back in the lower to mid 80s. | 2022-05-06T10:37:17Z | www.cbs42.com | Weather Aware today for strong to severe storms. Perfect weather arrives for Mother's Day Weekend | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/weather-aware-today-for-strong-to-severe-storms-perfect-weather-arrives-for-mothers-day-weekend/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/weather-aware-today-for-strong-to-severe-storms-perfect-weather-arrives-for-mothers-day-weekend/ |
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the night before Vicky helped the inmate escape – using a false claim that he had a mental health appointment at the courthouse – she stayed in a hotel near Florence Boulevard.
Singleton said she drove her official car to work last Friday morning, picked up Casey White, and then switched vehicles. The pair haven’t been sighted since that day, according to authorities.
Connolly said the June trial date will also likely be delayed further by the chaos of the escape. And, if they are caught, he wants see Casey White remanded back to the state prison system. He also wants state prison officials to change their approach and allow White’s lawyers access to him to prepare for the capital murder case. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
And, he said both Casey and Vicky White will face additional charges for the escape once they are located. | 2022-05-06T14:31:09Z | www.cbs42.com | Location of hotel, getaway car aided Alabama jail escape, investigators say | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/location-of-hotel-getaway-car-aided-alabama-jail-escape-investigators-say/ | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/location-of-hotel-getaway-car-aided-alabama-jail-escape-investigators-say/ |
DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — Early Friday morning, storm damage was discovered across Daphne after storms had swept through the area hours before.
Along Capital Drive in Daphne two sheds have been blown down the street from the early morning storms.
A home on Harmon Street was damaged in the storm. This home is the only one on the street to have sustained storm damage. The window was broken and the roof was ripped apart. | 2022-05-06T14:31:11Z | www.cbs42.com | PHOTOS: Storm damage rips wall from building in south Alabama | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/photos-storm-damage-rips-wall-from-building-in-south-alabama/ | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/photos-storm-damage-rips-wall-from-building-in-south-alabama/ |
A few storms today. Then perfect weather arrives for Mother’s Day Weekend
The cold front will move across Central Alabama into the afternoon. It will set off scattered strong to possibly severe storms east of I-65. The threat is pretty low now due to coastal storms robbing the moisture from coming into Central Alabama. If a storm can develop over Eastern Alabama it could produce some gusty winds and large hail. The rest of Western Alabama to Birmingham will remain dry.
SPC has placed areas east if I-65 in a Level 2/5 Slight Risk for severe weather through the early afternoon. The main threats will be gusty winds and hail. Heavy rain is possibly with any storm too. There is a Level 3/5 Enhanced Risk for areas along and south of I-85 across SE Alabama and Georgia. The threats here will be strong winds, large hail and possibly a tornado.
Tonight, we will be partly to mostly cloudy with the wrap around flow. There will be a slight chance for a shower across Northern Alabama, but most of you will be dry. It will be cooler, breezy, and less humid with lows in the mid to upper 50s.
Mother’s Day Weekend Outlook: We will be partly cloudy on Saturday morning. Then it will become mostly sunny in the afternoon with less humid air and highs in the mid to upper 70s.
This will be great weather for the Birmingham Stallions game at 6 PM on Saturday.
Mother’s Day, Sunday will be sunny and warmer as an area of high pressure sits north of Alabama. High temperatures will be back in the lower to mid 80s. | 2022-05-06T18:07:15Z | www.cbs42.com | A few storms today. Then perfect weather arrives for Mother’s Day Weekend | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/a-few-storms-today-then-perfect-weather-arrives-for-mothers-day-weekend/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/a-few-storms-today-then-perfect-weather-arrives-for-mothers-day-weekend/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Uptown is booming with business right now. Area restaurants and bars are seeing an increase in sales with the start of the USFL.
Eugene’s Hot Chicken is getting ready for another busy weekend at Protective Stadium. Since the start of the USF, Eugene’s Hot Chicken and surrounding businesses have been packed especially on game nights.
“We be very, very, very busy. Lines out the door with games,” Sade Watts said.
Recent upgrades and new attractions are also bringing more and more people to this part of town.
“It’s fun. There’s a reason to come downtown again,” Laura Johnson said.
Eugene’s Hot Chicken Manager Sade Watts said they’ve had to make staffing changes just to keep with the high demand.
“It’s been very, very busy. Especially on weekends. We have been busy on Weekdays also because of them,” Watts said.
Watt’s said the players can’t get enough.
“I see them every day, regulars so we already know what they want when they come in. They always get wings, that’s what they love and the mac-n-cheese,” Watts said.
And the USFL is just the start of a summer packed with big events bringing big money to the local economy.
“Since they’ve redone downtown it’s made it more attractive, more events, restaurants and a lot more attractions are going to play very well for The World Games,” Paul Johnson said. | 2022-05-07T03:48:10Z | www.cbs42.com | USFL brings a boost in business in Uptown | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/usfl-brings-a-boost-in-business-in-uptown/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/usfl-brings-a-boost-in-business-in-uptown/ |
Fantastic Mother’s Day Weather
Saturday Night: Clouds will thin out some overnight, becoming mostly clear after midnight. Temperatures will drop below average (something we haven’t done much of this Spring) into the 40s and low 50s. Wind will be around 5-15 mph out if the NE in the evening, becoming NNE 5-10 overnight.
Mother’s Day: Dry, sunny, and pleasant conditions continue into Mother’s Day. Temperatures start out in the 50s in the morning, with most of us climbing into the low 80s in the afternoon. The exception will be in Northeast Alabama, where temperatures top out in the upper 70s. The drier air remains in place tomorrow, so despite temperatures returning to the 80s, lower dewpoints will keep things feeling comfortable through the day.
It’s called an “Omega Block” because the upper air pattern somewhat resembles the shape of the Greek letter omega (Ω) | 2022-05-07T23:52:22Z | www.cbs42.com | Fantastic Mother’s Day Weather | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/fantastic-mothers-day-weather/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/fantastic-mothers-day-weather/ |
Coast Guard rescues 5 drifting in sailboat off Alabama coast
Scott Talbot, a search and rescue mission coordinator for the Coast Guard’s District Eight, said the sailboat’s GPS and distress signaling gear allowed the boat to be located and for those aboard to be rescued. No one was injured.
The sailboat was towed to shore over the weekend. | 2022-05-09T16:18:24Z | www.cbs42.com | Coast Guard rescues 5 from sailboat drifting off Alabama coast | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/coast-guard-rescues-5-drifting-in-sailboat-off-alabama-coast/ | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/coast-guard-rescues-5-drifting-in-sailboat-off-alabama-coast/ |
When it comes to barbecue at his outdoor kitchen in New Orleans, nobody comes close to cooking like James Cruse, who is exceptionally, extremely, big on the pig.
WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood said barbecue is life for James Cruse.
With his 50-pound trophy to prove it, Cruse is now the Barbecue World Champ and the Whole Hog National Champion.
“This is the big boy, this is the one everybody wants to win every year,” Cruse said.
Cruse’s relationship with barbecue started when he was 20 years old at a family Labor Day picnic. It’s slow food served in the fast lane.
And that serves Cruse up like a four-course, fine-dinner as a contestant on the national TV show, BBQ Brawl, which you can watch by just clicking right here.
It’s a contest that pits pitmasters against each other. And it’s a battle to be America’s best.
Grilling is not just for chilling anymore. It’s for champions. And for James Cruse, it’s for life, as well as dinner. | 2022-05-09T16:19:00Z | www.cbs42.com | Louisiana native shows what it takes to become Barbecue World Champ | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/louisiana-native-shows-what-it-takes-to-become-barbecue-world-champ/ | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/louisiana-native-shows-what-it-takes-to-become-barbecue-world-champ/ |
Two Men and a Truck and Bundles of Hope helping local mothers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Two Men and a Truck partnered with Bundles of Hope for its annual donation drive this year.
Each year Two Men and a Truck partner with local organizations to collect care items for women living in shelters. Kelly Atchison, Marketing Director for Two Men and a Truck Birmingham, joined CBS 42 News to discuss the donation drive on Monday. | 2022-05-10T12:38:36Z | www.cbs42.com | Two Men and a Truck and Bundles of Hope helping local mothers | https://www.cbs42.com/birmingham-community/two-men-and-a-truck-and-bundles-of-hope-helping-local-mothers/ | https://www.cbs42.com/birmingham-community/two-men-and-a-truck-and-bundles-of-hope-helping-local-mothers/ |
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala. (WDHN) — New details have emerged on a Houston County inmate who died at a prison in Montgomery. That inmate is reported to have died Wednesday from injuries sustained during an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault with a weapon.
Marcus Terrell Grubbs, 39, was serving a 25-year sentence at the Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery when the incident happened. | 2022-05-10T16:44:50Z | www.cbs42.com | New details on the southeast Alabama inmate who died in prison | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/new-details-on-the-southeast-alabama-inmate-who-died-in-prison/ | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/new-details-on-the-southeast-alabama-inmate-who-died-in-prison/ |
PELHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A K-9 officer who had worked for the Pelham Police Department for years before retiring last year has died.
Zenna, a German shepherd that completed over 1,128 searches in her career, died Monday. Zenna had retired from the force last September. According to PPD, she was surrounded by her handler and other members of the K-9 unit when she died.
“She was known to us as the Pelham Princess,” a statement from the department read. “She did 1,128 searches in her career that resulted in 409 arrests, and she helped take untold amounts of drugs off our streets. Zenna will be deeply missed by all of us here at Pelham PD.”
(Courtesy of the Pelham Police Department) | 2022-05-10T20:14:30Z | www.cbs42.com | Retired Pelham PD K-9 Zenna dies | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/retired-pelham-pd-k-9-zenna-dies/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/retired-pelham-pd-k-9-zenna-dies/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Trustees of the Birmingham Public Library (BPL) may soon consider changes to some investments after losing around $87,000, a library official said in a meeting Tuesday afternoon.
During a regularly scheduled meeting of the Birmingham Public Library board, Damein Baity, the system’s chief financial officer, advised trustees that a Region’s bank investment account held by the library system lost around $41,000 “just this period” and, in total, has lost around $87,000 through the end of last month.
Baity said that the board that its finance committee should meet to consider options related to the investment account because of “volatile” market conditions.
“I did reach out to the Region’s rep,” Baity said. “And I think we need to reconvene the finance committee to look at it further and see what other options we have to help stabilize this account.”
Board trustees did not ask any questions about the account at Tuesday’s meeting.
BPL Executive Director Janine Langston also announced at the meeting that the World Games will impact the Avondale library’s operation and will cause July’s board meeting to be held at the library branch in North Birmingham.
Board trustees voted to close the Avondale branch July 8 through 15.
“In preparation for the World Games 2022, a team of local and federal law enforcement partners conducted site surveys at all venues for overall safety conditions,” Langston said in the meeting. “During this site survey, it was determined that the Avondale branch library is extremely close in proximity to the athletes’ course of play and the spectators’ area and the library will fall within the perimeter of Avondale park’s ‘sterile area.'”
Langston said security officials recommended that one library staffer remain at the library during the closure. She said that the facility will be made available for law enforcement.
The Birmingham Public Library board meets on May 10. (Photo by Lee Hedgepeth) | 2022-05-11T02:11:59Z | www.cbs42.com | Birmingham libraries may consider investment changes after $87,000 in losses | https://www.cbs42.com/news/birmingham-libraries-may-consider-investment-changes-after-87000-in-losses/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/birmingham-libraries-may-consider-investment-changes-after-87000-in-losses/ |
GARDENDALE, Ala. (WIAT) — The Gardendale Police Department is asking the public for help in locating a missing teenager who has not been seen since Monday.
Hailey Elizabeth Redwine, 16, is described as being 5-foot-7 and weighing 170 pounds.
If you have any information on Redwine’s whereabouts, you’re asked to contact GPD at 205-631-8787.
(Gardendale Police Dpeartment) | 2022-05-11T02:12:05Z | www.cbs42.com | Search underway for missing Gardendale teen | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/missing/search-underway-for-missing-gardendale-teen-2/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/missing/search-underway-for-missing-gardendale-teen-2/ |
Tonight: Temperatures remain seasonable in the low 60s. For tomorrow I think some spots in west Alabama see their first 90 degree day of the year. Climatologically speaking, May 21st is around the first time we start seeing 90 degree days. However, our earliest on record has been April. So, May 11th isn’t terribly unusual
This heat won’t be a momentary blip either. It looks like these warmer than average temperatures stick around through next week. There are no major rain makers in sight and no hazardous weather outlooks for the next 7-10 days.
The dominant ridge of high pressure that is largely controlling our weather right now will start to slide off to the east. As it retreats, we will benefit from a few clouds and a possible shower this weekend. This will not make for a profound change in our forecast though. These aren’t “change your plans” kind of showers. More or less, it’s just “hey, don’t blame the weather people if a few sprinkles emerge this weekend”. | 2022-05-11T02:12:29Z | www.cbs42.com | Will we see 90° in Central Alabama tomorrow? | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/weather-birmingham-forecast/will-we-see-90-in-central-alabama-tomorrow/ | https://www.cbs42.com/weather-birmingham-forecast/will-we-see-90-in-central-alabama-tomorrow/ |
by: Lillian Lalo
BLOUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — As the assistant principal at JB Pennington High School, Steven Bryson is passionate about social media safety in all forms. “Keep lines of communication open,” he said.
A moment in 2018 changed his perspective forever.
During a typical school day, Bryson witnessed an attempted kidnapping by a man who had met a student through a social media app.
“He tried to check her out of school,” said Bryson. “As an administrator, seeing everything I’ve seen makes me more aware of the bad guys out there.”
His awareness of the “bad guys” spans all social media platforms. And his caution not only serves his students but his children.
“As a father, I was very concerned when my children wanted to get social media. With their smartphone, kids have the whole world at their fingertips,” Bryson said.
With the whole world at their fingertips, it’s not always easy to control the content that your children see. That content can spread from predators messaging children to social media videos that entice kids into participating in dangerous challenges.
You might remember the viral “Tide Pod Challenge.” Now, there are even more social media trends and challenges. Some of them are life-threatening.
“We have seen kids who have had some long-term consequences, brain damage and even death, from these challenges,” said Alicia Webb, a Children’s of Alabama Emergency Medicine Physician.
Dangerous social media trends have sent some Alabama children to the ER under her care.
For example, the “Blackout Challenge,” where people intentionally starve themselves of oxygen and the “milk crate challenge,” where you stack milk crates to create wild stunts; the Benadryl challenge used to hallucinate intentionally, and the “dry scoop challenge,” where people eat whole scoops of energizing pre-workout powder.
“A very young person had a heart attack from taking that much energy substance,” Webb said.
And that Tide Pod Challenge has even come back. “When those tide pods pop, they can cause burns to the mouth, face, esophagus, and can cause lasting complications,” said Webb.
“Growing up in the 80s and 90s, we jumped bicycles off of ramps. Pretty mild stuff compared to a lot of the stuff today,” Bryson said.
Because these challenges show something dangerous as fun and exciting, Dr. Webb said kids naturally want to participate. And Bryson says some children are simply looking for attention.
“It’s almost like any attention is better than no attention. And I think attention-seeking children will do anything for approval by their peers – something to be noticed, and that’s dangerous,” said Bryson.
Both Bryson and Webb share similar messages on ways you can keep your children safe from the dark side of social media.
“My wife monitors all of our children’s social media. Everything comes through my wife’s phone too. So our kids know that she sees everything they do,” said Bryson.
“Just like you would want to make sure that you know where your child or teenager is, and who they’re hanging out with in person, know what they’re doing online,” Webb said.
And Dr. Webb says most of the time, her patients’ parents are shocked or completely unaware of what their children were participating in before they ended up in her emergency room.
And because these challenges change and evolve so rapidly, what’s popular one day might be old news the next. That’s another reason to consistently foster clear communication, boundaries, and expectations with your children over their social media use. | 2022-05-11T04:40:10Z | www.cbs42.com | Blount County assistant principal focusing on social media safety | https://www.cbs42.com/birmingham-community/blount-county-assistant-principal-places-focus-on-social-media-safety/ | https://www.cbs42.com/birmingham-community/blount-county-assistant-principal-places-focus-on-social-media-safety/ |
Businesses along Highway 280 gear up for busy week with Regions Tradition
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – The Regions Tradition at Hoover’s Greystone Golf & Country Club starts Wednesday and businesses along Highway 280 are preparing. The tournament brings in a lot of people and that means a lot of extra traffic for businesses.
Businesses along Highway 280 are getting ready for a big week ahead. Servers at Walk-On’s said they are anticipating lots of traffic with the Regions Tradition this week.
The Regions Tradition at Greystone tees off Wednesday morning and businesses like Walk-On‘s have been gearing up for a busy weekend.
Tuesday night CBS 42’s Carly Laing talked with Walk-On’s server Haley Maness. She said they’ve been prepping all week, adding additional staff and getting ready to take on the big crowds.
“Every shift our managers will talk to us. They’re like hey guys we got the golf tournament coming up, we have to stay on our p’s and q’s, stay focused, be prepared. We’re going to get some traffic coming in, so they are just making sure that we’ve been prepared,” Maness said.
Maness also said Monday night this week felt more like a Friday night with all the business they’re already seeing and that was two days before the start of this tournament so you can imagine what these businesses along 280 will be bringing in this weekend.
The Regions Tradition tees off Wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. | 2022-05-11T07:03:15Z | www.cbs42.com | Businesses along Highway 280 gear up for busy week with Regions Tradition | https://www.cbs42.com/news/businesses-along-highway-280-gear-up-for-busy-week-with-regions-tradition/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/businesses-along-highway-280-gear-up-for-busy-week-with-regions-tradition/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – After escaped inmate Casey White was taken into state custody at the Donaldson Correctional Facility, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton shared more about the emotions officers are facing after the last two weeks.
Longtime corrections officer and accomplice Vicky White died Tuesday after investigators said she died of a single gunshot wound to the head. Her death has been ruled a suicide after an autopsy.
“When this first happened, obviously we thought that he had somehow overpowered her and taken her against her will,” said Singleton.
As days went on, Singleton learned Vicky White was involved in the escape. Despite her involvement, the ending has been difficult and brought on mixed feelings.
“Disappointing, discouraging, the full range of emotions from concern to fear to anger and now to grief in spite of everything she has done, she was a coworker,” Singleton said.
Casey White did not say anything about Vicky White when he was brought back to Lauderdale County Wednesday night from Indiana, where the duo’s car crashed after it was rammed by U.S. Marshals.
Singleton said he believes the veteran officer was conned and manipulated.
“I think he convinced her she was really something special to him but if you watch the video footage of when he was apprehended not a single expression of remorse, not a single expression of grief,” said Singleton.
Vicky White’s final moments were captured on an audio call with 911 dispatchers. She can be heard saying that airbags are going off and suggest they get out and run, telling Casey White to get them back to the hotel.
“She did not call 911, the car called 911 and just picked up the conversation. It was sort of difficult to listen to,” said Singleton.
Singleton said so far investigators have not discovered any communications that Vicky White left behind that might provide more insight into her mindset and actions. He said he called her mother to offer condolences.
“I really think she was struggling with the thought of having to come back here face her family, face her coworkers in light of what she had done, I think that weighed heavily on her,” said Singleton.
The sheriff said he did not speak to Casey White Tuesday, but that investigators planned to follow up with him now that he was in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections.
When asked if there would be any changes as a result of the escape, he said the incident would be used as a teaching tool
“We use this for lessons learned in our orientation and training with our correction deputies, but we have always spent an extra amount of time when we interview them, explaining to them the work environment, this is a very unique work environment,” said Singleton.
CBS 42 reached out to a representative with ADOC for details on how Casey White would be detained at Donaldson Correctional Facility in west Jefferson County.
An ADOC spokesperson said the department couldn’t release that information because it may pose a security risk.
Casey White is facing capital murder charges in the Lauderdale County death of Connie Ridgeway. He was also charged with first-degree escape Tuesday night and arraigned.
Singleton said he could face additional charges as the investigation continues. | 2022-05-12T00:32:17Z | www.cbs42.com | ‘It’s just one of those situations where you think you know someone’: Lauderdale County sheriff reflects on inmate escape | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/its-just-one-of-those-situations-where-you-think-you-know-someone-lauderdale-county-sheriff-reflects-on-inmate-escape/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/its-just-one-of-those-situations-where-you-think-you-know-someone-lauderdale-county-sheriff-reflects-on-inmate-escape/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — For many, getting gas for your vehicle is taking a bite out of your wallet.
Currently, the national average is $4.37 per gallon, while the state average is $4.12 per gallon. AAA spokesperson Clay Ingram says that’s four cents away from the high in March.
Ingram says the high prices are due to the crisis between Russia and Ukraine.
The high prices are even making some drivers reevaluate their budget.
“There are senior citizens on fixed income that only have so much money to live off of, and with the gas prices and inflation to come it’s a real financial crisis out there,” driver Jim Tinker said.
Ingram says he doesn’t expect prices to reach five dollars, but expect an increase for Memorial Day.
He says the best way to save money at the pump is to price shop.
“It’s very important because it kind of creates some competition in the marketplace out there, among the gas stations, and then they will have to compete for our business by dropping their prices if we prove to them that we’re buying the lowest price gas out there,” Ingram said. | 2022-05-12T14:16:34Z | www.cbs42.com | Rising gas prices making big impact on consumers | https://www.cbs42.com/consumer-alerts/rising-gas-prices-making-big-impact-on-consumers/ | https://www.cbs42.com/consumer-alerts/rising-gas-prices-making-big-impact-on-consumers/ |
TUSCALOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuscaloosa County authorities are investigating a house fire in the Holt community where two bodies were found.
According to Capt. Jack Kennedy, two people were discovered inside a burned down residence on Garber Street Thursday. The identity of the deceased is unknown at this time.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is made available. | 2022-05-12T14:16:52Z | www.cbs42.com | 2 dead in Tuscaloosa County house fire | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/2-dead-in-tuscaloosa-county-house-fire/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/2-dead-in-tuscaloosa-county-house-fire/ |
Very warm with a few storms today through the weekend. Then it turns HOT next week
It is a partly cloudy and muggy morning across Central Alabama with a few stray showers. Temperatures range from the 60s to 70s.
Tonight, it will be partly cloudy with spotty showers and storms – mainly over Western Alabama. Lows will be in the mid 60s. | 2022-05-13T09:24:51Z | www.cbs42.com | Very warm with a few storms today through the weekend. Then it turns HOT next week | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/weather/very-warm-with-a-few-storms-today-through-the-weekend-then-it-turns-hot-next-week/ | https://www.cbs42.com/weather/very-warm-with-a-few-storms-today-through-the-weekend-then-it-turns-hot-next-week/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The United States Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers will hold the 30th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive on May 14.
To participate, all you have to do is leave non-perishable food items in a sturdy bag next to your mailbox before delivery on Saturday.
Derrick Mason with USPS said the pandemic is leading to an even bigger need.
“One can, one bag of beans, you just don’t know how much that means to somebody else. It’s small to you, but to somebody else, it’s huge,” Mason said.
Additionally, Mason said if you miss pickup on Saturday you can put your donations back out on Monday. | 2022-05-13T15:26:41Z | www.cbs42.com | Stamp Out Hunger food drive returns Saturday | https://www.cbs42.com/cbs-42-cares/feeding-alabama/stamp-out-hunger-food-drive-returns-saturday/ | https://www.cbs42.com/cbs-42-cares/feeding-alabama/stamp-out-hunger-food-drive-returns-saturday/ |
Louisiana restaurant pays tribute to deputy with Fallen Hero table
In October 2021, the restaurant created a Fallen Hero table for Master Trooper Adam Gaubert.
Fast-forward to May and the restaurant in Livingston Parish is doing it again. This time, Texas Roadhouse is remembering EBRSO Deputy Nick Tullier.
The table was set up on the day Tullier died and was finished before opening the next morning. The table is set up a particular way for fallen police officers.
Pruitt is a managing partner at this Texas Roadhouse location and described the table this way:
So how long will the table for Deputy Tullier remain set up? The restaurant usually leaves the table set up for at least a week as a show of respect and support to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
The Texas Roadhouse location in Denham Springs opened in July 2019 and this is the third time that Pruitt has set up a table for a fallen officer.
“I am very thankful to Nick for serving his community for almost two decades and deeply saddened by the ultimate sacrifice that was made by him and his family,” Pruitt said. “It was an honor to be able to recognize him inside my restaurant this last week.” | 2022-05-13T15:27:25Z | www.cbs42.com | Louisiana restaurant pays tribute to deputy with Fallen Hero table | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/louisiana-restaurant-pays-tribute-to-deputy-with-fallen-hero-table/ | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/louisiana-news/louisiana-restaurant-pays-tribute-to-deputy-with-fallen-hero-table/ |
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — Leaders in both houses of the Alabama Legislature are backing incumbent Governor Kay Ivey’s bid for re-election.
Last week, Ivey announced endorsements from Senate Republican Majority Leader Clay Scofield (R-Guntersville) and House Republican Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville). Both leaders hail from North Alabama.
Scofield, who has served in the Alabama Senate since 2010, said, “From expanding broadband, improving our state’s roads and bridges, and fighting for the conservative causes that Alabamians hold dear – the state of Alabama is delivering.”
“The reelection of Kay Ivey as governor will ensure this growth and success continues,” Scofield continued.
Ledbetter credited Ivey with Alabama’s “thriving economy” and “true conservative agenda.”
“Results speak for themselves – and in Alabama, our economy is thriving,” said Ledbetter. “The economic numbers we’re seeing are beyond question and I give Governor Ivey a tremendous amount of credit for that success. I look forward to continuing to work with her to keep that economic momentum going.”
Previously, Ivey was endorsed by outgoing Speaker Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) and Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper).
“The Alabama Senate and the Governor have a great working relationship – delivering a wide range of legislative accomplishments that are important to Alabamians,” Reed stated. “It’s clear that she is the best person for the job, and I look forward to supporting her in her reelection campaign.”
Governor Ivey is currently locked in a primary battle against several other candidates for the Republican nomination. Her most notable opponents include former Trump ambassador Lindy Blanchard and businessman Tim James.
A poll conducted by Emerson/The Hill in March found Ivey in the lead with 48% support, followed by James at 11% and Blanchard at 8%. 22% of respondents said they were undecided.
FILE – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey waves as she arrives to deliver her State of the State address at the State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 11,…
FILE – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey waves as she arrives to deliver her State of the State address at the State Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 11, 2022. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File) | 2022-05-13T17:01:50Z | www.cbs42.com | Leaders in Alabama State House, Senate endorse Gov. Kay Ivey for re-election | https://www.cbs42.com/news/leaders-in-alabama-state-house-senate-endorse-gov-kay-ivey-for-re-election/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/leaders-in-alabama-state-house-senate-endorse-gov-kay-ivey-for-re-election/ |
Birmingham, Ala. (WIAT) – CBS 42 News is “Your Local Election Headquarters” and with less than two weeks to go before the Alabama Primary, we are helping you learn more about who’s running for sheriff in Jefferson County. While there is no opposition in the Republican race, CBS 42 had the chance to speak with all four democratic candidates after a recent candidate forum.
Democratic candidates for sheriff:
Mark Pettway (incumbent)
Felicia Rucker-Summerlin
Jared Hudson is headed to the Nov. 3 general election. Hudson is the only Republican candidate running for Jefferson County sheriff.
In the videos below, you’ll hear each of the democratic candidates take our questions on violent crime, recruitment and retention of deputies, and their approach to police shootings of citizens and how they would include the community when events like this occur. | 2022-05-14T06:43:55Z | www.cbs42.com | Meet the Democratic Candidates for Jefferson Co. Sheriff | https://www.cbs42.com/news/meet-the-democratic-candidates-for-jefferson-co-sheriff/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/meet-the-democratic-candidates-for-jefferson-co-sheriff/ |
Scattered Storms Continue; Getting Even Hotter Next Week
TONIGHT: A few isolated storms are possible, but most downpours fizzle out after 10 pm. Patchy fog develops after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s.
SUNDAY/MONDAY: Both Sunday and Monday bring highs in the upper 80s, with a few low 90s in the typical “hot-spots”. Both days will also feature a few widely scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Storm location and how widespread storms are will be based primarily on small-scale features in the atmosphere that are difficult to forecast more than a few hours out. Because of this, for now our rain chances here will stay relatively low for any one spot, but those who do see rain could see an intense storm with heavy rain, lightning, and gusty winds. Some isolated downpours could linger into the overnight hours Sunday night, but drier air should shut down rain chances Monday night.
THE WEEKEND: Scattered showers and thunderstorms return to the forecast as moisture returns to the state. Temperatures will be heavily dependent on rain timing, but we expect upper 80s to perhaps 90° Saturday, with Sunday’s temps dependent on whether rain clears for daytime heating or continues through the day. | 2022-05-14T23:37:25Z | www.cbs42.com | Scattered Storms Continue; Getting Even Hotter Next Week | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/scattered-storms-continue-getting-even-hotter-next-week/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/scattered-storms-continue-getting-even-hotter-next-week/ |
CALERA, Ala. (WIAT) — An accident involving a truck at mile marker 228 in Calera has I-65 northbound lanes closed for an undisclosed amount of time.
According to the Calera Police Department, the truck involved in the accident spilled roofing nails.
CPD said that traffic is being routed around the nails in the emergency lane until they are cleaned up.
Traffic News / 1 hour ago | 2022-05-15T01:17:34Z | www.cbs42.com | I-65 northbound at Calera closed after truck spills roofing nails | https://www.cbs42.com/news/traffic-news/i-65-northbound-at-calera-closed-after-truck-spills-roofing-nails/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/traffic-news/i-65-northbound-at-calera-closed-after-truck-spills-roofing-nails/ |
Dry and Hot Weather Later This Week
TONIGHT: Additional showers and storms are likely, as a weakening squall line approaches the northwestern part of the state tonight. While widespread severe storms are unlikely, a few storms with heavy rain, gusty winds, and small hail are possible west of I-65 overnight. Lows again drop into the low to mid 60s.
MONDAY: A weak front will push across the state Monday. This will bring a few additional isolated showers and storms. Best chances to see a downpour is east of I-65 but any one spot could see a storm. Temperatures will drop a tad Monday, but the cooler weather won’t last long with hot and dry weather on the way by the second half of the work week.
THE WEEKEND: Scattered showers and thunderstorms return to the forecast as moisture returns to the state and a cold front pushes through. That front means we deal with storms Saturday, a few lingering downpours in the first half of Sunday, but we also see some cooler air move into Central Alabama. Highs will struggle to reach the 80s to kick off next week! | 2022-05-15T21:40:18Z | www.cbs42.com | Dry and Hot Weather Later This Week | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/dry-and-hot-weather-later-this-week/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/dry-and-hot-weather-later-this-week/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – The cost of seafood is going up at Alabama restaurants and fish markets as rising fuel prices make it more expensive to bring products up from the gulf coast.
Some area eateries have already had to change menu prices multiple times over the past year in order to keep up with inflation and transportation costs.
At The Fish Market Restaurant in Birmingham, owner George Sarris said he’s paying more than double for the cost of red snapper, an Alabama favorite.
“In 2021, say for snapper, We pay about $s5.30, whole fish, come from the coast, right now it is 11.95,” said Sarris.
For nearly 40 years, Sarris has been serving up some of the most sought after seafood in the Magic City, but has never seen prices so high.
“This year, if it goes like that, we are going to make no money, which is fine. We are blessed. We are going to keep our doors open. But what is it going to do to the other restaurants that haven’t been here for 30 years?” Sarris asked.
There’s a lot that goes into the price of the fresh catch. At Capeside Fish Company and Market in Rainbow City, co-owner Dennis Deason and his son make weekly runs in search of the products his customers are hooked on.
“We’re actually headed to the gulf coast. We’re headed to Biloxi. We’ll start there and going to pick up some red snapper today, and then going to head to Louisiana to get some crawfish then back to Bayou La Batre for oysters,” said Deason.
Deason’s son also drives to the Carolina coast to buy and sell fish.
“By the time we go east coast to gulf coast and back, we are spending thousands of dollars extra per week and it adds up,” said Deason.
At more than $5.50 per gallon, diesel fuels more than Deason’s 26 foot truck that he packs as full as he can. The fuel also helps keep products cold.
“When it gets hot like it is today, the refrigeration is running harder and it is burning diesel as well,” said Deason.
After restaurants already struggled through the pandemic, now owners are forced to pass rising costs to customers without making items too expensive.
“Certain clientele will pay that but you are also eliminating a large part of your customer base that simply can’t afford to pay that for food,” said Deason.
At The Fish Market Restaurant in Birmingham, Sarris brings in food from as far as Miami and Boston. He isn’t sure if or when prices will stabilize, but also believes greed is part of the problem.
“The almighty dollar it become our God a little bit and we have become greedy as a nation,” said Sarris.
Deason said rising fuel prices have also limited some fisherman and oystercatchers from doing normal business, citing a text from one of his suppliers on the coast
“Half of its oysterman decided not to fish anymore the harvest was so low they couldn’t offset the increase in fuel prices and the same thing is happening with crab and shrimp and red snapper,” said Deason. | 2022-05-17T00:34:17Z | www.cbs42.com | Record high fuel prices impacting Alabama seafood restaurants and markets | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/record-high-fuel-prices-impacting-alabama-seafood-restaurants-and-markets/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/record-high-fuel-prices-impacting-alabama-seafood-restaurants-and-markets/ |
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is calling the events race terrorism. On Monday, the BCRI stayed much past the end of the work day to start working on a response to the tragedy in Buffalo – getting ready to host a virtual panel later this week to address racial terrorism. | 2022-05-17T05:20:53Z | www.cbs42.com | Birmingham Civil Rights Institute calls Buffalo tragedy ‘race terrorism’ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/birmingham-civil-rights-institute-calls-buffalo-tragedy-race-terrorism/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/birmingham-civil-rights-institute-calls-buffalo-tragedy-race-terrorism/ |
Everyone is feeling the sting of these high prices at the pump. With gas prices reaching a new record high buyers told CBS 42 that they are making do, but hope relief comes sooner rather than later.
“It’s crazy for real. You wake up one day and it’s a decent price then you go to work and it’s 30 cents higher,” Willie Lewis said.
Clay Ingram with AAA Alabama said he expects gas prices to continue to rise through Memorial Day.
“So over the next couple of weeks with our demand increasing, typically that results in our prices increasing as well and unfortunately I think that will be the same this year,” Ingram said. | 2022-05-17T05:20:54Z | www.cbs42.com | Gas prices hit record high in Alabama | https://www.cbs42.com/news/gas-prices-hit-record-high-in-alabama/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/gas-prices-hit-record-high-in-alabama/ |
Touchdown Tuesday: Former Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall deletes posts of Texas from social media. Sponsored.
Former Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall once again appears to be in a predicament with his current team. After transferring to Texas roughly one month ago, Hall has deleted all social media posts related to Texas football. He is currently not listed on the Longhorns roster he is not officially enrolled at Texas.
Hall announced his intentions to transfer from Alabama back on April 19 after he was removed from the team’s online roster.
… To read the full article and see the video visit https://tdalabamamag.com/2022/05/17/former-alabama-agiye-hall-deletes-texas-social-media/ | 2022-05-17T20:26:39Z | www.cbs42.com | Touchdown Tuesday: Former Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall deletes posts of Texas from social media. Sponsored. | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/alabama/touchdown-tuesday-former-alabama-wr-agiye-hall-no-longer-listed-on-texas-roster-while-deleting-all-longhorn-related-social-media-posts-sponsored/ | https://www.cbs42.com/sports/alabama/touchdown-tuesday-former-alabama-wr-agiye-hall-no-longer-listed-on-texas-roster-while-deleting-all-longhorn-related-social-media-posts-sponsored/ |
Birmingham, Ala. (WIAT)– Tarrant is open for business. That’s according to Tarrant Mayor Wayman Newton.
Newton spoke with a crowd of investors Tuesday night in Birmingham.
“My message is simple,” he said. “We are a new Tarrant. We are open for business and the city wants to partner with businesses and investors to bring families to our city.
Newton attended Tuesday’s REI Live event at Vulcan. He told potential investors they want homeowners and families in the Jefferson County city. Tarrant is situated just north of Birmingham with a population of 6,216, according the 2020 Census.
Newton welcomed the chance to get in front of investors.
“My administration, we have a policy we want homeowners, we want families in our community. we are willing to work with anyone, any organization, person, entity, or business to make that happen,” he said. “Tarrant, like many small cities throughout Jefferson County, (has) have been on the decline and we have a large inventory of homes that need to be renovated.”
Newton said he was invited to the REI Live event by Rob Malcom who, along with his wife Shannon, owns 3-D Construction in Tarrant and EXIT Realty Birmingham. Newton told CBS 42 at the REI Live Real Estate Investment event at Vulcan, “I’m not the guest speaker. Rob Malcom is the guest speaker. He actually owns a real estate company in our city. He has been very instrumental in kind of helping shape my policy in terms of redeveloping our downtown and redeveloping our communities.”
Malcom said he and his wife opened their construction company in Tarrant 11 years ago in the old Tarrant Post Office that they renovated and met Newton shortly after he was elected in 2020. | 2022-05-18T14:51:20Z | www.cbs42.com | Mayor Wayman Newton: "Tarrant is open for business" | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/mayor-wayman-newton-tarrant-is-open-for-business/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/mayor-wayman-newton-tarrant-is-open-for-business/ |
Fredrick Johnson was arrested Tuesday and charged with 21 counts of promoting prison contraband. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says officials at the jail were conducting random bag checks while corrections officers were reporting for duty. They say Johnson was found with phone chargers, a camera, a camera watch, and flash drives loaded with movies. Some of those movies were explicit adult movies, according to the sheriff’s office. | 2022-05-18T17:36:32Z | www.cbs42.com | South Alabama corrections officer arrested after allegedly trying to sell adult movies to inmates | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/south-alabama-corrections-officer-arrested-after-allegedly-trying-to-sell-adult-movies-to-inmates/ | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/south-alabama-corrections-officer-arrested-after-allegedly-trying-to-sell-adult-movies-to-inmates/ |
We are in for a mild night. Temperatures will remain in the 70s most of the night. a few spots will briefly dip into the 60s shortly before sunrise. Tomorrow, the ridge of high pressure, or more aptly called, the dome of heat, will continue to bake us. Highs return to the 90s across the map.
Weekend Outlook : The weather pattern shifts a bit this weekend. Saturday will feature some afternoon and evening showers, but I think most of the day time plans should be fine. Sunday, a front moves through and that’s where we will see more widespread coverage of rain and storms.
If you are heading out to Lakefest at Logan Martin Lake, just keep an eye to the sky starting Saturday night and into the day Sunday. | 2022-05-19T02:03:23Z | www.cbs42.com | Hot and Hazy as Roll into the End of the Week…Rain is Back for the Weekend | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/weather-birmingham-forecast/hot-and-hazy-as-roll-into-the-end-of-the-week-rain-is-back-for-the-weekend/ | https://www.cbs42.com/weather-birmingham-forecast/hot-and-hazy-as-roll-into-the-end-of-the-week-rain-is-back-for-the-weekend/ |
by: Lee Hedgepeth, Courtney Chandler
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Polling released Wednesday by Emerson College and The Hill on Roe v Wade has garnered reaction from local agencies.
The results show Alabama primary voters split on Roe v. Wade: 47% think the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade, while 41% think the Supreme Court should uphold it. Twelve percent (12%) are unsure.
Executive director of Save-A-Life Inc. Lisa Hogan says the results do not surprise her.
She says abortion is a morale issue and not a political issue, and every woman that finds themselves in a unplanned pregnancy is afraid.
“That’s part of our job, for them to take a deep breath before they make a rash decision that you could possibly regret down the road,” Hogan said.
A plurality of respondents, 46%, said abortion should be legal only in cases of rape, incest, and when the woman’s life is endangered. 19% say it should be legal in all cases, 14% say it should be illegal in all cases, 12% say it should be legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy, and 9% think it should be legal up to 6 weeks of pregnancy.
Planned Parenthood Southeast communication director Lauren Frazier says that one in four people in the country will have an abortion and its not anyone’s place to judge that decision.
“Politicians are not the experts, we are the experts when it comes to decisions of managing our bodies, families and futures,” Frazier said.
48% of voters say the Alabama legislature should make abortion harder to access, 28% say lawmakers should make it easier to access, and 24% say lawmakers should not pass abortion laws.
“There are reasons for people to still find ways to get an abortion,” Hogan said. “There are going to be exceptions everywhere. For us, we believe what the Bible says which is that God is the author of life and we just want them to know what that looks like.”
Frazier says the only way to prevent lawmakers from making stronger abortions laws is by voting in elections.
“We all deserve access to comprehensive health care, including abortion and it’s going to be up to us,” Frazier said. “This is the moment to stand up, get engaged and get mobilized.”
The poll was conducted among 1,000 Alabama voters. | 2022-05-19T15:09:00Z | www.cbs42.com | Alabama agencies react to recent poll on Roe V Wade | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/alabama-agencies-react-to-recent-poll-on-roe-v-wade/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/alabama-agencies-react-to-recent-poll-on-roe-v-wade/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Hearts for Hunger provides meals and snacks for children who are eligible for free and reduced cost school meals and families in need.
UAB partners with City of Birmingham to fulfill the Birmingham Promise
Miss UAB, Elizabeth Miller, spoke with CBS 42’s Michael Clark about why she chose food insecurity as her platform.
“I started volunteering with volunteer organizations, high schools and my church’s food pantry and loved being able to serve those in our community,” Miller said. “I volunteered with Laser Kitchen and Community Food Banks of central Alabama. Almost one million people are food insecure and a quarter of them are children. And children need someone to be their voice.”
Miller also spoke about why it’s important to have children be involved and part of the solution.
“Children begin developing at an early age, so whenever their eyes open of new possibilities and opportunities to give, they’re more likely too,” Miller said.
Miller also hosted food drives and created Tik Tok videos to help spread awareness.
You can get involved by following Miller on Instagram, @missuab, or by donating to Blazer Kitchen or the Community Food Bank of Central Alabama. | 2022-05-19T19:12:05Z | www.cbs42.com | Miss UAB speaks on Hearts for Hunger initiative | https://www.cbs42.com/news/miss-uab-speaks-on-hearts-for-hunger-initiative/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/miss-uab-speaks-on-hearts-for-hunger-initiative/ |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Many are keeping the Murray State University softball team in their prayers after the team bus crashed into a logging truck while travelling to Tuscaloosa for the NCAA softball tournament Wednesday night.
Murray State coach, Kara Amundson, tells CBS 42 she is relieved that all of her players are doing okay and are ready to compete Friday in the tournament.
“That moment is something no one wants to have happen and I think God had His hand on us, said Amundson. “And for us to be able to walk away and be here to run outside and play, we are super blessed because it could have looked different than it did. We are very fortunate.”
Three Murray State players were taken to DCH Hospital, but their injuries were not life threatening.
Thursday morning all the teams competing in the tournament practiced at Rhoads softball stadium. CBS 42 spoke to fans, like Ron Prottsman and his wife, who drove from Panama City to watch the competition.
Prottsman said although he is an Alabama fan, he is rooting for Murray State.
“I think anytime people are trying to do the right thing and have a setback I think it’s good to pray for them and lift them. It’s not just the Murray state fans and the Chattanooga fans, I think everyone wants to wish them well,” said Prottsman.
Coach Kara Amundson said she is thankful to everyone who sent prayers and showed support for her players and staff.
“One of our players got flowers sent from her home church today. Just incredible gestures,” said Amundson. “I could go down the list of all the people who have helped us in our moment of need, and I couldn’t be more grateful for that for sure.”
The NCAA softball tournament begins Friday afternoon. | 2022-05-20T02:18:24Z | www.cbs42.com | Murray State softball coach grateful for support following bus crash in Tuscaloosa | https://www.cbs42.com/news/murray-state-softball-coach-grateful-for-support-following-bus-crash-in-tuscaloosa/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/murray-state-softball-coach-grateful-for-support-following-bus-crash-in-tuscaloosa/ |
One more hot day before storms return this weekend and cool us down next week
The ridge of high pressure will break down and move to the East Coast today. We will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy, hot, and humid with high temperatures in the lower 90s. The heat index will be around 95-100°. This means it will be a hot first day of Lakefest in Pell City. It kicks off at 2 PM.
Tonight, we will be partly to mostly cloudy and muggy. Lows will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Weekend Outlook: The weather pattern changes this weekend from dry to wet. An upper-level disturbance/wave will move into Alabama on Saturday. This will make it partly cloudy with spotty showers and storms popping up in the afternoon. Some downpours will be likely with the added moisture in the air. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
A cold front will move into Alabama on Sunday with more widespread scattered showers and storms. A few storms could be strong to possibly severe with gusty winds and hail. SPC has placed parts of West-Central Alabama in a Level 1/5 Marginal Risk for severe weather. Some heavy rain is also possible. It will turn cooler with high temperatures in the lower to mid 80s. The rain will linger into Sunday night and Monday as the front stalls along the coast.
Next Week Outlook: It looks like we will have a wet week. The cold front will move through by Monday and slowly die out over the Southeast U.S. We will have more scattered showers and storms with cooler high temperatures around 80°. Election Day, Tuesday, will be partly cloudy with fewer showers and storms. High temperatures will be in the mid 80s. Make sure you get out and vote! Look for more scattered storms on Wednesday the old front moves back north as a warm front. High temperatures will be in the mid-upper 80s. Another cold front will move into Alabama on Thursday with scattered showers and storms. A few storms could be strong to possibly severe with gusty winds. Highs will be in the lower 80s. The front will move through by Friday midday with more scattered showers and storms. High temperatures will be in the 80s. | 2022-05-20T11:30:48Z | www.cbs42.com | One more hot day before storms return this weekend and cool us down next week | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/one-more-hot-day-before-storms-return-this-weekend-and-cool-us-down-next-week/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/one-more-hot-day-before-storms-return-this-weekend-and-cool-us-down-next-week/ |
CLANTON, Ala. (WIAT) — Now is the time where peaches are good to pick and back on the shelves.
The peach season started around mid-May and those selling peaches in Clanton are excited, but say it’s been tough due to the inflation.
Durbin Farms Market and Peach Park say peaches may cost a little more this year and it’s not just one thing raising the price.
“Its just hard to get anything anymore,” said Mark Gray, owner of Peach Park. “If you can get it, its usually twice the price that its use to be and you know you have to pass that along.”
Durbin Farms Market manager Colby Jones said it’s not just diesel prices that have risen, but also fertilizer and even plastic containers. Jones said the peaches this season are just right and people are using them for many different treats.
“Half the people, their going to the beach and their saying oh were going to make daiquiris, homemade ice cream or we just get something for the kids to throw in the cooler,” Jones said. “I think that even us here even ourselves our excess is going into our ice cream next door, pies, cobblers nothing gets wasted here it always a different mode that you can put something into.”
Peach season can last as long as September. | 2022-05-20T17:28:49Z | www.cbs42.com | Peaches back in season in central Alabama | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/peaches-back-in-season-across-central-alabama/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/peaches-back-in-season-across-central-alabama/ |
Opelika police searching for thief who stole $800 in merchandise from store
OPELIKA, Ala. (WIAT) — The Opelika Police Department is seeking help from the public to identify a woman suspected of third-degree theft.
Surveillance video shows the suspect, described as a black female with two-tone braids, leaving the Ulta Cosmetics with over $800 in merchandise on May 17. The suspect was seen wearing a black facemask, black jacket and a brown romper bodysuit.
If you have any information regarding the identity of the suspect, call the OPD at 334-705-5220.
(Courtesy: Opelika Police Department) | 2022-05-20T22:23:33Z | www.cbs42.com | Opelika police searching for thief who stole $800 in merchandise from store | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/opelika-police-searching-for-thief/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/opelika-police-searching-for-thief/ |
Stormier Pattern For The New Week
TONIGHT: Mostly dry. Temperatures dipping into the upper 60s and low 70s.
SUNDAY: Numerous showers and storms possible from mid morning through the overnight hours. Some storms could produce gusty winds, frequent lightning, and some small hail.
Highs only reach the low 80s due to cloud cover and rain.
THE WEEK AHEAD: Expect several waves of showers and storms Monday through Thursday. Throughout the week, we could see a few storms that produce gusty winds, frequent lightning, and some hail. Widespread severe weather is unlikely. High temperatures won’t come close to 90° due to the rain and cloud cover. | 2022-05-22T04:24:27Z | www.cbs42.com | Stormier Pattern For The New Week | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/stormier-pattern-for-the-new-week/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/stormier-pattern-for-the-new-week/ |
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — Dothan police officers responded to a shootout at the 3500 block of Ross Clark Circle Saturday.
Shots were still being fired when officers arrived on the scene. Several suspects ran away on food and others drove from the scene.
Mekhi Nasir Lawton, 18, was arrested after police recovered a firearm that Lawton allegedly used in the shootout. He has been charged with two counts of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle. His bond is set at $30,000.
Police are working to see if this shooting was related to the E. Powell shooting later in the morning, where . | 2022-05-23T17:36:15Z | www.cbs42.com | Teen arrested following Sunday morning shootout in southeast Alabama | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/teen-arrested-following-sunday-morning-shootout-in-southeast-alabama/ | https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/teen-arrested-following-sunday-morning-shootout-in-southeast-alabama/ |
LUCEDALE, Miss. (WKRG) — One of the last bus rides of the school year ends with an angry confrontation between a bus driver, students, and parents in Lucedale, Mississippi.
The bus video is making the rounds on social media. Parents say it started as a normal trip home from Central Elementary school in Lucedale Friday afternoon. Shortly after the bus route started, the driver returned to Central Station, a gas station right next to the elementary school. They claim the driver left the bus unattended for about 15 minutes. They believe the driver had fallen ill. Witnesses said that as temperature and tensions started to rise, some of the younger children on the bus started getting upset.
“They were crying and yelling,” bus rider Ramiro Pruitt said, describing the scene.
Some students began calling parents.
“She calls me, she’s crying she says mom, come get me, I’m scared,” mother Kattie Bragg said.
Bragg said that like a lot of parents, she wants to know what happened. Other parents got concerned calls from bus riders.
“My kids called me, I couldn’t hear them, there were too many kids screaming in the background for their parents,” mother Nicki Pruitt said.
Some parents then arrived at the school bus, where things began to escalate. Video circulating online shows the bus driver yelling at the students to stay on the bus and yelling at parents to stay off the bus.
“She scared those kids on the school bus, nobody wants to get back on the school bus,” Pruitt said.
Some parents worry despite all the attention this incident is getting there won’t be any change.
“I think they want everyone to be quiet about it and they’re going to brush it under the carpet,” parent Anthony Pruitt said.
The George County School District subsequently released a statement, saying they were aware of the incident and were investigating. Superintendent Wade Whitney Jr. did not answer follow-up questions Sunday, but did acknowledge they’re still trying to figure out what happened so appropriate action can be taken. Whitney said he expects more information to be released in the coming week. | 2022-05-23T17:37:35Z | www.cbs42.com | School bus trip ends with fight between driver, parents in Mississippi | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/mississippi-news/school-bus-trip-ends-with-fight-between-driver-parents-in-mississippi/ | https://www.cbs42.com/regional/mississippi-news/school-bus-trip-ends-with-fight-between-driver-parents-in-mississippi/ |
If this localized conservation strategy fails to prove sufficient this summer, Newsom warned that the state could be forced to enact mandatory restrictions.
The vote will also include a measure requiring local agencies to implement water use restrictions, amid the possibility that supplies could be 20 percent lower as a result of extreme weather, a statement from Newsom’s office added. | 2022-05-24T00:42:55Z | www.cbs42.com | Newsom warns of mandatory water restrictions if Californians don’t cut back | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/newsom-warns-of-mandatory-water-restrictions-if-californians-dont-cut-back/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/newsom-warns-of-mandatory-water-restrictions-if-californians-dont-cut-back/ |
Stay WEATHER AWARE through Mid-Week. Active Weather Pattern
The rain is ending across central Alabama tonight. An area of low pressure continues to lift northeast pushing rain into the mid Atlantic states.
Tonight, it will be a bit of a tropical airmass draped over us. As rain dissipates, we will start seeing pockets of dense fog forming. Overnight will range between the upper 60s to low 70s.
Tuesday, it will be the return of some rain and storms as a warm front moves north. The main threat for those stronger thunderstorm will remain south of i-20, but it’s still a good idea to stay weather aware tomorrow.
Wednesday, the ingredients will be a bit better organized for stronger storms. The 2 main threats will include winds at 60 mph and larger hail. We will have plenty of Gulf moisture and capability for lift, with those main ingredients in play, heavy rainfall will be possible both Wednesday and Thursday. With the rain this week, we could add another 2-3″ on top of what we’ve already had thus far.
Due to the elevated threats on Wednesday, we will be CBS 42 Weather Aware, meaning its a day to watch, but don’t going changing around plans just yet.
Memorial Day Weekend: We will have lots of sunshine starting Friday and continue through he weekend and into Memorial Day Monday. After such a soggy start to the week, it will be a beautiful weekend to soak up the sunshine. | 2022-05-24T02:41:22Z | www.cbs42.com | Stay WEATHER AWARE through Mid-Week. Active Weather Pattern | CBS 42 | https://www.cbs42.com/weather/stay-weather-aware-through-mid-week-active-weather-pattern/ | https://www.cbs42.com/weather/stay-weather-aware-through-mid-week-active-weather-pattern/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – CBS 42 is Your Election Headquarters. In less than 24 hours, voters will have hit the polls and those first results from the primary election will be pouring in.
On Monday, CBS 42 asked Birmingham metro residents what is motivating them to go to the polls on Tuesday.
“I get to voice my opinion on possibly a good outcome,” Warrior resident Tracy Steedley said. “If you don’t vote, your person probably won’t be winning.”
Steedley said she is hopeful Governor Kay Ivey wins re-election.
“I think she’s done a fantastic job in the past few years and I just want to see that continue,” Steedley said.
Other voters say it is time for change.
“We have a lot of work to do in Birmingham. We are climbing but we are a far ways from where we need to be,” Michael Nabors said.
Nabors said gun violence and the high crime in Birmingham are close issues to follow.
“It’s no use to promoting it,” Nabors said. “They promote high magazine, automatic rifles and I don’t know what that has to do with winning an election.”
All of the voters that CBS 42 spoke with say they are done with the negative ads.
“It’s just a disgrace to me for people to be attacking each other opposed to telling us what the issue is and what they’re going to do for the citizens of this state,” Bessemer voter Karen Wadlington said.
Gardendale resident Payton Deerman said there is no use singling out each other.
“At the end of the day what matters is are they going to fight by your side and uphold you and everything that y’all stand for, not trying to single someone out,” Deerman said.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. CBS 42 will stay on top of those results, getting them to you as quickly as they are available for us. | 2022-05-24T04:33:40Z | www.cbs42.com | What’s driving Alabama voters to the polls? | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/your-local-election-hq/whats-driving-alabama-voters-to-the-polls/ | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/your-local-election-hq/whats-driving-alabama-voters-to-the-polls/ |
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