Starting Wednesday, texting, emailing and instant messaging while driving will become illegal in Alabama, with violators facing fines and possibly higher insurance rates. That is, if they don’t have a wreck first. Republican Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville persuaded lawmakers …
City officials in Tuscaloosa, Ala., are making plans for how to spend $16.6 million in federal disaster relief funding it’s getting in the wake of the deadly tornado that struck in April 2011. The Tuscaloosa News reports the City Council …
Alabama is looking to join a host of other states that prohibit school bus drivers from using mobile phones while transporting children around the state. The state House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would allow school bus drivers to …
The Tuscaloosa City Council, in Alabama, is considering a new zoning ordinance that would put higher standards on homes being built in areas devastated by tornadoes last April. The Tuscaloosa News reports the city planning commission will vote Monday on …
Residents of towns throughout the Southeast are recovering from the shock of last Friday’s severe storms and tornadoes. Along with pubic and insurance officials, they are beginning to assess the damage from the string of storms that caused death and …
National Weather Service officials say damage surveys were continuing Tuesday in several parts of Alabama after an outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes. The weather service says one team will be surveying damage in Perry and Chilton counties. Another will …
Searchers in the Birmingham, Ala., area were going from house-to-house early Monday in an effort to rescue people trapped in their homes after storms moved across the Midwest and South, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of states. Fire crews …
The City Council in Tuscaloosa has voted to begin formal contract negotiations with a company to install red-light cameras at certain intersections in the city. The cameras are designed to capture photos of motorists who run red lights. Tuesday’s unanimous …
Authorities say insurers have paid at least $2.2 billion claims arising from the April tornado outbreak in Alabama. The Birmingham News reports that more than 2,500 claims are still pending eight months after the storms. The figures, from the Alabama …
In the weeks and months after tornadoes tore through homes across the South, pictures and documents rained on yards hundreds of miles away. An Alabama woman began collecting them in an online database, posting the cherished scraps of people’s lives …