By WVUA 23 Sports Reporter Juliet Brown It was a wild night of gymnastics in Fort Worth, Texas. No. 8 Alabama competed in the NCAA Gymnastics Championship Semifinals against No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 4 Florida, and No. 5 Utah. It’s Show Time No. 8 Alabama National Championships Semifinals : 8 p.m. CT : Dickies Arena : ESPN2 : https://t.co/c1TehFtPQa : https://t.co/4KkvOUlc41#FTF | #RollTide pic.twitter.com/abdbjsW3pK — Alabama Gymnastics (@BamaGymnastics) April 18, 2024 The Crimson Tide got off to a strong start on the uneven bars in the first rotation. Three gymnasts scored a 9.9+. Freshman Chlo ..read more

Good Thursday afternoon! Our local weather has been very warm today and muggy. A few isolated storms developed on radar, and we’re watching a wave of rain in Mississippi, approach west Alabama. While some of us will receive some rain this evening, the main batch of rain will weaken some as it moves into the area. Keep the umbrella nearby through 10pm. Friday will feature a warm day, as temperatures approach the lower 80s during the afternoon. A few scattered showers and storms will be possible, mainly during the afternoon hours. Skies will range from mostly sunny or partly cloudy south of Tu ..read more

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury of 12 people has been seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York. Alternates are now being selected. The rapid progress Thursday afternoon propelled the case closer to opening statements and weeks of testimony in a case charging the Republican ex-president with falsifying business records to suppress stories about his sex life in the final days of the 2016 election. The jury includes a sales professional, a software engineer, an English teacher and multip ..read more

  By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Ella Grossomanides Two carpentry classes from Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy are ensuring Tuscaloosa Magnet School – Middle gets a brand new greenhouse and picnic tables. It’s part of a community passion project for a group of eighth graders. Construction began this week, but the project’s been in the works since September. The goal is building items future middle school students can use for learning. “These eighth graders decided that they wanted to make sure we had brand new picnic tables to enjoy lunch outside of the cafeteria,” said TMS IB Prog ..read more

The Associated Press MONTGOMERY (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday authorized the execution of a man convicted of killing a delivery driver who stopped at an ATM. Justices granted the Alabama attorney general’s request to authorize an execution date for Keith Edmund Gavin, 64. Gov. Kay Ivey will set the day of the execution, which will be carried out by lethal injection. Gavin was convicted of capital murder for the 1998 shooting death of William Clinton Clayton, Jr. in Cherokee County. Prosecutors said Clayton, a delivery driver, stopped at an ATM in downtown Centre for money to t ..read more

The Associated Press MONTGOMERY (AP) — Alabama plans to buy the Foley Beach Express Bridge and eliminate tolls to drive across it, state and local officials announced Thursday. Gov. Kay Ivey and the mayors of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach announced an agreement for the Alabama Department of Transportation to purchase the bridge from the Baldwin County Bridge Company for $57 million. The thoroughfare is a private toll bridge that provides an alternate route to state beaches. Ivey’s office said in a press release that the bridge will become toll free as soon as the deal closes. “Alabama’s Gulf C ..read more

Who’s Gary? That’s what the Tuscaloosa Police Department is working on finding out after a man called the department’s non-emergency line, said his name was Gary and claimed he was gonna shoot his family in his apartment at Aspen Village apartments off Skyland Boulevard. Tuscaloosa Police spokesperson Stephanie Taylor said that phone call came around 9 p.m. and included what the dispatcher described as audible gunshots Of course, TPD rushed to the scene and treated the call like it does any time someone makes a threat. Officers forcibly entered the apartment and found that although it’s somebo ..read more

The Northport Community Center held their ribbon cutting this week as they re-opened the center. It had been part of the community for at least the past 70 years and was a favorite gathering spot for local senior citizens for their group dances. But last summer, city council members discussed selling the center and park to the Beeker Property Group for redevlopment. City leaders ultimately decided not to proceed with that agreement and decided instead to keep the property for city use. Northport Mayor John Hinton said they will make good use of the center now. “This building is approximately ..read more

By WVUA 23 News Reporter Lyric Franklin It won’t be a problem until next spring, but one local business is worried about the potential impact a major bridge replacement will have on its clientele. The Woolsey Finnell Bridge along U.S. Highway 82 crosses the Black Warrior River between Jack Warner Parkway and Rice Mine Road and will take about three years to replace. The Alabama Department of Transportation said the 1.42-mile, $125 million project will include ramp modifications at Jack Warner Parkway and Campus Drive alongside three lanes in each direction and bicycle and pedestrian lanes. Tou ..read more

By WVUA 23 News Reporter Torrance Stincer The Rural Health Conference is hosted by the Institute for Rural Health Research which is operated by the University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences. The annual conference brings together health care professionals, government officials, policymakers, community leaders, and researchers to discuss rural health issues and solutions. This year’s conference focused on individual, domestic and community violence. The goal of the conference is to learn more about how violence affects rural communities and how to improve outreach and respons ..read more