FORT NOVOSEL, Ala (WDHN) -- Flight training at Fort Novosel will continue despite rumors of funds being pulled from the base, military officials confirmed to WDHN. The rumors began after a post on X (formally known as Twitter) claimed that almost all of the funds for training at the Army Aviation Center at Fort Novosel were being taken away and allocated for Ukraine and Foreign Aid. The post said the training would halt on Wednesday, May 1, and not resume until late October. However, Fort Novosel officials told WDHN that training and flights are continuing as usual at the U.S. Army Aviation Ce ..read more

(KTLA) – Disneyland has introduced a new ticket deal just in time for the upcoming summer season. Beginning on May 29, parkgoers can purchase a three-day, one-park-per-day weekday ticket starting at $149 for children and $249 for adults and weekend tickets starting at $199 for children and $299 for adults. The weekday ticket option can be used on Mondays through Thursdays, while the weekend ticket option can be used on Fridays through Sundays ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection. Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him — head first and face down — into the crowd on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace. Whitton later boasted in a text message that he “fed him to the people.” Roughly 20 minutes later, Whitton tried to pull a second officer into the crowd, prosecut ..read more

(The Hill) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) ordered the state on Thursday to defy new changes to Title IX that add protections for transgender students. Sanders, the onetime press secretary to former President Trump, is the latest in a growing coalition of Republican governors to explicitly reject the Biden administration’s update to the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive federal funding. Sanders in an executive order signed Thursday said Title IX rules finalized last month by the Education Department that ..read more

ELBA, Ala. (WDHN) — The Alabama Department of Transportation made a sudden visit to the Shiloh community this week to conduct an assessment regarding stormwater runoff from Highway 84 -- its been happening for six years and counting. Doctor Robert Bullard, known as the father of environmental justice and has been working with the community to get them help, thought the state showing up now was ironic -- just before the 30-day report he requested on behalf of the community about the federal visit in April. "I think the residents are still concerned that there will be some solutions arrived at ..read more

TROY, Ala (WDHN) -- A Montgomery man is behind bars in Pike County after a parking lot shooting in April. Brian Guice, 41, was arrested on Wednesday, May 1, and charged with one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle, one count of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle, and one count of certain persons forbidden to possess a firearm. According to Brundidge Police Chief Sam Green, in late April, Guice fired several shots into a vehicle in the parking lot of a business and injured one person. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and underwent treatment at a local hospital. Chief Gr ..read more

CALUMET CITY, Ill. (WGN) — An elderly man has been charged after allegedly stabbing a young mother more than 120 times in Calumet City, Illinois nearly 60 years ago. James Barbier, 79, was taken into custody by Calumet City police Monday in Creve Couer, Missouri, which is outside of St. Louis. He's accused of entering the home of Karen Snider, 18, late in the night on Nov. 12, 1966. Officers had to process a brutal scene in the 400 block of Wilson Avenue after Snider sustained 125 stab wounds. Cold case suspect dies the same day victims’ remains found: West Virginia police The case became cold ..read more

ABBEVILLE, Ala (WDHN) -- Wiregrass entrepreneur Jimmy Rane has held the title "Alabama's Richest Man" for another year, according to Forbes Magazine. The independent financial magazine reports Rane has a current net worth of $1.5 billion. Rane, also known as "Yella Fella," is the founder and CEO of Great Southern Wood Preserving in Abbeville. He earned the nickname "Yella Fella" after debuting his popular ad campaign of the same name. From 2004 to 2012, he starred as a crime-fighting cowboy in short Western films and marketed his Yellawood brand. An Abbeville native, Rane has spoken at length ..read more

ENTERPRISE, Ala (WDHN) -- An Enterprise man who was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a security guard has been ordered to spend his life behind bars. In late March, Emmanuel Key was found guilty of shooting 42-year-old Stevie Franklin in the back during a fight at the Daleville Lounge in late 2019. Franklin was a security guard at the lounge. Key was initially charged with murder, but after a three-day trial, a jury of six men and six women found him guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter. During Key's sentencing hearing on Thursday, Franklin's sister and his partn ..read more

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- A new four-legged officer has joined the Houston County Sheriff's Office ranks. On Thursday, the HCSO announced that K9 Lola had joined the force. According to the HCSO, Lola is a bloodhound fully trained in Human Scent Evidence and specializes in tracking missing persons and fleeing criminals. Lola will be partnered with Deputy Christian Allard. Lola came from Find-M’ Friends, Inc., based in Crystal River, Florida, an organization that trains and gifts Bloodhound K9s to agencies nationwide ..read more