Latest Alabama Headlines
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University of Alabama Drops Mask Mandate for the Vaccinated
Nov 4 2021 // The University of Alabama is no longer requiring face coverings in most of its facilities for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Beginning Friday, masks will be mandated only for unvaccinated people...
People Moves: Herman Named Alabama’s Insurance Fraud Bureau Director
Oct 19 2021 // A veteran police officer and fire investigator has been named director of the state’s Insurance Fraud Bureau and assistant state fire marshal. Bill Herman began his career at the Montgomery County Police Department,...
Alabama Ups Fees for Captives, Adopts New Valuation Manual
Oct 19 2021 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has set new fees for captive insurers and has adopted a new valuation manual. The department announced last week that starting Jan. 1, the application fee for captive insurers will climb...
Following Last Year’s Rate Hike, Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on Comp Decrease
Oct 12 2021 // The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a hearing Nov. 16 on a proposed, significant decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs and rating values. A filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Flooding in Alabama Kills 4, Damages Buildings
Oct 8 2021 // Four people were killed in Alabama Thursday when torrential rains drenched parts of the state, flooding roads and buildings and causing a sewage overflow. All four deaths, including that of a 4-year-old girl in North...
Contractor Killed at Alabama Steel Mill
Sep 22 2021 // A Texas man who was working for a contractor at an Alabama steel mill died after being struck by a forklift, authorities said. Don Burton died at Huntsville Hospital following the accident, which occurred Monday morning,...
Alabama Heavy Rain, Flash Flooding Causes One Fatality
Sep 21 2021 // Authorities on Sunday found the body of a man whose vehicle was overtaken by water during flash flooding in Tuscaloosa the day before. A spokeswoman for the Tuscaloosa police, Stephanie Taylor, told Al.com that the...
Flooding Reported Around University of Alabama
Sep 20 2021 // Heavy rain has caused some flash flooding Saturday on parts of the University of Alabama campus. University officials tweeted information about various road closures because of flooding and have asked people to avoid...
ClaimsPro Acquires Alabama-Based Adjusting Company CJ Hester
Sep 15 2021 // ClaimsPro, an independent adjusting and claims management leader in North America and an SCM Company, announced that it has acquired CJ Hester, a multi-state independent insurance adjusting company based in Mobile,...
ER Nurses at Alabama Hospital Protest Stressful Working Conditions
Sep 10 2021 // Emergency room nurses at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital briefly refused to clock in Sunday night as part of a protest over pay and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic that they said has left...
Two Alabama Electric Company Employees Killed While Working on Storm Restoration
Sep 3 2021 // Two electric company employees contracted to work with Alabama Power were killed while working on storm restoration, according to the company. WBMA-TV reports that the Pike Electric workers were on duty near an...
Alabama Convention Center Explosion Caused by Natural Gas Issue
Aug 27 2021 // An explosion that damaged Selma’s city convention center on Monday was caused by a natural gas problem, the mayor told city leaders. The Selma Times-Journal reported that Mayor James Perkins Jr. told a City Council...
Selma, Alabama Convention Center Damaged by Explosion
Aug 26 2021 // An explosion rocked an Alabama convention center, heavily damaging the building but causing no injuries, authorities said. The cause of the Monday night blast at Selma’s convention center _ which was unoccupied at...
Former Alabama Officer Sentenced 25 Years for Killing Suicidal Man
Aug 23 2021 // A judge sentenced a former Alabama police officer to 25 years in prison Friday for the shooting death of a suicidal man who was holding a gun to his own head. Former Huntsville police officer William “Ben”...
Tyson Farms Agrees to $3M Settlement for Causing 2019 Alabama Fish Kill
Aug 13 2021 // A $3 million settlement has been reached with Tyson Farms, Inc. over a 2019 wastewater spill that killed an estimated 175,000 fish _ one of the largest recorded fish kills in Alabama history, Attorney General Steve...
Judge Tosses Defamation Claim Against Unsuccessful Alabama Senate Campaign
Aug 12 2021 // A judge in Alabama has dismissed a defamation claim against Roy Moore’s unsuccessful Senate campaign that was filed by a woman who accused Moore of molesting her decades ago when she was 14. The case against Moore,...
Alabama Lawsuit Says Minor League Baseball Manager Sexually Harassed Batboy
Aug 11 2021 // A former minor league batboy has filed a lawsuit accusing longtime major league shortstop Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment during Vizquel’s tenure as manager of the Birmingham Barons, an affiliate of the Chicago...
Trucking Companies Sued Over Alabama Crash That Killed 10
Aug 11 2021 // The driver of a girls home van in which eight children died in a fiery interstate crash in Alabama has filed suit against trucking companies based in California and Georgia and a driver, her lawyers said Monday. The...
Alabama Crash That Killed 10 Caused by Tractor-Trailer
Aug 6 2021 // A crash that killed 10 people, including nine children, on a rain-slicked Alabama interstate happened after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into vehicles that had slowed down because of minor crashes, according to a...
Alabama COVID Hospitalizations Soar
Jul 29 2021 // The number of COVID-19 patients in Alabama hospitals Monday climbed to more than 900 _ a number the state has not seen since February _ as the state sees a surge in virus cases. There were 947 COVID-19 patients in state...
