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Birmingham City Council votes to extend face mask ordinance until July 3

Birmingham City Council members on Tuesday voted to extend the city’s requirement for residents to wear face masks in public. Council members in a 7-1 vote Tuesday agreed to extend the city’s mask ordinance until July 3. It had been in effect since May 1. Councilman Hunter Williams was the lone dissenting vote and said … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 9, 2020

Three workers at ADOC headquarters among latest to test positive for COVID-19

Sixteen more Alabama Department of Corrections employees, including three at the department’s headquarters in Montgomery, have tested positive for COVID-19. The department’s latest update, released Monday evening, puts the total of confirmed cases among employees at 99, with 73 cases still active. Five more inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 as well, including inmates at … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 9, 2020

Seven more prison workers test positive for COVID-19

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among prison workers in Alabama continues to rise. The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Friday that seven more prison employees have tested positive for the virus. Three workers at the Staton Correctional Facility, three more at the Kilby Correctional Facility and another at the Elmore Correctional Facility all self-reported … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 8, 2020

Tuscaloosa city workers, visitors to facilities must wear masks

Beginning today, workers and visitors to facilities owned and operated by the city of Tuscaloosa will have to wear face masks. Tuscaloosa doesn’t have the statutory authority to require the public at-large to wear face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox told CBS42 on Friday. “Which we do think … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 8, 2020

Aderholt praises May jobs report

Friday, Congressman Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, touted the great improvement in the unemployment numbers in the May jobs report. Aderholt made the comments in an email newsletter. “Just yesterday, (Thursday) many economic pontificators were on TV predicting that when the new unemployment numbers come out on Friday morning, the unemployment rate would be above 20% at … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 8, 2020

Ivey awards more than $17 million in federal coronavirus aid to local agencies

More than $17 million in coronavirus relief aid has been awarded to 20 state community action agencies, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday. “COVID-19 has disrupted lives in many ways and in varying degrees,” Gov. Ivey said in a statement. “It is my hope that the services provided by these funds will help people as … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 5, 2020

More prison workers, inmates test positive for COVID-19

Four more prison workers and three inmates have tested positive for COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Thursday. Workers at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, the Elmore Correctional Facility, the Kilby Correctional Facility and the Bibb Correctional Facility self-reported positive coronavirus test results, according to an ADOC press release. Fifty-one cases among prison … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 5, 2020

Ivey announces development of coronavirus relief fund expenditure request form

Thursday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced a Coronavirus Relief Fund Expenditure Request Form has been developed for the public to submit for reimbursement for expenses incurred from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). “As your governor, input from Alabama citizens is something I value and take into consideration each and every day,” Governor Ivey said. … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 5, 2020

Second inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19

William Hershell Moon, 74, died Wednesday at a hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the Alabama Department of Corrections announced Wednesday. Moon, who was serving a life sentence at the St. Clair Correctional Facility, had a history of chronic medical problems, ADOC said in the statement. He began exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 after returning to … Continued

Eddie Burkhalter

June 3, 2020

Jefferson County imposes curfew following unrest

The Jefferson County Commission on Tuesday placed the entire county under a curfew. The curfew will be in effect Tuesday, June 2 and last through June 9, 2020. The curfew will run from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. The curfew is in response to unrest that erupted in Birmingham on Sunday night. Though most of … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 3, 2020