All the headlines from our Alabama Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2018 // Michael is forecast to become the second hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in a month as it heads toward Florida with winds of 90 miles per hour.The fast-moving storm has already sent cotton prices to a one-week high...
Oct 5 2018 // The government says 38 people in seven states have gotten sick from eggs produced by an Alabama poultry farm.The Food and Drug Administration says the illnesses are linked to salmonella-tainted eggs from Gravel Ridge...
Sep 28 2018 // Flash floods trapped people in homes and vehicles in north Alabama on Wednesday, as heavy rain in Mississippi caused flash flooding that inundated about 100 homes and 25 businesses and one person died and emergency...
Sep 27 2018 // One person is dead following an explosion at a chemical plant in north Alabama.Arab Fire Chief Ricky Phillips tells WHNT-TV that a contract worker died in a blast that happened Tuesday at Umicore Specialty Chemicals in...
Sep 19 2018 // S.S. Nesbitt, a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries Inc., has appointed Senior Vice President L. Dickerson (Dick) Fountain as Market executive in Huntsville, Ala.Over the past year, S.S....
Sep 18 2018 // Tower Hill Specialty insurance products for homeowners are now available in Alabama, as the Ohio-based company expands its regional focus in the Southeast. Specializing in personal lines property products, Tower Hill...
Sep 6 2018 // Roy Moore, the former U.S. Senate candidate from Alabama, on Wednesday filed a $95 million defamation lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen, claiming he was duped into appearing on the British comedian’s Showtime series...
Sep 5 2018 // Florida’s top insurance regulator has issued a warning to residents facing damage from Tropical Storm Gordon, the first major storm to impact the state in the 2018 Hurricane Season.Florida Insurance Commissioner...
Sep 4 2018 // Tropical Storm Gordon weakened after making landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border and lashing the U.S. Gulf Coast with high winds and heavy rain early on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC)...
Sep 4 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added attorney Jeremy Glassford to the firm’s Birmingham, Ala.-based National Energy Construction practice as a senior client executive, reporting to EPIC Managing Principal...
Aug 29 2018 // No damage is being reported after a minor earthquake rattled northern Alabama. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 2.1 earthquake happened around 7:22 a.m. Monday about 15 miles north of Huntsville near the...
Aug 23 2018 // More than 400 students are missing class this week after a fire damaged their high school in Alabama.News outlets report that Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery caught fire early Saturday. Montgomery...
Aug 20 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging those in Alabama to purchase flood insurance.Though flooding is Alabama’s second-most common natural hazard, occurring on average every 12 days, FEMA says...
Aug 20 2018 // Authorities say 12 people have been hospitalized, including three who were seriously injured, after a tent collapsed at a bank’s shareholders’ event. WBMA-TV says about 400 people were under the tent Thursday...
Aug 17 2018 // A former police officer in Alabama who pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and burglary has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Montgomery Advertiser reports 51-year-old Leon Todd Townson was sentenced Aug. 13. The...
Aug 14 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added attorney Jeremy Glassford to the firm’s Birmingham-based National Energy Construction practice as a senior client executive, reporting to EPIC Managing Principal...
Jul 26 2018 // The National Weather Service says a tornado toppled trees and damaged homes in Opelika in eastern Alabama.Al.com reports it was an EF-0 tornado with winds of 85 miles per hour that touched down on Saturday evening. No...
Jul 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has tapped Josh Close as client services coordinator in the firm’s Birmingham, Ala.-based national energy construction practice, reporting to EPIC Principal Brian Tanner.Close...
Jul 18 2018 // Authorities say an Alabama farmer has acknowledged falsifying documents that allowed him to receive $919,000 in crop insurance money he wasn’t entitled to.The Dothan Eagle reported last month that Dexter Day Gilbert...
Jul 16 2018 // The reward for information leading to the recovery of more than 260 artifacts stolen from the University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park decades ago has been increased from $15,000 to $20,000.Dr. Jim...