Some Schools Delay As Cold Continues To Grip Alabama
A number of schools in the Birmingham area will have delayed starts Wednesday after ice, snow and cold temperatures struck the area. They include:
Alabaster City Schools: 2-hour delay
Attalla City Schools: 2-hour delay
Bessemer City Schools: 1-hour delay, virtual learning only
Bevill State Community College: closed
Blount County Schools: 2-hour delay
Chilton County Schools: 2-hour delay
Etowah County Schools: 2-hour delay
Gadsden City Schools: 2-hour delay
Gadsden State Community College: opens at 11 a.m.
Hoover City Schools: 2-hour delay
Jefferson County Schools: virtual learning only, starts at 9:30 a.m.
Lawson State Community College: Opens at 10 a.m.
Leeds City Schools: 2-hour delay
Pelham City Schools: 2-hour delay
Shelby County Schools: 2-hour delay
Wallace State Community College: Opens at 10 a.m.
Snow and wind batter parts of US, with threat of thunderstorms and tornadoes
A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains.
Crew of fatal US military crash included Alabama father recently deployed
The six U.S. service members who died in the crash of a U.S. military refueling aircraft included an Alabama father who had just been promoted and deployed. The U.S. government released the identities of the deceased service members Saturday.
Israeli soldiers fire on family car in occupied West Bank, killing 4
Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry said.
U.S. military names six killed in plane crash as Iran war enters third week
The conflict in the Middle East has entered a third week, with Israel announcing a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while the U.S. defense department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft crashed.
Alabama poised to drastically overhaul utility regulation. Will it lower electric bills?
The Alabama Senate unanimously voted to expand the public service commission, and create a Secretary of Energy to address rising electricity prices. A bill in the House would go even further, requiring rate case hearings and limiting utility profits.
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