The Alabama Senate’s Governmental Affairs Committee has voted to advance legislation to stop cities in the state banning plastic grocery bags. According to a report by WKRG, on Tuesday the committee voted 9-2 to send the bill to the Senate floor. The bill, by Republican Senator Steve Livingston of Scottsboro, would stop local governments in Alabama from banning […]

More than 1,000 people were still missing on Wednesday a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities across the Florida Panhandle, killing at least 27. Teams made up of hundreds of volunteers with the Houston-based CrowdSource Rescue organization were searching for more than 1,135 people in Florida who lost contact with friends and family, Matthew Marchetti, co-founder […]

Almost a week after Hurricane Michael smashed into the Florida Panhandle with winds of 155 mph, authorities Tuesday reported that 12 people have been found dead in Bay County, the hardest-hit area that includes Panama City and Mexico Beach. This announcement from Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford will potentially increase the storm’s national death total to 26 people. But […]

Just east of Mexico Beach is Port St. Joe, a slip of a town that caught the lip of Michael’s eye when it slammed ashore Wednesday. Resident Scott Collins’ two-story townhouse lies right on the border between the two. The home was damaged by falling trees but stayed standing, which is more than he could […]

HURRICANE Michael is the 13th named storm of this years Atlantic Hurricane Season and is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of the United States. When will the dangerous storm hit Florida? Barreling through the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Michael is growing closer to making landfall, bringing with it devastating winds and torrential rain.  Hurricane Michael […]