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New Starbucks is planned for Prattville
PRATTVILLE − A third Starbucks location is coming to Prattville. Site preparation is going on now in the 2000 block of Fairview Avenue. Plans on file with the city show a standalone Starbucks will go in that location. It's a hot area of real estate with Chick-Fil-A opening nearby about two years ago and two tire store/auto repair shops opening in the past year.
Jail evacuation costs could add up fast for Autauga County
PRATTVILLE − The evacuation of the Autauga Metro Jail could wind up costing the county budget hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected expenses. Sheriff Mark Harrell evacuated the jail Thursday morning due to “environmental” safety concerns. The jail had 168 inmates. The facility opened in 2004 and has a capacity of 138.
Clean Up Alabama is looking to fund Prattville library’s legal fight
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Clean Up Alabama is asking people to donate to fund the legal battle at the Autauga-Prattville Public Library, according to two emails sent out this week by the organization. An email sent out Monday promises donors a free “Make Libraries Great Again” hat for...
Patients, doctors push for the opening of medical cannabis dispensaries in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s been three years since the state legislature legalized medical marijuana, but patients still don’t have access to the treatment. Alabama’s doctors say their hands are tied. Lawsuits between companies wanting to open medical marijuana dispensaries and the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission have...
Alabama wants to execute Carey Dale Grayson with nitrogen gas after inmate convulsed in final moments
Alabama is seeking to carry out another nitrogen gas execution, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method. The attorney general’s office on Monday asked the Alabama Supreme Court to authorize an execution date for Carey Dale Grayson, who was convicted in the 1994 killing of Vickie Deblieux in Jefferson County.
Starting June 15, Alabama drivers can get ticketed for holding phone while driving
Alabama drivers will be ticketed for operating a vehicle with their cell phones in hand under certain circumstances after a distracted driving law passed in June 2023 begins enforcement Saturday. The law amended a previous texting and driving law to add additional prohibitions against technology usage while driving. Tuscaloosa Police...
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