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McDonalds is hiring this summer, but it’s looking for more than the typical students needing a summer job.

It has now been seven weeks since tornadoes touched down in Lee County, killing 23 people and destroying dozens of homes.

The Alabama Department of Health confirms a person from Tennessee with the measles likely exposed other people during two stops in Alabama.

Ready or not, the graduates are about to begin a journey the likes they’ve never seen before.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is urging people who aren’t vaccinated to get their measles shots immediately, now that they have determined the virus has at least passed through the state.

The defensive big guys dominated the opening round of the NFL draft. So in Round 2, it was time for the guys who have to block them to take center stage.

Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Johns Hopkins University astronomer Adam Riess concluded in this week’s Astrophysical Journal that the figure is 9% higher than the previous calculation, which was based on studying leftovers from the Big Bang.

The organization’s Energy Assistance Program helps low-income families pay their home heating and cooling bills.

Fort Lee officials say Col. Gregory S. Townsend, commander, 23rd Quartermaster Brigade, U.S. Army Quartermaster School, was driving on Route 460 when he stopped to help a motorist change a tire on April 18.

Investigators say the three people pictured are wanted for an incident that happened at the Lagrange Toyota on Lafayette Parkway last week.