Pat Duggins

If you're depending on the United States Postal Service as well as Santa to deliver your holiday gifts, there's a deadline this week. December nineteenth is the last day you can use Priority Mail to get packages in time for Christmas. The Postal Service is working to upgrade the service it provides while delivering an estimated eight hundred million items between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. Spokeswoman Debra Fetterly says it's called Delivering for America…

An Alabama doctor once called the nation’s highest prescriber of opioids may walk free as soon as this weekend.

Alabama's mens' basketball team is heading north for tomorrow's game against North Dakota. This game plus matches against Kent State and South Dakota State represent the last chance the Crimson Tide have to tune up their game before facing play in the Southeastern Conference. Star Guard Mark Sears scored twenty seven points against Creighton over the weekend. But Coach Nate Oates says the team is shooting poorly and needs to step up…

If you're stuck on what go to give a youngster for the holidays, one suggestion is money for college. A 2021 survey showed forty five percent of parents asked for donations for their son or daughter's college education instead of gifts. The State of Alabama offers what's known as a 529 plan where money can be invested for school. Martha Kortiak Mert is CEO of the website Saving for College Dot Com. She says once parents sign up, friends and family be asked to give…

Christopher Bass, of St. Francis, Minnesota, was sentenced to twenty years in federal prison for selling pills laced with fentanyl that led to the death of a University of Alabama Professor.

If you're hitting the road for the holidays, get ready for company. Alabama Triple-A is predicting the busiest Christmas travel season on record with around one hundred and nineteen million people driving somewhere. That's about three million more than last year. Triple-A Alabama spokesman Clay Ingram says it's that time of year that people gear up for travel no matter what…

The United States Postal Service is warning against the same old mistakes customers make as they send holiday packages. An estimated eight hundred million items will be sent through the mail between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. How customers box up their holiday packages can make things run more smoothly for the Postal Service. Spokeswoman Debra Fetterly says getting a box from the grocery store can cause problems…

The Crimson Tide is practicing for the New Year's Eve ReliaQuest Bowl before heading home for Christmas. Head Coach Kalen DeBoer will be facing Michigan with fewer star players. Starting Safety Malachi Moore underwent surgery this week and won't be able to play against the Wolverines. Defensive lineman Damon Payne entered the transfer portal to play for Michigan. Coach DeBoer says he wants a program where want to stay…

Alabama shot 26% from 3-point range, 51% from the free throw line, committed 19 turnovers and still managed to beat Kent State 81-54 on Sunday.

Watch what you use in your eggnog over the holidays. The Food and Drug Administration has re-classified a recall of eggs sold at Costco in Alabama and elsewhere for potential salmonella contamination. The new warning is the highest risk level for infection. Multiple news outlets report how the new FDA action is now a Class I recall, which means a reasonable probability of serious health issues or death.