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Weather Alert

...SLIPPERY ROADS ARE LIKELY...

Cold temps and residual water and slush on the roads will continue
to make travel hazardous across the Mid South as refreezing will
occur. Black ice will be possible across the entire forecast area. Bridges
and overpasses will be the most susceptible. Slow down and use
caution while traveling tonight into Monday morning.

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Alabama News

Body found buried under abandoned home in Alabama

A man’s remains were found eight feet under an abandoned home in Alabama and likely were there more than two years.  Mobile County Sheriff's Sgt. Mark Bailey told news outlets the remains, which have yet to be identified, were discovered Thursday in the Georgetown community in western Mobile County. A tipster alerted authorities to the body. Bailey said the floor was removed, the body was buried and the floor was replaced. Authorities believe the body was buried around December 2020.

National News

Celebrated Tuskeegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Charles McGee, who flew fighter combat missions over three wars, has died. Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III say McGee died on Sunday at age 102. The Tuskegee Airmen is the nickname of the first African American unit to fly combat airplanes in World War II. McGee was among more than 900 men who trained in rural Alabama after the Army Air Corps was forced to admit Blacks pilots. McGee went on to fly combat missions in World War II as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars.