Alabama mail carrier surprises birthday boy with a gift

A 94-year-old World War II veteran and prisoner of war rolled up his sleeves on Tuesday and became the first person in Birmingham, Ala., to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Lee Elm Creel told AL.com that the jab “felt about like a flu shot.” Creel wasn’t the first in the state to receive the shot, but Birmingham’s VA Medical Center was the first in the county to administer the vaccine, according to the news outlet.

Nothing aids a rapper's ascent like a video directed by Cole Bennett, and Florida rapper $NOT has secured two of them behind his latest project Beautiful Havoc. "MEAN," the second of the two Bennett-directed visuals, comes with a fire feature from Flo Milli, the Alabama rapper who made one of our favorite albums of the year.

Two Coast Guard helicopters diverted from a training exercise in Alabama to rescue four individuals from a fishing trawler engulfed in flames, according to reports. Crews received a distress call around 6:45 p.m.

Also on this day: George Washington, the first president of the United States, dies at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67. Alabama joins the Union as the 22nd state.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is one of several contenders under consideration by President-elect Joe Biden for the role of attorney general, a person with knowledge of the search process said Friday.

Just days after Alabama surpassed 2,000 coronavirus hospitalizations for the first time since the pandemic began, one hospital official in the state said that fewer than 10% of intensive care unit (ICU) beds remain available to those in need.  Donald Williamson, president of the Alabama Hospital Association, said that only 7% of the state’s ICU beds were available as of Thursday morning, AL.com reported.  “Everybody is in the position, they are hanging on with their fingertips,” Williamson said.

Madison Prewett hasn’t made her mind up yet about continuing her search to find The One on another Bachelor Nation show.The 24-year-old Alabama native vied for Peter Weber‘s heart on season 24 of The Bachelor, which aired its last episode in March. Prewett took herself out of the running before the final rose ceremony but briefly pursued a relationship with the 29-year-old pilot after his split from Hannah Ann Sluss.

Big Freedia has dropped "Better Be," a new single from her upcoming Christmas record Smokin' Santa Christmas, featuring none other than Mobile, Alabama's finest, Flo Milli. A turned-up, high-octane track based around a steel drum sample, pinging synth stabs, and Freedia and Flo's nimble flows, it's a welcome change from the more staid Christmas fare making its way around lately.

The number of people currently hospitalized in Alabama due to the novel coronavirus surpassed 2,000 on Monday, marking the first time this has occurred since the virus was first identified in the state. Hospitalizations on Monday reached 2,079, up from 1,916 the day before.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 13-19:Dec. 13: Actor Dick Van Dyke is 95.

Better late than never! It might have taken a few months longer than he’d hoped, but Morgan Wallen made his “Saturday Night Live” debut over the weekend — and before he played his set, he appeared in a sketch making fun of himself.

Morgan Wallen made his Saturday Night Live debut over the weekend — and before he played his set, he appeared in a sketch making fun of himself.Wallen was originally scheduled to appear as the musical guest for the second episode of season 46 back in October, but was pulled after he was spotted on camera partying without a mask at a sizable party in Tuscaloosa, Alabama days before he was supposed to be on the show.In the sketch -- set at said party in Alabama — Wallen plays himself and is about

WASHINGTON – When Congressman-elect Barry Moore enters Congress early next year, he plans immediately to join the fight to keep President Trump in office, challenging Electoral College votes with Rep. Mo Brooks, a fellow Alabama Republican.

An active-duty soldier is facing criminal charges after his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son was struck and killed on a busy highway in Alabama after he allegedly forced the child to get out of the car in the rain and after dark as punishment. Bryan Starr, 35, told investigators he was driving near Fort Mitchell, Ala., when 5-year-old Austin Birdseye started to become “unruly” inside the vehicle.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Preliminary reports indicate that more than 5,000 Alabama public school students haven’t shown up for any sort of classes - virtual or in-person - state Education Superintendent Eric Mackey said.

Brittany Howard stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week and played a Nina Simone cover – watch below.The performance came after the Alabama Shakes vocalist secured five Grammy nominations this week.Heading to Colbert on Tuesday night (November 24), Howard performed an impassioned. cover of Simone’s track ‘Revolution’, a song she has been covering live at pre-pandemic gigs.

Chris Willman Music WriterBeyoncé leads the contenders for the 2021 Grammy Awards with nine — an unexpectedly high profile, given that the superstar didn’t even release a new album during the eligibility period. Her wealth of nods is followed by six apiece for Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch and Dua Lipa.Brittany Howard, of Alabama Shakes fame, was close behind that grouping with five nominations for her solo debut.

Bruce Boynton was a civil rights activist whose 1960 landmark Supreme Court case inspired the iconic Freedom Rides.Boynton was a law student at Howard University when he was arrested while traveling home to Selma, Alabama for the holidays. He was dining at a bus station restaurant designated “whites only” and when he failed to leave when ordered to, Boynton was sent to jail for the night.

An Alabama man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer confessed Wednesday to killing another man 25 years ago, solving a cold case murder that had "nothing else to follow up on," according to authorities.