Alabama News

General

Tua Tagovailoa’s current hip injury unrelated to Alabama setback

In what turned out to be his final game as Alabama’s quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa sustained a dislocated hip and posterior wall fracture against SEC rival Mississippi State on Nov. 16, 2019.

A hip injury kept Tagovailoa from lining up at QB for Miami on Sunday in a game the Dolphins had to win to stay in the NFL playoff race.

On Monday, Miami coach Mike McDaniel said the first question he asked when he learned of Tagovailoa’s latest injury was if it was related to his college injury.

“They’re unrelated,” McDaniel said, “and there’s no causation involved in it.”

Now the question is: Can Tagovailoa play on Sunday in the Dolphins’ regular-season finale against the New York Jets?

That game matters because Miami defeated the Cleveland Browns 20-3 on Sunday with Snoop Huntley at quarterback.

If the Dolphins beat the Jets and the Denver Broncos lose to the Kansas City Chiefs on the final Sunday of the regular season, Miami would claim the third wild-card spot in the AFC playoff field. Both games will kick off at 3:25 p.m. CST.

Tagovailoa didn’t make a big deal about his injury when he met with reporters on Thursday.

“I mean it’s good,” Tagovailoa said. “It’s just like anyone else on the team and anyone else around the league. You get banged up a little bit towards the ending of the year, so just got to take care of that.”

Tagovailoa sustained the hip injury during a 20-12 loss to the Houston Texans on Dec. 15 and aggravated the injury in a 29-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 22. Tagovailoa took every offensive snap for the Dolphins in both games.

McDaniel said the injury did not heal as the Dolphins had hoped last week.

“Relative to a projected timeline based upon the previous week, I would say that it didn’t improve as we were kind of forecasting,” McDaniel said. “Not necessarily worse, just you’re expecting things to progress, and sometimes the body could care less about your expectations. It wasn’t like he took a shot or got hit in practice or anything like that. We just had some, I think, reasonable expectations based upon the week previous, and it didn’t really work out that way. …

“It was not safe at all (for Tagovailoa to play) based upon a litany of things that his body was vulnerable to as well as his inability to avoid and move within the pocket. The risk of just leaving him really unprotected is the way that I would say both on impact and the ability to avoid impact.”

This week, McDaniel said he would have Huntley better prepared to play if Tagovailoa is out again.

“This week, I know one thing: Snoop will get more reps than Tua this week as we go through the week and have to be prepared for both guys to play,” McDaniel said, “because I don’t really know exactly what it’s going to look like this next Sunday. So that’s really the optimism. We’re kind of in a gray area now because of just how his body did not cooperate with my agenda.”

McDaniel said Tagovailoa’s participation this week would be determined by the Dolphins’ medical staff. The decision to play would not be the quarterback’s. Otherwise, Tagovailoa would have been in the lineup against the Browns, McDaniel said.

“I think with injuries it’s pretty cut and dry,” McDaniel said. “One hundred times out of 100, if someone’s not medically cleared to play, I don’t trump card that. I suppose, on game day, I guess by the letter of the law you could say it’s my final say. My final say is to choose to listen to the medical professionals with their expertise and knowing the pros and cons, and that’s the only thing responsible to do with players.”

FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.

Read More

General

BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500 activates huge first-bet bonus for Lions vs 49ers on MNF

Get set for another installment of Monday Night Football when the Detroit Lions meet the San Francisco 49ers. BetMGM offers a $1500 first-bet bonus with BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500 available for Monday’s clash. Read on as I share how to unlock up to $1,500 in BetMGM bonus bets for Lions vs. 49ers on Monday, December 30.

BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500 at a glance

BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500: How to unlock up to $1500 in bonus bets

Newly verified BetMGM sports betting accounts that use the bonus code ALCOM1500 and make a minimum deposit of $10 will receive bonus bets up to $1,500 if their wager loses.

To unlock your bonus at BetMGM, follow these steps:

1. Press any BetMGM banner or link on this page to be directed to the BetMGM sign-up page.
2. Fill out all required forms, including your Social Security Number (SSN), and upload a valid state-issued photo ID, passport, or military ID.
3. Choose a banking option and make a $10 deposit into your BetMGM account.
4. Once the deposit has been cleared, place a bet using BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500. If your wager loses, BetMGM will grant bonus bets based on your wager amount:
5. For losing wagers under $50, you will receive one bonus bet.
6. Losing wagers between $51 and $1,500 will receive five bonus bets worth 20% of your wager amount.

Please note that these BetMGM promo code ALCOM1500 bonus bets must be used within seven days.

BetMGM Sportsbook existing user promos

BetMGM offers various themed betting promotions throughout the year, including options for existing users.

• NFL First TD Scorer Second Chance: If your bet on the first touchdown scorer doesn’t win, you still have a chance to win if your player scores the second touchdown.
• Parlay Boost Token: Enhance your NFL parlays with a BetMGM parlay boost token.
• NFL Early Payout: You can request an early payout if your team takes a lead of 17 points or more.

How to use your BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500

If your bet loses, you only get the BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500 bonus bets.

If the bet were mine to make, I would bet $1500 on the red-hot Detroit Lions to win. The San Francisco 49ers are injury-riddled and have dropped four of their last five.

If you win the $1500 bet, you’ll win $2310 plus the $1500 wager. If you lose the bet, BetMGM bonus code ALCOM1500 provides bonus bets in 20% increments to help recoup your lost wager.

Read More

General

Kahleb Collins believed to be dead: Fayette County other charged in connection with deaths of 2 toddlers

An Alabama toddler discovered missing after a crash killed his father and sister is believed by authorities to be dead and his critically injured mother is now charged in connection with his and his sister’s deaths.

Wendy “Pam” Bailey, 22, is charged with abuse of corpse, a Class C felony, aggravated child abuse, a Class A Felony, first-degree domestic violence, a Class A felony, and criminally negligent homicide, a Class A misdemeanor, 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin announced Monday.

The criminally negligent homicide charge is for the death of 2-year-old Ryleigh Collins.

The girl was killed in the horrific Dec. 8 crash that also killed 40-year-old Steven Bradley “Brad” Collins, who was Bailey’s husband and the father of Ryleigh and 1-year-old Kahleb Collins.

The investigation showed Ryleigh was unrestrained when the fatal crash happened that Sunday morning.

The rest of the charges are linked to the presumed death of Kahleb, whose body has not yet been found.

Hamlin said the intense, three-week investigation led authorities to determine that Kahleb has been dead for several months. He said law enforcement is still actively searching for his remains.

The warrants against Bailey were served Monday. Bailey was released from UAB Hospital and booked into the Fayette County Jail.

Prosecutors are asking that she be held without bond under Aniah’s Law.

“This investigation has been particularly challenging as it involved the tragic deaths of two young children,’’ Hamlin said.

“I want to commend the efforts and cooperation shown by every agency involved: the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Alabama State Troopers.”

The investigation began that Sunday when the crash happened on Fayette County 73 near Morris Cemetery Road, about two miles south of Glen Allen.

A crash report said Collins was driving 92 mph hour on the road that had a 45-mph speed limit.

“The driver …was driving aggressively at an extreme rate of speed,’’ the ALEA trooper wrote. “Due to his actions, the driver was unable to operate his vehicle safely on the wet roadway.”

The wreck happened when Collins was trying to negotiate a curve to the right, according to the report.

The force of the impact caused Collins and his wife to be ejected from the truck. They were not wearing seat belts.

Ryleigh Collins, who was unrestrained in the back seat, was pronounced dead on the scene at 11 a.m.

Collins, who worked for a roofing company, was taken by ambulance to UAB Hospital where he died the following day at 1:06 p.m.

Bailey was airlifted to UAB.

Following the deadly crash, investigators learned that Kahleb was missing.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office several days later issued a press release saying the 1-year-old had been missing since the Dec. 8 single-vehicle crash.

The following day, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency issued a missing alert for Kahleb.

Investigators carried out multiple searches at the family’s home on Highway 129 in the Winfield area, and traveled to Birmingham several times to interview Bailey at the hospital.

Court records indicate the Alabama Department of Human Resources had been involved with the family.

The boy’s grandfather, 55-year-old John Elton Bailey, is charged with failure to report a missing child as officials alleged that Kahleb was last seen Sept. 4.

The criminal complaint states Bailey “failed to report a missing child by delaying to make or failing to cause to be made the report with willful and reckless disregard for the safety of the child and the child suffered serious bodily harm or death, to wit: physical injuries to the child and the child was removed from the home and taken to an unknown location and no report was made by any resident of the home.”

Bailey was arrested Dec. 11 and remains held in the Fayette County Jail on $100,000 bond.

One of Bailey’s appointed attorneys, James Standridge, said the public defender’s office is now working to learn the facts of the case prior to the preliminary hearing which is set for Jan. 15.

John Bailey is Wendy Bailey’s father and lived with the family.

Brad Collins on Nov. 6 posted this on Facebook: “Our son is not doing well. He is not growing has major back issues. His organs are growing but not his body. He has to have surgery at some point. Keep him in your prayers. Been rough and just seems going to be a long rough road ahead of us.”

The investigation is ongoing with additional charges possible against the mother, Hamlin said.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 205-932-3205, the State Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-392-8011 or Hamlin’s office at 205-367-9915.

“Now that the charges have been brought,” Hamlin said, “I look forward to getting the case to court to seek justice for these two innocent children.”

Read More

General

Former Florida State OC, Dothan native to take over as Jax State’s receivers coach

Former Florida State wide receiver and offensive coordinator Lawrence Dawsey will take over as Jacksonville State’s wide receivers coach, his agency announced on Monday.

Dawsey, a Dothan native and graduate of Northview High School, was serving in the same position at Appalachian State before taking the job at Jax State.

The move for Dawsey reunites him with new Jax State head football coach Charles Kelly, who was announced as the program’s next head football coach on Dec. 21.

He has been regarded as one of the best recruiters in the country, being named 2011 ACC Recruiter of the year by SI.com and ranking in the top 10 of the ACC for three seasons during his time at Florida State.

Dawsey coached wide receivers at Florida State for 11 seasons (2007-2017) before becoming the Seminoles’ co-offensive coordinator in his final five seasons; Kelly was FSU’s special teams coordinator in 2013 and was moved to defensive coordinator from 2014-2017.

The receivers coach was FSU’s passing game coordinator when Heisman Trophy winner and Hueytown High alum Jameis Winston led the program to a 2013 BCS National Championship.

He worked with the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship for two seasons before serving as an offensive analyst at Texas A&M in 2020 and 2021, taking over App State’s receivers in 2022.

Before his stint as a coach at Florida State, his alma mater, he spent three seasons as receivers coach at South Florida after serving as a graduate assistant at LSU.

He was a standout wide receiver for Florida State from 1987-1990, earning First-team All-American honors as a senior before being selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1991 NFL Draft.

Dawsey had a seven-season career in the NFL with the Bucs, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints.

He will join an offensive staff for Jax State that includes offensive coordinator Clint Trickett and offensive line coach Rick Trickett.

Read More

General

Casagrande: Nick Saban as college football commissioner? Let’s get real

This is an opinion column.

The headlines are hard to miss if you’re into college football and have an internet connection.

Lane Kiffin wants Nick Saban to be the commissioner of college football.

James Franklin also wants Nick Saban to be the commissioner of college football.

Kirby Smart too.

Everyone wants Nick Saban to be the commissioner of college football.

Sounds cool, but three questions, if I might.

1. What is a commissioner of college football? Like in reality? We’re discussing this job, like it ACTUALLY exists. (It doesn’t)
2. Does anyone think any single person could be given absolute power, wave a wand and fix the compounding issues facing the sport today?
3. What makes you think the 73-year-old would want this monumental (though imaginary) task?

Not trying to end the year on a cynical note, but like, what are we talking about here?

Are coaches this desperate that they’re creating a mystical superhero from their former ultimate villain?

Nick Saban is going to swoop down from the College Football GameDay set and fix the problems that greatly contributed to his retirement from coaching?

What are we talking about here?

That’s not to say the problems facing the sport are some fantastical Marvel storyline. They’re real and not going away.

The concern is valid because the intersection of NIL, revenue sharing, and recruiting is only getting more complicated and with real-world consequences. The NCAA is losing power every passing day after court rulings stripped much of its power in this realm.

With that power vacuum came a patchwork of state laws that created an untenable situation that we’ve been told can only be solved by Congress.

Like the one in Washington D.C.

And Tommy Tuberville’s trying to be a leader in that movement.

So, one can understand why these coaches are so frantic to find a competent leader who understands the reality of the situation.

But reality is where we should remain.

And in this dimension, there’s no such thing as a commissioner of college football. Are we suggesting the formation of a new governing body that breaks away from the NCAA to regulate the sport? That brings a whole new web of complications that nobody appears to be equipped to handle.

The College Football Playoff only governs the postseason with no power to do anything but fill a 12-team bracket.

And they stink at that. So, next.

Smart, a longtime Saban assistant, had the most realistic take on the situation when speaking before the Sugar Bowl quarterfinal this week.

“I don’t know if it as simple as let’s name a commissioner, and it solved all our problems,” Smart said in New Orleans. “I don’t think that’s that case. We are governed by separate circumstances. Conferences govern us. NCAA governs us. Now we have courts govern us.

“I think a commissioner would be a nice thing in theory, but what can they effectively get done if everybody can’t agree on something?”

That said, Smart added he thinks Saban “would be great” for this made up position.

Cool.

Great in theory, but again, we don’t live in theory.

As with any of these discussions about the future of college football and collegiate athletics as a whole, it’s a matter of power. It’s a struggle between those at the top of the pyramid with conference commissioners on top of the current scheme.

Notice you don’t hear any of them suggesting the seven-time national champion retired coach should assume power over the sport?

Because as D’Angelo Barksdale once said, “The King stay the King, aight?”

There are multiple crowns in this realm, and none of them are bowing to kiss the ring of Saban (in this fantasy world where he’s actually trying to steal the power because he isn’t in this one).

In fact, Saban himself said the conference commissioners or ADs would be more qualified for such a mystical position as college football commissioner. It’s right there in a February 2024 piece from ESPN.

“I’m not really looking for a job,” Saban said in the piece, “but I do know I’d like to impact college football the best way I can, whether it’s being a spokesperson or anything else.”

He’s long been a thought leader in the sport who has always had an eye on the big picture while building and maintaining an empire unmatched in the sport’s modern history. None of this diminishes the idea of what he could do to salvage a sport at the crossroads.

In a perfect world, we’d have a functioning Congress.

Or Saban would be 10 years younger in a space where leaders were willing to cede power even if it was against their own self-interest.

But this is a world painted in the imperfect.

Instead, we’re trying to navigate the mess made by those already in power and who aren’t letting any of it go.

The idea of Saban in a wizard’s hat descending from the clouds, ready to abracadabra a functioning college football is awesome. Lane Kiffin never had a bad idea.

But we aren’t in a Disney movie.

Nick Saban isn’t Santa Claus.

So we should stick to solutions rooted in reality rather than fantasy because the clock is ticking.

Michael Casagrande is a reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @ByCasagrande or on Facebook.

Read More

General

Dear Annie: I’m struggling to find peace while living with my mother-in-law

Dear Annie: My mother-in-law is currently living with my husband and me.

She insisted she needed to move in with us, as she was divorcing her husband who received a much larger retirement than her and she was convinced she couldn’t live on her own. She owned her house outright but refused to stay in it because she felt the upkeep of the land would be too much. My husband was worried that if we said no, we would lose that relationship, and we believed that she could be able to compromise and live peacefully with us as she stated that she valued honesty and compromise the way we do. (We both see in hindsight that this was flawed, but we never had any reason to doubt her at the time).

She contributed funds to assist us in buying the house (a major sticking point), and we all moved in and quickly found out she is not what she presents to be. She is mean, vindictive and manipulative. She expects my husband, who is autistic and absolutely needs decompress time, to drop everything as soon as she demands it to assist her with something, like he did when he used to live with her. When he tells her no, she becomes passive aggressive and cold. We try to establish boundaries, and it makes our home a war zone.

Annie, I have PTSD. I suffered a lot of abuse in my life, and this kind of conflict puts me on major edge. I have panic attacks in my room, and I obsess over every little thing she does to try to understand it, because I’m constantly in survival mode. We are afraid to try to “kick her out” because my husband is worried about the effect the fall-out will have on me, so we’re waiting for the divorce to finalize and for her to have more money than she thought so that she’ll decide to leave since she hated living with us (something I’m not sure will happen, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it).

My big question is, how do I find peace through all of this? How do I care for myself and my husband without letting her continue to mess me up? I am struggling so hard in this situation, to the point that my husband and I don’t invite friends or family over because we’re worried about the impact. I just want some peace with my husband. — Drowning in Drama

Dear Drowning in Drama: Right now you are in a limbo period. You are waiting to have your living situation changed and go back to the way it was. Sounds like your mother-in-law’s moving out will be beneficial for all of you.

While you are waiting, repeat the serenity prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Read more Dear Annie and other advice columns.

“How Can I Forgive My Cheating Partner?” is out now! Annie Lane’s second anthology — featuring favorite columns on marriage, infidelity, communication and reconciliation — is available as a paperback and e-book. Visit Creators Publishing for more information. Send your questions for Annie Lane to [email protected].

Read More

General

Texas Bowl by the numbers: LSU vs. Baylor

Kinder’s Texas Bowl

LSU (8-4) vs. Baylor (8-4)

2:30 p.m. CST Tuesday (ESPN)

NRG Stadium in Houston

2 Previous appearances apiece for Baylor and LSU in the Texas Bowl. Baylor lost to Illinois 38-14 on Dec. 29, 2010, and defeated Vanderbilt 45-38 on Dec. 27, 2018. LSU defeated Texas Tech 56-17 on Dec. 29, 2015, and lost to Kansas State 42-20 on Jan. 4, 2022.

2 First-team All-Big 12 inside linebackers for Baylor in 2024 – Matt Jones and Keaton Thomas. Thomas has 107 tackles and Jones has 103 this season.

4 Players in the nation have at least 525 receiving yards and 240 punt-return yards this season, including Baylor WR Josh Cameron. Cameron’s average of 20.7 yards per punt return is the best in the nation for any player with at least 14 returns, and he has 44 receptions for 643 yards and nine TDs this season.

4 Seasons as LSU’s defensive coordinator for Dave Aranda before he became Baylor’s head coach in 2020.

6 Consecutive victories for Baylor. Since a 43-21 loss to Iowa State that dropped the Bears to 2-4, Baylor has beaten Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, TCU, West Virginia, Houston and Kansas. The Bears have never finished a season with seven consecutive wins.

6 Victories and eight losses for LSU in bowls against opponents from the Big 12 and its ancestral conferences. The meetings started with a 35-0 loss to Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 23, 1950, and continued most recently with a 42-20 loss to Kansas State in the Texas Bowl on Jan. 4, 2022. LSU has a 13-10-1 overall record against Big 12 opponents.

10 Consecutive Texas Bowls have matched SEC and Big 12 teams, including Tuesday’s game. Oklahoma State defeated Texas A&M 31-23 in last season’s game to boost the Big 12’s winning streak to three games and lift its record to 6-3 in the meetings with the SEC. The Big 12 has an 8-6 overall record in the Texas Bowl. The SEC is 3-6.

14 Victories and 13 losses for Baylor in bowls. The Bears lost to Air Force 30-15 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 22, 2022, in their most recent bowl appearance.

16 Victories, 18 losses and two ties for Baylor against SEC opponents. The Bears played an SEC opponent for the first time on Nov. 13, 1948, when Tulane defeated Baylor 35-13. The Bears’ most recent meeting with an SEC opponent came on Jan. 1, 2022, when Baylor beat Ole Miss 21-7 in the Sugar Bowl. Baylor has a 5-5 record against SEC teams in bowls. The Bears will open the 2025 season against Auburn, another SEC member.

17 Of Baylor QB Sawyer Robertson’s 2024 total of 26 TD passes have come during the Bears’ current six-game winning streak. Robertson has completed 199-of-317 passes for 2,626 yards with 26 TDs and seven interceptions this season, which he started at No. 2 on the depth chart.

30 Victories, 24 losses and one tie for LSU in bowls. The Tigers defeated Wisconsin 35-31 in last season’s ReliaQuest Bowl.

38 Consensus All-Americans in LSU history, including offensive left tackle Will Campbell in the 2024 season. Campbell has opted out of the Texas Bowl, as has Emery Jones, the Tigers’ starter at right tackle.

39 Years since the previous meeting between Baylor and LSU. The Bears beat the Tigers 21-7 in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 27, 1985, for their third victory in 11 games against LSU. The teams have one other bowl meeting: Baylor beat LSU 14-7 in the Bluebonnet Bowl on Dec. 21, 1963.

261 Passing yards are needed by LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier to record the second 4,000-yard season in school history. Joe Burrow holds the Tigers’ single-season record with 5,671 passing yards for LSU’s undefeated CFP national-championship team in 2019. Nussmeier has completed 313-of-491 passes for 3,739 yards with 26 TDs and 11 interceptions.

395 Passing yards for LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier in his first start – a 35-31 victory over Wisconsin in last season’s ReliaQuest Bowl. Including that game, Nussmeier has thrown for 1,766 yards with 16 TDs in his five starts against non-conference opponents, who have included Southern Cal, Nicholls, UCLA and South Alabama in 2024.

1,004 Rushing yards for Baylor RB Bryson Washington in 2024, the most for a freshman in school history. Washington had 12 TDs among his 170 rushing attempts this season. LSU’s leading rusher also is a freshman. RB Caden Durham has 693 yards and six TDs on 127 carries this season for the Tigers.

FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE SEC, GO TO OUR SEC PAGE

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.

Read More

General

Human remains found in Opelika woods

An investigation is underway after skeletal remains were found in Opelika over the weekend.

Opelika police were notified just before 3 p.m. Saturday that someone had located the remains in a wooded area in the 2600 block of Northpark Drive.

Detectives requested help from the Montgomery Police Department’s cadaver dog.

This morning, investigators from both agencies launched an active search of the area.

Officials said the remains will be sent to the Lee County Coroner’s Office for further examination.

Anyone with information is asked to call Opelika police at 334-705-5220 or the Secret Witness Hotline at (334) 745-8665. Tips can be submitted through our Opelika Police Mobile App.

Tips can also be submitted to Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at (334) 215-STOP (7867).

Read More

General

Hollywood star had ‘massive blood clot’ in her brain during pregnancy

Gal Gadot revealed on social media a “terrifying” event in which she was diagnosed with a “massive blood clot” in her brain during her eighth month of pregnancy.

The Wonder Woman actress, 39, posted on Instagram on Sunday.

“For weeks, I had endured excruciating headaches that confined me to bed, until I finally underwent an MRI that revealed the terrifying truth,” she posted. “In one moment, my family and I were faced with how fragile life can be. It was a stark reminder of how quickly everything can change, and in the midst of a difficult year, all I wanted was to hold on and live.”

Gadot was rushed to the hospital where she underwent emergency surgery and also gave birth to her daughter Ori, now 9 months old, during the procedure in March.

“Her name, meaning ‘my light,’ wasn’t chosen by chance,” Gadot posted. “Before the surgery, I told (husband) Jaron that when our daughter arrived, she would be the light waiting for me at the end of this tunnel.”

Gadot said the goal of her post was to “empower” those who read about her ordeal.

“If even one person feels compelled to take action for their health because of this story, it will have been worth sharing,” she concluded, while noting that she hopes sharing her personal experience will pull “back the curtain on the fragile reality behind the curated moments we share on social media.”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.

Read More

General

Authorities searching for man who jumped off Fairhope pier

A search is underway for a man who appeared to jump off a pier in south Alabama early Monday morning, according to the Fairhope Police Department.

In a Facebook post the department stated they responded to a call of a “possible incident” at Fairhope Municipal Pier at 2 a.m.

Surveillance footage of the incident captured a man wearing a light-colored shirt jump from the pier, according to the department.

Fairhope police are currently unsure whether the man made it out of the water safely.

The Fairhope Volunteer Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency are helping searching the area.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Jackson with the Fairhope Police Department at 251-928-2385.

Read More