WEATHER BLOG: Thursday night storms

Submitted by Lonnie Liebner, Community Web Producer

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 1:00pm

The very warm and humid conditions today helped spark a few widely scattered thunderstorms. These will die down around sunset this evening leaving us with partly to mostly cloudy skies and a warm night. Overnight lows will be in the mid 60s.

Our next weather maker is currently producing some nasty weather out west.

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WEATHER BLOG: Warm and muggy with thunderstorms...

Submitted by Lonnie Liebner, Community Web Producer

Monday, April 15th, 2013, 3:03pm

WEATHER BLOG: Warm and muggy with thunderstorms...

Southerly winds have returned to the Tennessee Valley and temperatures will remain above normal during the afternoon and overnight hours through Thursday. The south wind will continue to bring in low level moisture so showers and thunderstorms will be possible over the next couple of days due to upper level disturbances and daytime heating.

Highs will be in the upper 70s and lower 80s Tuesday and Wednesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing. Some of the thunderstorms could become strong with locally heavy rain and gusty winds. Overnight lows will be in the middle 60s.

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WEATHER BLOG: A great start to the work week

Submitted by Lonnie Liebner, Community Web Producer

Sunday, April 14th, 2013, 2:45pm

WEATHER BLOG: A great start to the work week

A rain cooled boundary moved in early this afternoon from a cluster of showers and thunderstorms that formed along the Gulf Coast late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. This area of rain is finally tracking east of the Tennessee Valley.

The mass of showers and thunderstorms ended up tracking much closer to North Alabama and southern Tennessee. This resulted in temperatures only in the lower to middle 60s for much of the afternoon.

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Lawrence Co. students participate in Ag Day

Submitted by WAFF Web Staff

Friday, April 12th, 2013, 10:36pm

Ag Day is a cooperative effort, helping the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival.

LAWRENCE COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- On Friday, the farm came to students in Moulton.

Agricultural Initiative Career Day or Ag Day was held at the county fairgrounds and at Lawrence County High next door.

Farmers weren't the only ones teaching the kids. They even had bankers talking about how to get farm loans.

The school district began an advanced agriculture curriculum after being accepted in the state's innovative school system program three years ago.

"It imbeds agriculture into our academics and our instruction. It makes learning more relevant, hopefully more rigorous for our students," said Lawrence County Superintendent Heath Grimes.

Ag Day is a cooperative effort, helping the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival, which started Friday night, and runs through the weekend at the Lawrence County fairgrounds.

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Alabama adopts Common Core testing for students

Submitted by WAFF Web Staff

Friday, April 12th, 2013, 7:51pm

LAWRENCE COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- Alabama is the first state to adopt a standardized testing system for the Common Core standards, a controversial national school program. An effort to repeal Common Core was killed in a state senate committee last month, but opponents aren't giving up.

State Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice said the program will help keep Alabama students on a competitive educational level with kids across the country.

The State Board of Education passed the ACT Aspire standardized test as a way to measure the progress of students in grades three through eight. The first administering of the test will be in August.

Bice talked about the program after speaking with Lawrence County High School students Friday.

The Common Core standards are education benchmarks set for schools across the nation. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted it.

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Handwriting expert to testify in capital murder case

Submitted by Bliss Bowman Wade, Digital Content Director

Friday, April 12th, 2013, 11:57am

Handwriting expert to testify in capital murder case

A Lawrence County jury will hear testimony Friday from a handwriting analysis expert in a capital murder case.

Charles Moore is on trial for Bailey and Betty Nichols' deaths. They were found dead inside their town creek home in 2009.

Testimony in the case started Thursday after three days of jury selection.

The first witness to testify told the jury about finding the victim's bodies in their home. Testimony is expected to continue next week.

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Damage reported from storms in AL

Submitted by WAFF Web Staff

Friday, April 12th, 2013, 9:52am

Tree fell on house on Valley View Drive in Huntsville.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Damage was reported in several areas as a line of strong storms moved through North Alabama.

Power lines were knocked down at Whitesburg Drive and Lily Flagg in Huntsville Thursday afternoon. The lines fell on top of a car at the intersection and the driver was trapped inside. Huntsville Utilities workers helped her get out of the car.

A tree fell on a house on Valley View drive near Dell in Huntsville, causing heavy damage. The National Weather Service said they will visit the area Friday to survey the damage.

Power lines and a tree were down across Dug Hill Road in Madison County. Traffic was blocked for a short time while crews worked to clear the damage.

Flooding was reported in Hartselle, Athens, and parts of Madison as heavy rain moved through the area.

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