Kyra Purvis

1 week ago | abc3340.com | Kyra Purvis

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) is taking steps to regulate student transfers in high school athletics. This month, the board approved the formation of a task force dedicated to collecting transfer data to identify non-compliant transfer students in the state. A student can be non compliant if not meeting all of the regulations laid out in the AHSAA handbook.

1 week ago | abc3340.com | Kyra Purvis

TOPICS:RayfordBondJefferson CountyShootingMurderAssaultJudge MaysVictimOn Monday Jalynd Rashad Rayford was given no bond during a bond revocation hearing with Judge Alaric Mays of Jefferson County. Rayford is charged with an Easter Sunday shooting in 2021 that killed Areyelle Yarbrough. In September, while on bond for the murder charge, Rayford was charged with Discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling and assault 1st degree.

1 week ago | abc3340.com | Kyra Purvis

TOPICS:Hoover City SchoolsBoard of EducationMaintenance departmentNew buildingProperty purchaseInspectionsParkway Lake DriveContractToday Hoover City School's Board of Education took a step in a plan to purchase a new building for the system's maintenance department. The proposed property is located at 2195 Parkway Lake Drive. At Friday's special called meeting board members approved a contract that would allow district personnel to enter into the building to perform any necessary inspections.

3 weeks ago | abc3340.com | Kyra Purvis

The Senate Education Policy committee gave favorable approval to a bill establishing a provisional release process when the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) intervenes at local school boards of education. Under Senate Bill 215, after a local board of education is released from educational intervention, a provisional release period of five years begins. During the provisional release, the oversight of operations at the school district will return to the local board of education.

3 weeks ago | abc3340.com | Kyra Purvis

There's a police presence of Birmingham and UAB Police outside of the Courtyard hotel on 5th Ave south in Birmingham. Police have been in place since around at least 4:45am Thursday morning. ABC 3340 crews noticed a black vehicle being towed from the scene. The vehicle had a bullet hole in its black drivers side window. A bystander says he believes a person was transported to the area in this vehicle with some kind of serious injury. This is a developing story.