Paige Meyer

1 week ago | waaytv.com | Paige Meyer

New numbers show an increase of online shoppers in the city of Madison. City leaders fear shopping online may be taking customers away from brick and mortar stores. Madison Mayor Paul Finley reported their latest sales tax is down roughly 2% from last year, but their internet sales tax is up. “As any municipality we monitor sales tax, it’s what drives a city,” Finley said. Finley says Alabama put together a formula in 2016 to start monitoring city internet sales tax.

1 week ago | waaytv.com | Paige Meyer

Cell phones will soon be more tightly regulated in Alabama schools. This week, the senate passed their version of SB 92 which prohibits a student from using, operating, or possessing cell phones on public elementary or secondary school grounds during the instructional day. The bill's sponsor, Donnie Chesteen, says schools may have had their own phone policies in place, but once Gov. Kay Ivey signs her approval, this will be a regulation at the state level.

1 week ago | waaytv.com | Paige Meyer

Cell phones will soon be more tightly regulated in Alabama schools. This week the senate passed their version of SB 92 which prohibits a student from using, operating, or possessing cell phones on public elementary or secondary school grounds during the instructional day. The bills sponsor, Donnie Chesteen, says schools may have had their own phone policies in place, but once Governor Kay Ivey signs her approval, this will be a regulation at the state level.

2 weeks ago | waaytv.com | Paige Meyer

The Special Olympics of Madison County is leaning on the community for help. Without more donations and volunteers, their upcoming track and field event may be canceled. The Special Olympics Track and Field Chairman for the event, Joni Haas, says this upcoming Tuesday’s event at Milton Frank Stadium in Huntsville is expected to be the largest in the state. With more than 750 local athletes attending, she says they need two escorts for each athlete to get from one event to the next.

2 weeks ago | waaytv.com | Paige Meyer

Two Morgan County corrections officers were attacked by an inmate over the weekend with a hand made shank who's facing murder charges for a 2022 Lawrence County stabbing. Authorities say Earl Eugene Bates Jr. attacked the officers with a sharpened toothbrush Saturday after refusing to return to his cell. When Bates Jr. was arrested back in 2022, he was transferred to the Morgan County Jail due to a history of violence with Lawrence County Corrections Officers.