TENNESSEE VALLEY– A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect for central Alabama as well as for Cullman, Franklin, Lawrence, and Morgan Counties in the Tennessee Valley from 3 p.m. Monday through 9 p.m. Monday. A light wintry mix will move in from northern and central Mississippi Monday afternoon. Up to a half-inch of snow […]
The Antpitta avis canis Ridgley is a bird that looks like a stuffed duck on stilts and barks like a dog. The bird was discovered by ornithologist Robert S. Ridgley in the Andes in Ecuador in June 1998. Thirty of these long-legged, black-and-white barking birds were found. It apparently had gone undetected because it lives […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was established in May 1927 as a non-profit corporation to promote the art of movie making. In the first year, the Academy had 36 members, with Douglas Fairbanks Sr as president. The first Academy Awards, now better known as the Oscars, were presented at a private dinner […]
It is thought to be Johann Vaaler. Drawings of his design date to early 1899, but since Norway had no patent law at the time he had to seek patent rights in Germany and the US in the following years. Johann Vaaler was born on 15 March 1866 in Aurskog, Norway. Known as an innovator […]
TENNESSEE VALLEY-The National Weather Service is still looking at a winter weather event. According to the Weather Service, flurries will be possible in southern middle Tennessee and northeast Alabama during the next couple of hours. We are watching a new precipitation area developing in Arkansas into Mississippi and southwest Tennessee which will move into northwest Alabama […]
Much like being born, every culture deals with death differently. These Victorian death rituals definitely sit on the weird side of things. During Victorian Times people believed in zombies. In order to keep their loved ones from coming back a zombies, bodies were buried face down. Families with more money would splurge on metal cages that […]
TENNESSEE VALLEY-The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the area from 12 PM Friday until 9 AM Saturday. This will be round three for winter weather in as many days: WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED […]
TENNESSEE VALLEY-Dangerous wind chills in the morning with values at or below zero. Temperatures start in the single digits Thursday morning and only warm from the teens to low/mid 20s. This is close to 30 degrees below normal for this time of year. Dress in layers, keep hands and feet warm, and wear a hat. […]
So you thought you knew Dolly Parton…here are just a few little know facts about one of County Music’s greatest. Dolly spent over a million dollars recreating her childhood home. The home she grew up in with 11 siblings didn’t even have indoor plumbing. She is also the godmother of Miley Cyrus, although she never participated in an […]
All of us know about the titanic story. Have you ever wondered that how many ships have missed their destinations and the lost lives sleeping dead, all alone in the lap of tremendously unfathomable oceans across the whole world? Think of all the people who died without saying even a little good-bye to their loved […]
