Huntsville Real Time News

A single-vehicle car wreck has claimed the life of a Cullman woman. Amy Lachelle Drake’s Toyota 4-Runner left the roadway on Cullman County 1545 and hit a tree on Sunday around 1:30 p.m. Drake was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The crash was five miles north of Cullman. ALEA State Troopers will continue to investigate. … [Read more...] about Cullman woman dead after single-vehicle wreck

A fish kill near Lake Guntersville that drew the ire of professional angler Gerald Swindle was likely caused by natural oxygen depletion in the water, according to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Phillip Ekema, a district supervisor with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, said the DCNR’s preliminary estimate is that about 22,000 fish were killed over approximately 378 acres of Crow Creek in Jackson County, near Stevenson. Ekema said the department first became aware of the situation after Swindle posted about it on social media. Swindle posted a video Sunday night on his Facebook page, which has more than 220,000 followers, asking for help after seeing “dead fish everywhere,” and “crayfish are literally crawling out of the water.” “I walked over on the bridge and there’s hundreds upon hundreds and hundreds of crawfish crawling out on the bank,” Swindle said in the video, which is … [Read more...] about Fish kill that drew pro angler’s ire likely natural, state says

You’ve seen the heart-warming, yet heart-breaking stories. A little girl with a rare form of cancer wishes to be a princess for a day. A boy with a terminal illness wants a playset for his back yard. A 4-year-old just wants the birthday party she’s never had. Another wants to see snow for the first time. Poof! The Make-A-Wish Foundation appears. They wave their magic wand and those children’s dreams come true. Truth is, there is no magic wand. Each wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation costs an average of $8,000. In Alabama, there are 250 children on the wish waiting list. That’s $2 million to grant those wishes. “North Alabama has the largest concentrated area of wish kids,” said Lacy Fitzpatrick, the local development manager for Make-A-Wish. “We have over 80 wish kids waiting for wishes in North Alabama.” That’s $640,000 the organization needs to provide the magic these kids and their families deserve. The good news is, … [Read more...] about You can make wishes come true for North Alabama kids

A teenager is dead after a weekend crash in Fayette County. The wreck happened Sunday at approximately 4:33 p.m., according to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Crpl. David Sizemore. Zacarias Lee Salinas, 19, was driving a 2004 Nissan Xterra when he left the roadway and struck a tree. Salinas, of Winfield, was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash happened on Alabama Highway 13, about six miles southwest of Berry. Alabama State Troopers are continuing to investigate. … [Read more...] about Teenager dead in Fayette County crash

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office has received an anonymous donation that it says will help locate missing persons. According to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office, a woman with “a loved one that suffered from Alzheimer’s” Disease made the donation in order for the department to purchase a Project Lifesaver receiver. Project Lifesaver is designed for “at risk” people prone to wandering due to cognitive conditions. It relies on transmitters on the person and receivers to locate them. The donation will allow the department to buy a receiver. Previously, it had only one for the whole county. “The hope is to some day have at least one receiver for each of the four shifts and with this donation we will now have a total of two,” the post stated. “We are blessed to have such caring citizens in this County." … [Read more...] about Anonymous $1,500 donation helps sheriff’s office