On Monday, 29 April, 6:30 p.m. in the Albertville Fine Arts Center, the City of Albertville and the Department of Community and Regional Planning, Alabama A&M University will host a community meeting.   

Students from the university will present their background report on major planning issues in Albertville. This is based upon research conducted on the community over the past two months. There will also be a question and comment segment for attendees along with a survey to be passed out during the break. Your questions, comments and survey responses will be utilized in preparing the final plan to be presented to the city sometime in May.

By Jeff Castle

A cold front to our west will bring a quick round of rain across the area today.  Some thunder and lightning are possible, however we are not expecting to see any severe weather.

Rain chances will pick up through the morning hours.  The steadiest and heaviest rain will push through between 10am and 2pm.

ARAB, AL (WAFF)- Police in Boaz and Arab searched two hospitals after they received bomb threats Sunday night.

Boaz Police said Marshall Medical Center South and North were placed under lockdown around 9 p.m. and firemen were called to the facilities as a precaution. None of the facilities were evacuated.

Authorities urged everyone to stay away from the hospitals until they were cleared.

No explosive devices were found.

Cullman Regional Medical Center was evacuated Sunday night after they also received bomb threats. The Cullman County Sheriff said an escaped Arab inmate, Jeremy Lewayne Lang, was arrested in connection with the threats.

Lang is said to be a person of interest for making bomb threats at the three north Alabama hospitals.

Investigators are looking into the possibility Lang made those threats after he escaped from the Arab Police Department Sunday night.