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Montgomery: Tourist spending in the state dropped 20% last year at the height of pandemic lockdowns and business closings, but Alabama fared better than most during the coronavirus crisis, state tourism officials said. A statement from the Alabama Tourism Department said a travel consulting firm found a nationwide decline of 42% in travel expenditures, but the state’s decrease wasn’t as bad because spending was robust in Baldwin County, where the beach towns of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are located. State beaches, historically Alabama’s top tourist draw, were shut down early in the pandemic but reopened as the summer travel season was beginning. “Baldwin County’s success is all the more remarkable when you factor in that the beaches were closed for six weeks in the spring and one week due to a hurricane in the fall,” said Judy Ryals, chair of the board that oversees the agency. Visitors spent more than $13 billion on ac
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Police arrest 2 in homicide of Chicopee man
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
The U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed that two people have been arrested in the December homicide of Chicopee resident Francisco Roman.
The names of the two people arrested and charges are sealed in court and expected to be released on Friday, said Tom Carson, spokesman for the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Roman, 28, was last seen on Christmas Eve in Chicopee Center, prompting police to put out an alert asking for information from anyone who had information about his disappearance. At the time he had a cast on his leg and was walking with crutches.