Preston Benson

Recent Articles

• Update: Workers Allowed Back to Work After Powdery Substance Found In Von Braun III Building

  Posted on: 12:12 pm, April 30, 2013, by Nick Banaszak, Preston Benson and Claire Aiello, updated on: 12:53pm, April 30, 2013

  REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) – Update: The employees of Missile Defense Agency in the Von Braun III complex are instructed to... Read More ›

  

• Testimony Continues in Lawrence County Murder Trial

  Posted on: 10:21 am, April 16, 2013, by Preston Benson

  LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) -  Testimony is still underway in Lawrecne County in the trial of a man accused of... Read More ›

  

• Teen Pleads Not Guilty In Shoals Murder Case

  Posted on: 10:57 am, March 21, 2013, by Preston Benson, updated on: 01:21pm, March 21, 2013

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) –  A teen charged with murder in Lauderdale County has entered a plea of not guilty.... Read More ›

  

• Pope Francis New Head Of Catholic Church

  Posted on: 1:15 pm, March 13, 2013, by Preston Benson and Claire Aiello, updated on: 04:04pm, March 13, 2013

  ROME (CNN) — Pope Francis, the first non-European pontiff of the modern era, revealed himself to the world from a... Read More ›

  

• University of Alabama Athletic Director Hospitalized

  Posted on: 1:04 pm, March 13, 2013, by Preston Benson

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WHNT) – University of Alabama Athletic Director Mal Moore has been hospitalized for pulmonary problems. That’s according to... Read More ›

  

• UPDATE: Four UA Players Dismissed From Team, School

  Posted on: 12:54 pm, February 27, 2013, by Preston Benson, updated on: 05:58pm, February 27, 2013

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WHNT) – Leaders with the University of Alabama have dismissed four football players following their arrests on robbery... Read More ›

  

• AT&T: Service Should Be Restored

  Posted on: 12:47 pm, February 20, 2013, by Preston Benson, Venton Blandin, Claire Aiello and Matt Kroschel, updated on: 05:46pm, February 20, 2013

  TENNESSEE VALLEY, Ala. (WHNT) – AT&T crews say they have fixed a cable that was cut in Madison and knocked... Read More ›

  

• Fire Causes Heavy Damage to Florence Apartment

  Posted on: 12:49 pm, February 12, 2013, by Preston Benson

  FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) – Firefighters responded to a call at Madison Square Apartments Tuesday afternoon. WHNT News 19 has learned... Read More ›

  

• Family Heartbroken Over Death of 8-Month-Old Boy

  Posted on: 7:28 pm, January 31, 2013, by Preston Benson

  DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – One family’s unspeakable grief has turned into anger in Decatur following the death of an 8-month... Read More ›

  

• Storm Hunter 19 Tracks Winter Weather

  Posted on: 7:28 pm, January 17, 2013, by Preston Benson

  MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – Storm Hunter 19 was on the road all day providing some of the best images... Read More ›

  

• Woman’s Push for Donations to Help Cancer Patients

  Posted on: 11:02 am, January 10, 2013, by Preston Benson, updated on: 11:07am, January 10, 2013

  DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) –   It’s a helpless feeling to watch as a loved one deals with the ravages of... Read More ›