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Downtown Countdown Rings in 2019 in Montgomery

Hundreds of people braved rainy conditions to welcome 2019 at Riverwalk Stadium in downtown Montgomery. The Downtown Countdown New Year's Celebration featured The Wildcat Band opening for headliners The Groove Factor from Memphis.…

Alabama Fans React to Orange Bowl

Baumhowers in Montgomery, was packed with Alabama and Oklahoma fans watching Saturday's Orange Bowl game. Alabama fans were very excited to see how the tide would turn against the Sooners. During kick-off, while some of them were confident, they were…

AP's Biggest Alabama Stories of 2018

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Political news and a major economic development announcement were among the state's top stories of 2018. U.S. Sen. Doug Jones took office after becoming the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter-century. However,…

State Board of Pardons and Parole Board

The Pardons and Parole Boars had responded to a letter from the Governor asking for more information in an ongoing dispute with the Board. Their 70 page letter to Governor Ivey includes a rejection of The Governor's call for a…

Veterans Town Hall Meeting Held in Montgomery

Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System hosted a town hall meeting to help veterans stay up to date about available benefits. Dozens of veterans gathered at the Montgomery VA clinic to learn more about their available health benefits, including prosthetics.…

Domestic Violence Help Available in Montgomery

There were two shootings less than 24 hours apart in Montgomery this week, and both of them were the result of domestic violence. In the wake of these two crimes we sat down with Tay Knight, Executive Director of Family…

Moore Reacts

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Facebook has suspended five accounts for misleading tactics during last year's U.S. Senate race in Alabama. A statement from Facebook says the company "recently removed five accounts run by multiple individuals for engaging in coordinated inauthentic…

Montgomery's Eastside Grille Closing after 16 Years

Montgomery's Eastside Grille, a restaurant fixture on Atlanta Highway for 16 years, will soon be closing forever. The restaurant's owners say the final day will be Sunday, Dec. 30. The decision was announced on Facebook as well as Eastside Grille's…

Breaking News Update: Escaped Inmate Recaptured

Escaped inmate, 47-year-old Jimmy Lee Hill, has been recaptured. Hill escaped from the Red EagleĀ Work Center in Montgomery on Saturday, December 22nd. Hill surrendered to U.S. Marshall's without incident Sunday evening in Enterprise,…

Remember This Event in 1988?

It was 30 years ago this Christmas that the Denny's RestaurantĀ  chain decided to end their long habit of being open 365 days a year, including Christmas. They wanted to let their employees be home with their families, so they…

Some of Montgomery's Homeless Receive Free Haircuts

We are now two days away from Christmas and a local organization is making the holidays brighter for the homeless in the River Region. The Serious Injury Law Group gathered some local barbers Sunday to give free haircuts to some…

Escaped Montgomery Inmate

  Montgomery area authorities are searching for a convicted murderer who escaped from theĀ  Alabama Department of Corrections Red Eagle Work Center on Saturday. Jimmy Lee Hill has served 25 years of a life in prison sentence when he escaped.…

Christmas Gift: Gas at $1.78

Some Montgomery stations are selling gas at $1.78...the lowest price for regular in almost three years. In January of 2016 the Montgomery average was near $1.50   The highest price in recent years? ...in 2012.

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