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Montgomery Man Charged With Sexually Abusing a Child

60-year-old Dean Hudgins/Source: Montgomery County Detention Facility A Montgomery man has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old. Montgomery police say 60-year-old Dean Hudgins was taken into custody on September 8 for an incident that occurred between August 15 and August 16. Court records indicate that Hudgins had sexual contact with a…

NEW AUG 10: Dynasty – “A Good Marriage in Every Sense”

Watch a new episode of Dynasty TONIGHT at 8/7c on your local Montgomery CW!

Blake continues on his quest for the Senate and turns to someone very unexpected for help. Fallon continues to lean more about Amanda with the help of Adam and an old friend-and finds out all is not what it seems! Watch a new episode of Dynasty TONIGHT at 8/7c on your local Montgomery CW!

Could Virus Funds Soon be Used to Build New Prisons in Alabama?

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama lawmakers have begun reviewing the latest prison construction proposal. Legislators on Wednesday discussed the proposal to build three new prisons and renovate others. The projects would be partly funded with $400 million from American Rescue Plan Act funds. Republican Rep. Steve Clouse, the House budget chairman who helped draft the proposal, said it received a…

Alabama trying to revive lawsuit over Confederate monument

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama attorney general’s office is trying to revive its lawsuit over the removal of a Confederate monument from outside the county courthouse in the city of Huntsville. The state claims in court documents that a judge shouldn’t have dismissed the suit just because someone anonymously paid a $25,000 fine that was owed by Madison County…

Front Bringing Fall-Like Mornings Ahead

A front is dropping through the state this morning, and will deliver a nice surge of dry air all the way to the Gulf Coast the next few days. Today will feature a clearing sky, falling humidity, and a northerly breeze. Through Sunday, we are forecasting sunny days, with fair pleasant nights. Highs will be in the mid 80s today…