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School Systems Around Nation Suffer from Food Shortage

Many school systems local and around the nation have been facing a food shortage, lately. The shortage has been mainly due to the food vendors not being able to deliver food items to these schools. In the past week, Elmore Co. officials said 12 of their regular food vendors did not deliver products. “This morning we actually had to go…

Second Woman Dies From Crash on September 9 in Autauga County

State troopers say that a second woman has died in a fatal accident occurred in early September. Troopers say the two-vehicle crash happened just after 5:00AM on Thursday, September 9 on U.S. 82 near mile marker 135 in Autauga County. 50-year-old Petra Altenhofen, of Montgomery, was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer when she crossed the center line, colliding head-on with…

Montgomery Man Dies in Accident on I-85 Saturday

A two-vehicle has claimed the life of a Montgomery man. State troopers say the accident happened just after 7:00PM Saturday on I-85 North near mile marker 11. Troopers says 37-year-old Joseph Dillard was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban at a high rate of speed when he struck the rear of another vehicle, a 2014 Kia Forte. Dillard swerved after hitting…

Money for Station Upgrades Awarded for Gulf Coast Train Plan

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) – Three Mississippi cities and Birmingham, Alabama have been awarded grants to improve their train stations ahead of the planned return of Amtrak service to the Gulf Coast. The Biloxi Sun Herald reports that Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, and Pascagoula received a little more than $700,000 total, and another $250,000 went to Birmingham. The newspaper…

Man Arrested on Capital Murder Charges in 2018 Shooting

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama man has been arrested in a deadly shooting nearly four years after it occurred. Al.com reports 36-year-old Willie Richard Williams was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on Monday. He is being held on a capital murder charge in the slaying of 21-year-old Laronald McDaniel. McDaniel died at a hospital after being shot outside…