PHOTO GALLERY: House Fire on Center Street in Montgomery
Montgomery firefighters are working a house fire on Center Street this afternoon.
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UPDATE: Montgomery Police Make Homicide Arrest after Shooting Victim Dies
Montgomery police say they are launching a homicide investigation following the death of a man who was shot last week.
Former Department of Corrections Officer Convicted for Allowing Another Officer to Assault Inmate
After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) shift commander Willie Burks, 42, of failing to stop an officer under his command from assaulting an inmate at ADOC’s Elmore Correctional Facility.
Tuskegee University Elects Second Female President in School History
The Tuskegee University Board of Trustees has elected a new President of Tuskegee University. The Board of Trustees elected Dr. Charlotte Morris as the 9th president of the university.
Montgomery Man Not Wearing Seat Belt Dies in Single Vehicle Crash
On Sunday, July 25, around 1:50 a.m., Jason Lemart Wright, 39, died when the 2004 Ford Expedition driven by Cedric Lamar Thomas Sr., 44, left the roadway, struck a guard rail before going airborne and struck a tree. Medics transported Wright to a local hospital for treatment, where he later died.Â
Founder of Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama Departing
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The founder and chief executive of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama will leave the nonprofit organization at the end of the year. The Birmingham-based nonprofit says Isabel Rubio will be replaced by chief operating officer Carlos Aleman, who went to work for the group as deputy director three years ago. Growing from a staff of…
The Dog Days of Summer
A downright miserable week of weather is ahead with lots of heat, even more humidity, and daily storms scattered about the Alabama landscape during the afternoon and evening hours. An upper ridge begins to intensify over the region causing our weather to trend hotter. Still, with such a moist air mass in place, we will have the daily risk of…
400 Panties Found in Home of Man Facing Voyeurism Charges
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Police searching the home of a man suspected of attacking an Alabama woman in her home found more than 400 pairs of women’s panties, authorities said. Investigators also found dozens of photos of John Thomas Uda’s co-workers taken without their permission from, the neck down, leading to 50 counts of voyeurism, Dothan police told news outlets….
Huntsville Officer Getting Paid after Murder Conviction Resigns
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer who remained on his city’s payroll for two months after being convicted of murder has resigned from the Huntsville Police Department. Officer William Darby left of his own accord. Darby has been on paid leave since his May 7 conviction for shooting a suicidal man who was holding a gun to his own head….
Activist Who Helped Desegregate Birmingham Library Dies
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Black Army veteran who helped peacefully desegregate an Alabama city’s library with a sit-in protest in 1963 has died, according to the library and an obituary published by his family. Shelly Millender Jr. of Birmingham died on Saturday. He was 86. Millender already was a veteran when he attended Miles College, a historically Black school…
