Ft. Deposit police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened at a cemetery.
Central Alabama CrimeStoppers has awarded Autauga County Deputy Jeffrey Chandler with the title of Autauga County Sheriff’s Office 2020 CrimeStoppers School Resource Officer of the Year.
The Ft. Deposit Police Department is investigating a shooting. The shooting occurred at a funeral at Meadow Wood Cemetery on Saturday, June 26. According to police, the shooter was removed from the funeral for disruptive behavior. He later got into a confrontation at the cemetery where he shot four people. Jerry Gibson died from his injuries in the shooting.
The city of Prattville has a long list of Independence Day celebrations that will start early Saturday morning.
One of this year’s first 4th of July celebrations will be Thursday in Pike Road.
While the Alabama Department of Public Health says the vast majority of the state is now at low risk for COVID-19 cases, officials say that is not true in Pike County.
Rep. Bill Poole, R-Tuscaloosa, on Tuesday announced that he is running for Speaker of the House following Rep. Mac McCutcheon’s announcement that he plans to retire at the end of his term in 2022. “I have spoken with Speaker McCutcheon to thank him for all that he has done and continues to do for the people of Alabama. I have pledged to him my continued support during the next 18 months of his leadership of the State House of Representatives,” Rep. Poole said.
If AAA’s prediction comes true, it would be the second-highest Independence Day travel volume on record, after what was recorded in 2019. It would indicate a big rebound from 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic kept many people at home.
The Better Business Bureau is warning people who want to send money to relief efforts in the Surfside condominium collapse that scammers are trying to intercept their donations.
A five-year-old utility app almost no one had heard about had suddenly lept over every other app in the App Stores to hit #1 in the most downloaded chart.
