TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – A conservative Christian group has filed suit against the challenging rules that require students to obtain a permit to speak on campus five days in advance. The suit claims the rule violates a state law which requires public college and universities to respect students’ rights to free speech. It was filed Friday by the campus chapter…
. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that a man charged with bringing 11 molotov cocktails and other weapons to Washington on the day of the U.S. Capitol riot should remain jailed until his trial. The judge on Monday denied release for 71-year-old Lonnie Coffman of Falkville, Alabama. The judge wrote that Coffman…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – A man who pleaded guilty to stealing from a memorial fund established to aid survivors of a slain Alabama police officer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. News outlets report a federal judge sentenced 27-year-old Devonte Lemond Hammonds of Birmingham on Tuesday. Three months ago he pleaded guilty to fraud in the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Arkansas State scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to quash a Troy rally and walk away with a 9-6 victory Friday afternoon in the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament opener for both teams at Riverwalk Stadium. Troy (27-25) rallied from a 6-0 deficit after two-and-a-half innings of play capped by Caleb Bartolero’s game-tying,…
HOOVER, Ala. – Alabama baseball used a six-run third inning to put the game out of reach early on the way to a 9-3 win over No. 24 South Carolina on Tuesday afternoon at the Hoover Met. The win advances the Crimson Tide to the double-elimination portion of the 2021 SEC Tournament and sets UA at 30-22 overall on the season….
From having all students virtual at on day one, to learning in a hybrid setting, MPS staff say this school year was like a roller coaster. With many ups and downs throughout the last nine months, Park Crossing High School principal says the most difficult part was not having control of things that happened with students and staff left. “You…
The city of Troy has lost a political giant with the death of former mayor Jimmy Lunsford.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is reminding everyone to take safety precautions on the water and roadways ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Alabama state troopers say there are more boats on the water on Memorial Day weekend than almost any other weekend of the year. This week leading up to the holiday is National Safe Boating Week. Troopers are emphasizing how…
The Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM) and the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) have prepared for the surge in travelers expected at MGM.
The Alabama Advanced Criminal Justice Academy Class 2021-1 received their police officer training graduate certificates at Montgomery’s City Hall.
