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Mask Mandate Lifted in Montgomery County Offices

Masks will no longer be required when entering a county building in Montgomery. The Montgomery County Commission voted Tuesday to lift the mask requirement inside Montgomery County Offices. Commissioners are still strongly encouraging the public and employees to exercise personal responsibility and continue to wash hands, practice social distancing and wear masks when appropriate. The statewide mask mandate ended on…

59-Year-Old Killed Overnight; MPD Conducting Homicide Investigation

The Montgomery Police Department says it is conducting a homicide investigation in the death of Randolph Robinson, 59, of Montgomery. Monday, May 3, around 11:45 pm MPD responded to the 400 block of East Park Avenue in reference to a person shot. There they found Robinson who had been fatally shot and was pronounced dead on the scene. The reasoning…

Tornado Watch in Effect Until 4PM

A Tornado Watch is in effect until 4PM today as a few tornadoes are possible, along with widespread damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible.

Judges Hear Arguments over Contentious Census Privacy Tool

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A panel of judges has heard arguments over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people’s information private in the numbers used for drawing political districts. Monday’s hearing hinged on a balancing test: The method known as “differential privacy” must meet the federal legal requirement for maintaining the confidentiality of…