Alabama will remove anti-gay language from the state’s sex education law. For decades, the law said students should be taught that homosexuality is both socially unacceptable and illegal. Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill sponsored by Rep. Laura Hall (D-Huntsville) and approved by the Alabama Legislature which will remove a section of the 1992 sex education law that said…
On Wednesday, April 28, Montgomery County District Daryl Bailey announced an arrest in a 2019 cold case homicide. Montgomery County authorities charged Si’Keris Miles, 21, with the 2019 shooting death of La’Quintin Brown. Police say on July 25, 2019, Brown was shot and killed in the 4700 Block of Park Towne Way. Authorities say brown was shot when he stepped…
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department is conducting an Attempted Murder investigation. The incident occurred on Sunday, April 26, on Frog Hollow Road in Reeltown. According to police, a 23-year-old from Tallassee suffered a single gunshot wound. An ambulance took him to Baptist Hospital in Montgomery to receive treatment for injuries. Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department obtained an Attempted Murder warrant for…
U.S. News & World Report has released its annual rankings of the best high schools in the country. Once again, Montgomery’s magnet high schools are listed as some of the nation’s best. The report shows that LAMP (Loveless Academic Magnet Program) is ranked the top high school in Alabama. It is the 14th ranked school in the country. The report…
Two former workers at a Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Birmingham have been charged with defrauding customers. Federal prosecutors say 37-year-old Larry James Black Jr. of Center Point and 40-year-old Joshua Daniel Powell of Moody came up with a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in customer payments. They allegedly used fraudulent email and digital payment accounts to trick customers….
Leo H. Fournier Jr., an Alabama Department of Transportation employee killed in a work zone in 2017, had his name added this week to the National Work Zone Memorial. Fournier was killed when a driver under the influence was driving the wrong way on the Atlanta Highway in Montgomery and struck Fournier and two other survey crew members. Fournier graduated from…
On Thursday, April 29, at 11:30 a.m., Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Rick Pate will recognize Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. for their donation of 280,800 (23,400 dozen) eggs to Alabama food banks who are part of the Feeding America network. This generous contribution is designed to help Alabama families and people in need. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries is honored…
AUM has announced that it has a limited number of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines that will be available for people 16 and older Thursday and Friday at the AUM Wellness Center. The vaccines are free, with no insurance needed. People who get them will be scheduled to get their second dose on May 21. Appointments are required. CLICK HERE TO SET UP…
Fans watch during the second inning in Game 1 of a baseball National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) With vaccinations across the Southeast increasing and health and safety protocols still in place, the Atlanta Braves are set to resume normal Truist Park seating…
Governor Kay Ivey has awarded $750,000 to help the city of Auburn recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The award is part of more than $40 million allocated to Alabama under a special Community Development Block Grant program funded from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Governor Ivey will announce additional grants to other Alabama cities and…
