One man is dead after a single-vehicle crash Monday night in Montgomery County. 58-year-old Walter J. Voytek, of Grady, was killed when the car he was driving left the roadway and overturned. The crash happened around 8:15 on Alabama 94 west, near the 12-mile marker, approximately 20 miles south of Montgomery. ALEA is investigating the cause of the crash. Categories:…
This week’s Pay it Forward honoree is Angie Harris of Wetumpka. Shes spends much of her extra time volunteering at the Humane Society of Elmore County thrift store. She says it’s a great way to give back. Harris is a full-time cosmetologist and every other Saturday she’s at the thrift store and even on her vacation days. “She’s just always…
Retired Army Sergeant Kenneth Paschal becomes the first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature in 140 years. He is the first Black Republican elected to the House since Reconstruction.Â
With time running out, Nicky and Henry work to translate a cryptic map that could lead them to the Forge on a new episode of Kung Fu TONIGHT at 7PM on your CW Montgomery!
Today will feature lower rain chances with only isolated storms in the forecast; it will be hot and humid with highs in the lower 90s. Humidity levels stay high Thursday and Friday, and showers and storms will continue to develop on these days, and they should be a bit more scattered in nature as an upper ridge replaces the departing…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An inmate died Tuesday after an apparent assault at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, the Alabama Department of Corrections confirmed. Tyrone Billups, 39, died from injuries sustained in an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault, a prison spokeswoman wrote in an email. The prison system said the death is under investigation. The prison system did not release a cause…
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday reversed course and will allow reporters to witness jury selection in the corruption trial of a longtime north Alabama sheriff. Retired Criminal Appeals Judge Pamela Baschab, who is presiding over the case against Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely, granted the request from media organizations. They included the Alabama Press Association and the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The fees imposed by the Alabama Power company on customers who generate their own electricity with rooftop or on-site solar panels are now the subject of a federal lawsuit against the state’s regulators. Environmental groups argue that punishing fees are purposely discouraging the adoption of solar power in the sun-rich state. Alabama Power maintains that the…
The race for the Montgomery City Council District One seat will go to a runoff. Ed Grimes won 49-Percent of the votes, while his opponent Donnie Mims received 21-Percent of the vote. The runoff election is scheduled for august 24th. The seat was vacated with the death of Councilman Richard Bollinger back in March. Categories: Election Results, Montgomery Metro Tags:…
The search continues for the person who shot and killed a Montgomery teen, and as the investigation moves forward, the family and friends of 17-year-old Leiah Holmes mourn her loss.
