Brig. General (Ret.) Trent Edwards/Source: MGMWERX MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – A familiar face to the River Region has been named the new director for MGMWERX. MGMWERX announced Monday that Brigadier General (Ret.) Trent H. Edwards is now the head of the state-of-the-art innovation hub in Montgomery. Prior to joining MGMWERX, Brigadier General Edwards was at the Montgomery Area Chamber of…
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The first numbers from the 2020 census are out and they show that America’s population growth has declined to its slowest rate since the Great Depression – a total now of just under 331.5 million. At the same time, the nation’s political center of gravity has kept shifting further to the Republican-led South and West. Texas, Florida and other Sun…
The Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council is raising awareness about the increased number of opioid overdose deaths in the year 2020. According to the CDC There were over 81,230 drug overdose deaths in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, The largest number ever recorded for a 12-month period. In the state of Alabama Drug…
Photo from Prattville Police Dept./Central Alabama CrimeStoppers Prattville police are wanting to find a woman suspected of using a stolen credit card. Investigators say the woman used a stolen credit card to illegally buy items from a store in the 1900 block of Cobbs Ford Road. If you can help police in their investigation, call Central Alabama CrimeStoppers at (334)…
FILE – (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) U.S. Census results have brought welcome news to Alabama state leaders. Alabama’s population will allow it to keep all seven of its current seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. There had been concern that with faster growth in other states, Alabama would lose a seat and see its influence in Washington reduced. The…
Come back to the neighborhood! Join special guests including Dr. Jill Biden, Whoopi Goldberg, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu and Questlove. The ABC Event Special “Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days” airing TONIGHT at 8/7c on your local ABC32!
Cryptocurrency has been big with investors trading the digital currency but it has yet to break through with consumers as a mainstream way to buy and sell goods. That may be changing, as more companies are now embracing Bitcoin. When baseball recently welcomed back spectators, it marked the start of something new at the home of California’s Oakland A’s. Fans…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. | Alabama State (13-25, 8-6 SWAC) defeats rival Alabama A&M on the road in both games of the Friday doubleheader by scores of 8-1 and 11-8 at the Bulldog Softball Field. For more ASU News, visit AlabamaNews.Net!
Montgomery police are investigating a shooting. The shooting occurred on Monday, April 26 around 4 am. MPD and Fire medics responded to call of multiple people shot in the 5000 block of Yellow Pine Drive. At the scene, police located an adult female suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound and a juvenile female with a life-threatening gunshot wound. Medics…
