BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Federal prosecutors said an Alabama man has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud after admitting to using someone else’s identity to raid a memorial fund for a slain officer. Devonte Lemond Hammonds, of Birmingham, pleaded guilty Friday to one count each of access device fraud and wire fraud in connection with money he stole from…
A weak front is swinging through the state this morning and is causing scattered showers this morning. This is a quick hitting system and the rain will end this morning, and the sunshine will quickly return to the sky this afternoon with highs in the low to mid 60s. Tonight will be clear and cold with lows in the mid…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Alabama state senators are expected to debate lottery and casino legislation this week. Republican Sen. Del Marsh said he expects to get a Senate vote on his bill. The proposal would authorize a lottery and multiple casinos in the state. The Senate debate, which could come as soon as Tuesday, will be the first major test…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – The mother of a 2-year-old Birmingham child who was shot and killed two weeks ago is speaking out for the first time. Briahn Smith described her son’s last minutes during a candlelight vigil on Thursday. She described how she prayed throughout the shooting, during the trip to the hospital, and while medical personnel were trying to…
Saturday afternoon ALEA Troopers were lead on  a chase that ended in the arrest of a Montgomery man. At approximately 4:20 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol division attempted to stop a 2021 Can-Am Renegade ATV at the North Eastern Boulevard near Roy Hodges Boulevard. The driver, Brandon Alexander Austin, 25, refused…
The U.S. stands at the brink of 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, America’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, calls the looming milestone horrible and historic. The running total of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, was about 498,000 on Sunday. That’s roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy…
The pilot instructor stationed at Columbus Air Force Base who died in the T-38C Talon trainer aircraft mishap near Montgomery, Alabama, Feb. 19, has been identified. One of the deceased, Scot Ames Jr., 24, was an instructor pilot with the 50th Flying Training Squadron. Ames, Jr., was from Pekin, Indiana. The name of the second pilot, a student pilot, from…
The Power Of Life Foundation was at ASU to promote their cause for helping Montgomery residents durning this time of the Covid 19 pandemic awareness. A long line of cars lined up in two rows at the parking lot entrance to the ASU Stadium. It was a pretty bright sunny day as residents  listened to the music provided by the…
Montgomery police have arrested a suspect in the murder of 49-year-old Terry Dugruise of Montgomery. Police found Dugruise dead in the 2400 block of Highland Avenue yesterday afternoon. Investigators have not said how he died. Police have charged 46-year-old David Raybon of Montgomery with murder. He is being held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility. This was the 12th murder…
Alabama News Network has more information about the U.S. Air Force training jet crash near the Montgomery Regional Airport that killed two people. The jet was flying from Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi to Tallahassee, Florida, when it went down late this afternoon. A spokesperson for Columbus Air Force Base has confirmed the aircraft that crashed was a T-38…
