ATHENS, Ala. (AP) – The case against a longtime Alabama sheriff accused of theft and ethics violations is being delayed again after a judge stepped aside. Retired Circuit Judge Pride Tompkins cited his own risk of catching the coronavirus in recusing himself from the case against Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely. Blakely was indicted on multiple felony charges in August…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – An arraignment date has been set for a teenager accused of killing five members of his family, setting the case on a trajectory for trial. A judge on Thursday set the April 7 court date for 16-year-old Mason Sisk. He’s charged as an adult with capital murder in the deaths of his father, mother, and three…
Rev. Ralph Abernathy, left, and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,(AP Photo) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – An auction house is offering a piece of America’s civil rights history for sale: pages of an old jail record signed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while he was incarcerated in Alabama in 1963. Rescued by a jail worker, the pages feature a…
Gov. Kay Ivey has issued a state of emergency ahead of the potential winter weather that is in the forecast for part of Alabama. The state of emergency will include 28 counties. If weather permits and roadways remain safe, the governor says people who have plans to receive their COVID-19 vaccine should still do so. The State of Emergency took…
The City of Selma will honor a prominent civil rights figure by naming a day in his memory. The Selma City Council has voted to declare that March 15, from now on, will be “F.D. Reese Day” in the city. Fredrick Douglas Reese was 88 when he died in 2018. He had been part of the “Courageous Eight” who played…
Montgomery police are investigating the city’s 10th murder of the year following the shooting death of 41-year-old Arthur Harris of Montgomery. Police say this morning at about 2:45 a.m., they and fire medics were called to the 1100 block of Karen Road after getting a report of a person shot. That’s where they found Harris with a life-threatening gunshot wound….
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is urging drivers to use caution when driving. Weather forecasts are calling for a mix of wintry precipitation during the next 24 hours, with a mix of ice and snow across the state of Alabama. ALEA encourages motorists who absolutely must drive during the weather event to use extreme caution and to expect roadways and…
County health departments in the Northern, West Central and part of the Southwestern Public Health Districts will be closed on Monday, February 15, due to winter weather conditions that could heavily impact roadways. A list of county health departments that will be closed in each district is included below. Northern District: Cullman, Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Lauderdale, Madison, Marion,…
The City of Montgomery will be opening warming centers on Monday and Tuesday. City leaders say as forecasts call for temperatures to fall below freezing early this week, the warming center will be open at the Montgomery Therapeutic Recreation Center (TRC), 604 Augusta Avenue. The warming center will open each day at 4 p.m. Masks, cots and warm blankets…
The Alabama News Network Weather Authority team is monitoring weather issues throughout the area for today and tonight: A WINTER STORM WARNING is in effect until 9PM tonight for Hale and Marengo counties in the western part of the Alabama News Network viewing area. Freezing rain is expected, possibly mixed with sleet. Total ice accumulations up to two tenths of…
