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Aubrey Blackwell Accepts Job at Benjamin Russell, Montgomery Catholic Searches for New Coach

The Class 3A state champion runner-up, the Montgomery Catholic Knights, are searching for a new head football coach. Montgomery Catholic announced that head coach Aubrey Blackwell is leaving the program to accept another coaching job. Montgomery Catholic announced on their Facebook page that Blackwell has accepted the head coach at Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City. Blackwell began his…

Montgomery Fire/Rescue Donates Gifts to Family of Nine Kids with Missing Mother

A Montgomery woman has taken in her missing sister’s eight children and the youngest child of another sister battling drug addiction. Kawonna Abner now has nine nieces and nephews in her custody. On Tuesday, December 21, the Montgomery Fire Department decided to pitch in a help her out this holiday season. Firefighters delivered gifts to the nine kids and set…

Selma Police Investigating Sunday Morning Murder-Suicide

Selma police are investigating a murder-suicide following a weekend shooting in the city. Sergeant Ray Blanks says the incident happened in the 200 block of Water Avenue early Sunday, December 20. Police found a man and woman both at the house with fatal gunshot wounds. Police identified the man as 27-year-old DaMarious Towns, and the woman as 25-year-old Shakeria Johnson….

Congress Approves $900B COVID Relief Bill, Sending to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It promises to deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business to create a massive bundle…

Mild Days Ahead; Rain/Storms Christmas Eve

Today and tomorrow the weather will be dry, with more sun than clouds, and temperatures in the low to mid 60s today with upper 60s tomorrow. CHRISTMAS EVE FRONT: Through the day tomorrow, clouds will begin to increase ahead of an approaching cold front that will come blasting through the state early Christmas Eve. Rain and storms are expected very…

Gov. Kay Ivey Gets COVID Vaccine, Calls It “A Safe Thing to Do”

Photo from Office of Gov. Kay Ivey/Hal Yeager Gov. Kay Ivey has become one of the first governors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. She received the first of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine at a Montgomery hospital on Monday, a move aimed at building public confidence in the vaccines. State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris also received the vaccine. Two top…

House Passes $900 Billion Pandemic Relief Package

The House has easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package. It would deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Lawmakers have also tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business to create a massive bundle of…

EJI Founder Bryan Stevenson Receives Fitzgerald Museum Literary Prize for Excellence in Writing Award

The F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum announced its fifth annual winner of the Fitzgerald Museum Literary Prize for Excellence in Writing. Founder/executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, was this year’s winner. Stevenson published his acclaimed memoir Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption in 2014. He received received numerous accolades for the memoir including the…

WANTED: Tallassee Police Searching for Two Suspects in Title Cash Armed Robbery

The Tallassee Police Department searches for the identity of two males. Police say two men robbed the Title Cash at 904-A Gilmer Avenue in Tallassee. On Friday, December 18, police say two men entered the business banishing guns. One suspect held an employee at gunpoint while the other suspect searched the building. The suspects took an unspecified amount of money…