(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia election officials expect to release a report Thursday on a hand tally of the presidential race. They have repeatedly said they expect it to affirm Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump. The secretary of state’s office expects to put out a report on the results by midday Thursday. The…
Another cold start to the day with widespread 30s and 40s, but our flow begins to switch from the east-southeast today, so temperatures will begin to moderate for today. Highs around 70° with low to mid 70s returning tomorrow. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: For the high school playoff games Friday night, the sky will be clear with temperatures falling through the…
COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) – Evidence in court shows an Alabama man on trial for murder in the death of his wife showed little emotion after finding out she was dead. Luigi Ragazzoni was working as an officer with the Calera Police Department at the time Kathleen Dawn West died in January 2018. Video showed him speaking with the woman’s husband,…
Courtesy of Russell Bedsole’s Facebook ALABASTER, Ala. (AP) – A Republican city leader from Shelby County has won the seat of an Alabama House member who quit to join the Trump administration. Alabaster City Council member Russell Bedsole won a special election for the House District 49 seat on Tuesday. Results from the secretary of state’s office show Bedsole defeated…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – More than three weeks after Hurricane Zeta barreled across the Southeast, Alabama is still waiting on a federal disaster declaration and the emergency relief that comes with it. On Wednesday a FEMA official said the Alabama governor’s office hadn’t made an official disaster declaration request connected to the Oct. 28 storm. The governor’s office referred comments…
Auburn’s Isaac Okoro was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 5th overall pick in the NBA Draft. Alabama’s Kira Lewis Jr. was picked by the New Orleans Pelicans at pick 13. CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have selected guard/forward Isaac Okoro (oh-CORE-oh) from Auburn University with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. In his lone collegiate season…
Former State Representative John Knight, and current State Representative Kirk Hatcher will meet in a run-off for the Senate District 26 seat. John Knight received 20% of the vote Tuesday. Knight says his experience in the state house is what Montgomery needs to get things done in the Senate. “Montgomery needs experienced leadership in the Senate to be able to…
On Tuesday, November 17, around 6:55 pm, the Prattville Police Department responded to the Cobb Hill Shell Station located at 2591 Cobbs Ford Road in reference to an armed robbery. At the time of the robbery, an black male produced a handgun and robbed the clerk of an undisclosed amount of money. A short time later, investigators identified Micaiah Joshua…
Health officials say the coronavirus is spreading so quickly through Alabama that COVID-19 is rampant. And there’s little hope of real improvement until weeks after the holiday. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say the rolling daily average of new cases over the last two weeks has increased by 684, a jump of about 50%. One in every 342 people in…
The Montgomery Police Department is investigating a traffic collision that resulted in three fatalities. On Monday, November 16, at about 5:50 a.m., MPD and Fire Medics responded to a two vehicle traffic collision near the intersection of Troy Highway and Perimeter Parkway. At the scene, they located a 2007 Jeep Patriot with three occupants who had sustained fatal injuries. The…
