If you’re shopping for yourself or someone else this holiday season, you’re going to find some great deals on electronics. Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and Target are all selling smart home gadgets at their lowest prices ever. There’s a reason some of those gadgets are so cheap: they’re collecting data on users and selling it to other companies for marketing…
I’m the type of person that doesn’t like spending money on apps if there’s a free version that works just fine. I’ve made an exception with the calendar app “Timepage”. Even though I have Apple’s stock calendar app on my phone along with Google calendar I’ve fallen for Timepage which is from the folks at Moleskin who makes planners, notebooks,…
After waiting almost two months, officials from Stivers Ford held a ceremony to present Carlos Taylor, and his family, with their newly finished wheelchair accessible van. The family met at Superior Vans and Mobility to be presented the 2020 Chrysler Pacifica. Several business and community partners, along with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and Alabama Wounded Blue Inc., were…
FILE – New Orleans (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) A New Orleans spokesman says there won’t be any parades on Mardi Gras or in the weeks leading up to it because they can’t fit within crowd restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Spokesman Beau Tidwell said Tuesday there’s just no way to hold traditional parades without violating a 250-person limit…
A Calera man is on trial for murder in the killing of his wife Kathleen Dawn West. West lived a double life as both a stay-at-home mom and an online exhibitionist. Jurors heard opening statements Tuesday in the trial of 47-year-old William Jeffrey West. West is charged with using a liquor bottle as a club to kill his 42-year-old wife,…
Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday, November 17, announced that she is appointing Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) to serve as director of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles. Currently in his third term in the Alabama State Senate, Ward serves as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee where he has spearheaded bills related to criminal justice and prison reform….
According to new Union Springs Mayor Roderick Clark, Union Springs police Capt. Ronnie Felder was appointed as the new city’s new police chief and Terronda Hooks as the city clerk during Monday night’s city council meeting. Both Felder and Hooks are in the position on an interim basis, which will be for 90 days. Their jobs will be evaluated to…
Alabama News Network’s Magical Christmas Toy Drive has become a holiday tradition for everyone in our area. This is our 7th annual event to collect toys for the Salvation Army of Montgomery to deliver to children in need. This year, the Magical Christmas Toy Vault is at Eastdale Mall, between the Ice Palace and At Home. We invite you to…
The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) has announced it will honor educators across Alabama with a special Thank Alabama Teachers Week beginning Monday, Nov. 16 through Sunday, Nov. 22. Individuals and businesses throughout the state are encouraged to express gratitude to the men and women currently going above and beyond for both their students and communities. “The challenges presented…
TROY, Ala. – The Sun Belt Conference announced Tuesday morning a shuffled December schedule for several league teams, including Troy, as the Sun Belt worked to complete full eight-game conference schedules for all league members following several postponements due to COVID-19 across the conference. “I would like to thank Commissioner Gill and the athletics directors across our great league for working…
