Davion Tarver/Source: FamilyA vigil was held Thursday evening in Tuskegee in memory of the 4-year-old boy killed in a recent shooting. Davion Tarver was killed in an apparent drive by shooting last Saturday. Hundreds came out to show support and comfort the family. Community leaders spoke on how the community can move forward, and about how they will not rest…
On Thursday afternoon Butler County officials broke ground on a new sheriffs office building. County Commissioners with knowledge of the project say it was two years in the making. Right now the Butler Co. Sheriffs Office is located in the Butler County Courthouse. That building was built in 1903, and has since undergone renovations, but the space is out of…
Lesley Pantaleon/Source: CrimeStoppers A Montgomery judge has dropped one of the charges against three teenagers accused of kidnapping and killing a another teenage girl last year. Circuit Court Judge Monet Gaines dismissed the charge of Capital Murder during Robbery against Tyeshia Whisenant, Erin Taylor, and Ta’Niya Merriweather. Judge Gaines said in an order that there wasn’t enough sufficient evidence to…
This photo made available by NASA shows the second image sent by the Perseverance rover showing the surface of Mars, just after landing in the Jezero crater, on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (NASA via AP) A NASA rover has landed on Mars in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red…
Home Damaged by Fire on Highland Avenue in Montgomery/Source: Alabama News Network Montgomery Fire and Rescue is investigating a fire that occurred on February 17 in the 2300 block of Highland Avenue. Fire crews received the call of a fire and upon arrival they found a single story home engulfed in flames. They determined the fire to be a W-3…
FILE – In this Jan. 17, 2018 file photo, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole smiles as he gets a kiss from his wife Elizabeth Dole as he is honored with a Congressional Gold Medal, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Former longtime Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas has announced that he has been diagnosed with Stage…
Troy Highway Shooting – February 18, 2021 – Alabama News Network BREAKING: Montgomery police and fire medics are on the scene in the 5700 block of Troy Highway where a man has been shot. Police say the man suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound. He has been taken to a hospital for treatment. No arrests have been made. Alabama News Network…
AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a Los Angeles college student and self-described fascist has been arrested after sitting in former Vice President Mike Pence’s chair in the Senate chambers during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Officials say Christian Secor was ordered held without bail Tuesday during his first appearance in federal court. Secor is…
 (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) A new report finds that life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths. Minorities suffered the biggest impact, with Black people losing nearly three years and Hispanics, nearly two years. The estimates were re-leased Thursday by the Centers…
FOR TODAY: The rain and storms will wind down early, but there will remain the risk of severe storms across the southeast corner of the state from Troy down to the Dothan through the mid-morning hours. For the rest of the state, it looks to remain mainly cloudy with some lingering light rain. Temperatures for Central and South Alabama will…
