Montgomery Fire/Rescue held their annual ceremony commemorating 9/11 Friday. There was also a wreath laying at the Montgomery Fire/Rescue fallen firefighters memorial in memory of the 15 Montgomery firefighters. The firefighters died in the line of duty. Montgomery Fire/Rescue say they will continue to serve and will be there whenever the citizens of Montgomery call. They say they will never…
The Prattville Police Department is warning citizens about financial scams targeting the elderly. The scam is spreading across the state and Southeast Region of the U.S. Police say elderly people receive phone calls saying that a family member is in legal trouble. The scam victim must then submit a cash payment to an unknown person to help the family member…
Something good has happened as a result of COVID-19 and enforced stay-at-home orders. Scam and robocalls are at their lowest number since 2017. That may be hard for some of us to believe, after all, it seems robocalls are always ringing our phones with deals on healthcare and car warranties. It’s true though according to YouMail’s Robocall Index. “The reason…
More controversy with the popular app TikTok. The platform has been working to remove a video showing a man committing suicide. The video has reportedly been showing up in the “For You” video feed and since the videos begin playing automatically, it’s impossible to avoid it. Users have been uploading the video to TikTok since Sunday. TikTok responded to our…
The City of Prattville held a ceremony remembering those lives that were lost on 9-11 and those lives that have been lost since then because of 9-11. Friday, September 11, 2020 marked the 19th anniversary of the horrific event. As many around the world remember 9-11, Prattville residents, first responders, and city leaders honored and paid tribute to those tragically killed…
The Junior League of Montgomery’s College & Career Fair will be different this year. But it is still happening. It will be a three day virtual event starting Monday, September 14 through Wednesday, September 16. This is the 36th Annual College and Career Fair. The Junior League of Montgomery has partnered with Go To College Fairs to host a…
Source: Governor’s Office/Hal Yeager Governor Kay Ivey released the following statement this morning reflecting on September 11, 2001: “September 11, 2001 will forever be marked as one of our country’s darkest days, as it changed our lives forever. Almost two decades later, we still grieve the loss of the nearly 3,000 American lives and continue to honor the memory of…
RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE TO RISE: Higher moisture levels are back across the area as the air mass is very muggy and almost tropical. For today, like yesterday, scattered showers and storms are expected and we should see a few more of them across the Alabama landscape, compares to what we saw yesterday. Again, the sky will be partly sunny through…
The Environmental Protection Agency has removed roughly 50 blocks in downtown Montgomery from its proposed superfund priority list. The area is called the Capitol City Plume. See the area in this map. A designation on the EPA National Priority list means a site has known releases or threatens releases of hazardous materials and/or pollutants. Parts of downtown Montgomery were added to…
On Thursday, September 10, Montgomery Public Schools took big step in possibly ending the state intervention. School leaders went before the state school board to say why the intervention should be lifted. Back in June, MPS leaders sent a letter to State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey requesting they be lifted from intervention status. School officials told the state school board…
