The Alabama Department of Transportation says it wants your input on a proposal to create traffic roundabouts in Pike Road near Interstate 85 at the Waugh/Pike Road exit (Exit 16). ALDOT, the Federal Highway Administration and the town of Pike Road is considering roundabouts along Alabama Highway 126 and U.S. Highway 80 from Interstate 85 to Marler Road. ALDOT is…
On Monday, August 31, Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Motor Carrier Safety Unit stopped a tractor-trailer on Interstate 65 near Evergreen. During a safety inspection of the vehicle, Troopers located and detained approximately $1,030,000 in U.S. currency. The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), also part of ALEA, was contacted and responded to the scene. The two occupants of…
Justin Scott Reed, 30, of Fort Benning, Georgia, has been charged with sexual abuse of two individuals under the age of 16. An investigation by Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department and the Central Intelligence Division (CID) -Army in Fort Benning, Georgia reveals the alleged offenses were reported to the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department in April. Reed was charged with one count…
City of Tuscaloosa are considering $400,000 in aid to help bars that were forced to shut down because of the pandemic. Bar owners in Tuscaloosa say they’re being hurt by a city order that forced them to close for two weeks after students returned to town and hundreds of new coronavirus infections were confirmed, so officials are considering a package…
Ann Forbes Sirmon and Paul W. Kennedy have been appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE). Sirmon will represent the First Congressional District and Kennedy will be the Fourth Congressional District representative. Both will be subject to confirmation by the 2021 Alabama Senate. Sirmon is the executive director of the Alabama Bar Association and…
To accommodate expected higher traffic volume during the Labor Day Holiday weekend and for the safety of the traveling public and roadway workers, the Alabama Department of Transportation will have no temporary lane closures on Alabama interstates after noon on Friday, September 4 through midnight on Monday, September 7. Alabama’s Rest Areas and Welcome Centers are open to the public….
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a new home: Netflix. Six months after detangling their work lives from the British royal family, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have signed a multiyear deal with the streaming service. According to a statement Wednesday, they plan to produce nature series, documentaries and children’s programming through a new production company. The two…
The Trump administration is preparing to put in place a new ban on eviction of renters to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But an investigation of the federal ban that expired in July found cracks that resulted in selective enforcement and confusion. Landlords tried to evict dozens of tenants in at least three states in violation of the federal…
The preliminary hearing for Will Dismukes is now September 17 at 1:00PM. The hearing was originally scheduled for September 3 at 2:45PM. Dismukes attorney, Jim Norman, requested the change because primarily, he (Norman) will be on vacation until September 7 with non-refundable airline/hotel reservations. The motion also stated that Norman was made aware of the original preliminary hearing on social…
On Wednesday, September 2, Montgomery residents gathered for a parade celebrating the 100th birthday of the WWII veteran, James Vernon Godfrey. The parade started at 9:30 a.m. from the parking lot of the Dalraida Baptist Church. The parade passed by Godfrey’s house at Pelzer Avenue where he has lived since the 1950s. Mayor Steven Reed issued a special proclamation declaring…
