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Montgomery County Probate Office Launches New Interactive App

The Montgomery County Probate Office, in efforts to provide the best customer service possible, now has a mobile app. The app will serve as a new way for the Probate Office to connect with Montgomery County residents and visitors, providing information quickly and efficiently to anyone with a smartphone. The Montgomery Probate app offers quick access to items of public…

Alabama Senate Race Shaping Up to be a Contentious Slugfest

With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Alabama’s race is a contentious matchup between a college football coach backed by President Donald Trump and the Senate’s most endangered Democrat. Armed with Trump’s endorsement and fame from years on the sidelines, former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville handily defeated Jeff Sessions in a runoff to capture the Republican…

Alabama Establishes First Statewide Commission to Promote Entrepreneurial Growth

Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced that by Executive Order 720, she has established Alabama’s first statewide commission on entrepreneurship and innovation. The Alabama Innovation Commission, known as Innovate Alabama, will serve as a platform for innovators to engage policymakers, exchange ideas and identify policies that promote innovation in the state. “Through the establishment of the Alabama Innovation Commission, I look…

Fewer Storms, Rising Heat Levels

TODAY/TOMORROW Expect a partly to mostly sunny sky both days and hot temps with highs ranging from the mid to upper 90s across South/Central Alabama. The chance of scattered, mostly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast across the area, but rain chances the next few days looks to be around or below 20%. We will have…

Individuals Chosen to Design Mississippi Flag Without Rebel Symbol

The State Flag of Mississippi waves one last in the breeze over the City Hall of Tupelo Mississippi Monday, June 29, 2020, just moments before city officials lower the flag for the last time and present it to the city’s museum.(Thomas Wells/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Via AP) JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A mayor, a former state Supreme Court justice, and…

Georgia Governor Explicitly Voids Mask Orders in 15 Localities

ATLANTA (AP) –  Doing the complete opposite of Gov. Ivey in Alabama, Georgia’s Gov. Brian Kemp is explicitly banning Georgia’s cities and counties from ordering people to wear masks in public. He’s voiding orders that at least 15 local governments across the state had adopted even though Kemp had earlier said cities and counties had no power to order masks….

Prattville Police Searching for Identity of Trailer Thieves

The Prattville Police Department is currently investigating the theft of a 2006 Anderson 10T Gooseneck Dump Trailer. Investigators advise that the trailer was last seen on June 27 secured within a locked gate. The victim realized the trailer was stolen on July 11. The victim reported that a lock was cut off the gate and the gate was left open. …

Trump Reins in Major Environmental Law to Speed Big Projects

ATLANTA (AP) – President Trump is rolling back an influential environmental law from the Nixon era that he says delays infrastructure projects. The law is credited with ensuring that major projects get full scrutiny and that local communities have their say. Trump announced the change at a UPS facility in Atlanta. The changes deal with regulations for how and when…