Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Audrey Strauss, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),…
The historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma is an iconic symbol of the civil rights movement that bears the name of a Confederate general. “Edmund Pettus was a grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. Edmund Pettus was a white supremacist and I don’t think you need to lift both of those in the same breath,” said former State Senator…
On Wednesday, July 1, around 12:30 am, Montgomery police and Fire Medics responded to the area of Carmichael Road and Town Place Drive in reference to a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on a bicycle. At the scene, police an adult male victim who sustained life-threatening injuries as a result of the crash and was pronounced dead on the…
The Montgomery Police Department is ramping up neighborhood blue light patrols, employing the STAR Center and targeting identified “hot spots” to help assure the city’s safe celebration of the Fourth of July. MPD also has adopted a zero-tolerance policy for “celebratory gunfire” and will aggressively enforce Montgomery’s new ordinance targeting the illegal discharge of weapons. Those arrested under the ordinance…
City leaders in Tuscaloosa say several college students have organized COVID-19 parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first. Tuscaloosa City Council member Sonya McKinstry says students hosted the parties to intentionally infect each other with the new coronavirus. McKinstry says party organizers purposely invited guests who tested positive for COVID-19. She says the students put…
TikTok is the world’s #1 entertainment app. More popular than YouTube and any video streaming app. It provides an endless stream of videos shot and uploaded by users. You’ve no doubt watched a viral TikTok video as they’re showing up in the news and shared on social media sites such as Facebook. Recently, the app has raised suspicions over what…
There are 366 days in 2020. And of all those days, the 4th day of July is the most dangerous for smartphones. According to a study by Asurion, there is always a surge in reports of damaged and lost phones on Independence Day. It stands to reason. More people are out celebrating at the pool, a lake or the beach,…
Your monthly internet cost may be going up in July. Either that or your internet bandwidth speeds may slow down when you hit a certain limit. When the pandemic began the FCC launched “Keep Americans Connected” encouraging internet providers across the country to help people who were suddenly working from home alongside their kids who were finishing up the school…
The city of Wetmpka is getting some national exposure. Wetumpka has been selected for HGTV’s “Home Town Takeover”. The city was chosen from a half-million submitted photos and videos representing 2,600 towns across the country. After a months-long search, HGTV announced Wetumpka had been chosen this morning. The hosts of “Home Town Takeover” will be Ben and Erin Napier, who…
The Montgomery Police Department has charged a suspect with the Homicide of Trevaughn Patterson, 24, of Montgomery. He was fatally shot on June 4. On Thursday, June 4, around 3:23 pm, MPD and Fire Medics responded to the area of Madison Avenue and North Panama Street in reference to a subject shot. At the scene, police found an adult male…
