On Monday, June 1, Steven Pruitt, Jr., 36, of Montgomery, was sentenced to 60 months (5 years) in prison. Following his five-year prison sentence, Pruitt will be on supervised release for three years. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court records, on June 20, 2017, officers from the Montgomery Police Department were conducting a search of…
The city of Auburn is changing the name of a street named after a former Alabama House speaker convicted of felony ethics charges. City Council members approved changing the name of Mike Hubbard Boulevard to a continuation of Bent Creek Road. The city’s planning commission recommended the change last month. Hubbard was a legislator from Auburn and former chairman of…
A police officer was shot and killed last night at a motel in Moody in St. Clair County. The officer has been identified as Sgt. Stephen Williams. Sergeant Williams was shot just before 9:30 last night during a possible standoff at the Super 8 Motel. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. Officials say 2 suspects have…
REST OF WEEK: Today through Friday, each day will feature more randomly scattered, afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms; nothing widespread, but there will be pockets of rain and storms across the Alabama landscape on a daily basis. Rain chances will range from 30-50 percent each day. The sky will be partly sunny with highs mostly in the upper 80s…
District Attorney Daryl D. Bailey has shared his thoughts regarding the charges filed against the four Montgomery citizens who took down a statue of Robert E. Lee that was displayed at the entrance of Robert E. Lee HighSchool the following is DA Bailey’s statement: “Racism has no place in our society. I recognize that our nation, our state and most…
Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) has reported that an inmate who was held at North Alabama Community Based Facility in Decatur, Al escaped. The inmate, Michael Kimbrough was last seen wearing a black tank top with black jeans. He is 6’3, has brown hair, blue eyes, and weighs 205 pounds. If you have any information on the whereabouts of this…
John Amis/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP ATLANTA (AP) — Journalism organizations are condemning authorities’ detainment of two journalists who were covering protests in Atlanta. The Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists said in a news release that one journalist was detained Sunday and another on Monday covering protests and unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd in…
Courtesy: AP News/ Jay Reeves BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Confederate monuments are once again coming down in the South. Relics of the Old South have been removed from public display in at least three states amid continuing protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. In Alabama, crews working overnight took down a huge stone monument in a…
A man poses at the base of the Confederate monument at Linn Park in Birmingham after the majority of the monument was removed. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) Attorney General Steve Marshall has announced that he has filed a new lawsuit against the City of Birmingham for its removal of the Confederate monument at Linn Park last night. Marshall says that action…
MPD charged Maya Holly, 28, Jonathan Williams, 34, Jeremy Selmar, 28, and Joe Pernell, 35, with first degree Criminal Mischief that occurred on June 1, 2020 at about 9 pm in the 200 block of Ann Street. Holly, Williams, Selmar, and Pernell were all identified as suspects, taken into custody on scene and charged. MPD charged Savannah Mchellon, 23, with…
