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…
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY: An upper ridge will strengthen over the region, and our weather trends hotter and drier. Look for more sun than clouds these three days with highs in the low to mid 90s, and only isolated showers/storms during the afternoon hours. Rain chances these three days will drop to less than 10 percent for much of South/Central Alabama….
Alabama State Senator David Burkette has resigned from office effective immediately. He represented Senate District 26, and won the seat in a special election. He is also a former Montgomery city council member who served the city for 11 years. Alabama News Network reached out to the Governor Kay Ivey’s office about Burkette’s resignation. Her spokesperson, Gina Maiola said “Governor…
The Alabama Public Service Commission is upholding Alabama Power’s charges on homeowners who use solar panels to produce some of their own electricity. The three commissioners voted Tuesday to dismiss a challenge by environmental groups arguing the fees were excessive. Environmental groups argued the fees devour most of a homeowner’s savings from using solar panels and discourages use of solar….
On Friday, August 28, Osie Lee Davis, 49, of Troy, was sentenced to 360 months (30 years) in prison following federal gun and drug convictions, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., ATF Acting Special Agent in Charge Toby C. Taylor, and Troy Police Chief Randall Barr. Davis was also ordered to serve six years of supervised release after…
Have you ever typed out a text message using an emoji to express yourself, only to find out the emoji doesn’t mean what you thought it meant? Like, sending a flirty text to a Tinder contact only to find out you just told them you loved them. How embarrassing right? When the international Unicode Consortium approves and releases new emoji,…
Have you ever taken a skivvy selfie? You’ll need to take some photos of yourself in underwear to use Amazon’s new fitness tracker the Halo. Similar to a Fitbit, the Halo tracks sleep, steps, exercise, heart rate, and body temperature but then it goes a little deeper to help you lose weight and get in shape. According to Amazon, to…
COVID-19 has forced many local events to be canceled this year, but all of us at Alabama News Network are happy to say that Tickled Pink will be back in 2020! Tickled Pink is our annual women’s expo to benefit the Joy to Life Foundation and the fight against breast cancer. 2020 will be our 6th year of holding Tickled…
To get ready for the fall TV season, several of your favorite daytime TV shows will be switching time slots on CBS 8. The changes are effective Monday, September 14. THE DOCTORS: Will move from 3 p.m. to 9 a.m. DR. PHIL: Will move from 4 p.m. to 3 p.m. INSIDE EDITION: Will move from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m….
Montgomery police have taken a subject in custody following a standoff situation at Evergreen Estates trailer park near Troy Highway. The subject was taken into custody around 10:50 am. Around 6am, Montgomery police and SWAT responded to a call of a subject barricaded into a residence in the trailer park. Surrounding residences were evacuated during the standoff. Police say charges…
