A federal judge says Alabama cannot prohibit local officials from offering curbside voting during the COVID-19 pandemic and loosened restrictions on absentee ballots in three Alabama counties because of the health risk to voters. U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon entered the preliminary injunction Monday evening. Kallon ruled that the potential health risks to older and medically vulnerable voters in…
On Tuesday, June 16, Mayor Steven L. Reed, Montgomery County Commission Chairman Elton Dean, Pike Road Mayor Gordon Stone and other local leaders held a press conference in response to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County. Montgomery County has the highest number of positive coronavirus cases in the state. In response to the large spike in numbers,…
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials announce new screening procedures to go into effect by mid-June. These procedures will minimize physical contact between agents and passengers. The updated procedures are as follows: TSA officials will no longer handle boarding passes. Passengers will touch their own paper or electronic boarding passes to the code reader. They will also be asked to hold it…
UPDATE: The Montgomery Police Department has officially notified CrimeStoppers that Theft/Fraud suspect Anthony Draughon is in Police custody. Draughon was originally shown on a CrimeStoppers segment released on June 10th as an unidentified subject wanted in reference to a Theft and Fraud investigation that occurred on June 6, at 1185 Eastern Boulevard. He was identified as a suspect shortly after…
Richard W. Moore, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Jessie James Turner, Jr., has been sentenced to ten years in prison after his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Turner’s jury trial took place at the federal courthouse in Selma, in November 2019. United States District Court Judge Terry F. Moorer…
Auburn University’s spring and summer graduates will be recognized in two ceremonies to be held in Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 8, contingent on current health and safety guidelines and weather. “From the beginning, we have worked to balance three important goals when planning our graduation ceremonies,” said Auburn President Jay Gogue. “Beginning with measures to support the safety of our…
Alabama officials reported a second death over the weekend of a state inmate who had tested positive for the coronavirus. The state Department of Corrections says Robert Stewart, 80, died Sunday. He started showing symptoms of the virus last week and was later taken to a hospital where he died. An inmate from a different state prison died Friday after…
An upper low is spinning across the Southeast today, east of Alabama, as it spins, little pieces of energy will rotate around it and those can and will bring us the potential some showers or storms. The upper low will slowly drift east this week, but will still be influencing our weather as it has pulled down somewhat cooler air…
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Alabama) says she supports renaming the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. It was named for Pettus, a former U.S. Senator from Alabama who was also a Confederate Army officer and a Ku Klux Klan leader. The bridge was the site of the pivotal Bloody Sunday civil rights struggle of 1965, which has international significance in…
Montgomery City Council member C.C. Calhoun has confirmed to Alabama News Network that he plans to introduce a face mask proposal at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Calhoun says his proposal would require people to wear a mask in a public location with 25 people or more. Violators would get a $25 fine. Calhoun plans to introduce his plan on the…
