WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court is ruling that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court decided by a 6-3 vote Monday that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job…
THE WEEK AHEAD: Most of Alabama will stay dry today, but as we saw yesterday, there will be a few isolated storms during the afternoon hours. Highs will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s across South/Central Alabama. For the rest of the week, an upper low will slowly move across the Carolinas, and we can expect a few…
Montgomery County has surpassed Mobile County to lead the state in confirmed COVID-19 cases. Montgomery County’s numbers show a surge in the past 14 days. Here is a look at how Montgomery County compares to Jefferson County and Mobile County: MONTGOMERY COUNTY Population: 226,941 Total cases: 2,791 (plus 39 probable) Cases in last 14 days: 1,074 MOBILE COUNTY Population:…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The state of Alabama told a federal judge that it is optimistic that it can adequately staff state prisons by a 2022 deadline despite slow progress in hiring. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson asked the state to explain how it planned to meet the court order to add about 2,000 officers in the next two years….
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) The 27-year-old daughter of country singer Hank Williams Jr. was killed in a wreck near Paris, Tennessee, police said. Katherine Williams-Dunning of Springville was the driver of an SUV that was towing a boat when it crossed the median and rolled over Saturday night on U.S. Route 79 northeast of Paris, said Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman Lt….
The Alabama Department of Transportation says it will start a project today in the hopes of reducing morning congestion on Taylor Road in Montgomery, from north of Berryhill Road to University Court. ALDOT says the majority of the modifications will be at the intersection of Taylor Road and southern Halcyon Summit Drive.  The Changes Extend queuing lane for I-85 South…
Hundreds of people took time on Saturday to pray on the steps of the Alabama Capitol. They prayed for 8:46, the amount of time that George Floyd spent under the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before dying on May 25. The prayer event was peaceful. Many of the people there are calling on widespread police reform across…
Hundreds of people turned out in Hayneville on Saturday morning to remember the life of the late Lowndes County Sheriff “Big John” Williams. Williams was shot and killed at a gas station last November. Motorcycle riders rode 130 miles around the county to commemorate the area that Williams once patrolled. It is their hope that they can start a college…
A Remlap woman was killed in a two-vehicle car accident at 3:45 on July 12. Dawn Trucks 32, was killed when the 2008 Suzuki SUV she was driving collided with a 2018 Honda Odyssey in the intersection of Alabama Highway 75 and Pine Mountain Road. Trucks, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene….
Toforest Johnson Photo: Alabama Department of Corrections MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A district attorney in Jefferson County says a black man who has spent two decades on death row should get a new trial amid questions about the fairness of his 1998 murder conviction. District Attorney Danny Carr on Friday filed a brief supporting a new trial for Toforest Johnson…
