Update from Montgomery Public Schools: “Following last night’s incident at Lee High School, MPS personnel removed the damaged statue from campus and moved it safely into our storage space.” Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee propped up near its pedestal at Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery – Alabama News Network Photo Tonight, the statue of Confederate General…
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Montgomery tonight for a peaceful protest. Police were there watching. The crowd gathered around 8 o’clock near Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the church where Dr. Martin Luther King was pastor in the 1950s. Police had barricaded Dexter Avenue up the hill from the church to the Alabama Capitol. Protestors largely left the…
(AP Photo/Jay Reeves) BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (AP) — The mayor of Alabama’s largest city declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Monday after demonstrators smashed windows, set fires, and defaced Confederate monuments following a peaceful protest against the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Mayor Randall Woodfin appealed for calm in a city known for civil rights demonstrations that…
2+ months in isolation or just spending more time at home, you may be running out of things to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime or Disney+. I’ve seen many posts from Facebook friends asking for recommendations for what to watch after finishing “Ozark”, “The Tiger King” and “Dead to Me” series. There are thousands of movies and shows on…
First, there was COVID-19, then working from home with the kids stuck in the house, then job loss, or going back to work while the virus is still spreading, and now, civil unrest across the country. We’ve had a lot we can worry about and millions of people are turning to their smartphone and downloading apps. Popular meditation apps are…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Monday an Alabama congresswoman Rep.  said it is time to end a state holiday celebrating the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. Sewell’s comments, made on social media, came on the holiday itself amid protests in Alabama and elsewhere over the death of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of police in Minneapolis….
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed spoke to the city tonight in an address we aired live on Alabama News Network. He spoke about the nationwide protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota a week ago. Reed told residents, “If you can stay at home the next few night, stay at home for the…
Thousands of people have been arrested, as protests continue around the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Many of the protests have turned violent and destructive.. Alabama News Network spoke with local law enforcement to get their reaction to what’s happening across the nation. Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham says officers…
A 33-year-old Dadeville man has been arrested and charged with six counts of Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance, three counts of Possession of Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana 1st degree, Possession with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana 2 nd degree and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Several Alabama law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at a residence on…
Test tube with blood sample for COVID-19 test. Positive test. Alabama has topped 18,000 cases of coronavirus. The state’s Department of Public Health says Alabama had more than 18,000 cases of COVID-19 and more than 600 deaths as of Monday. Nearly a third of the cases were reported in the last two weeks as the state loosened restrictions on gatherings…
