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Woman Found Dead Near Narrow Lane Road in Montgomery

Montgomery police  and fire medics responded to the area of Seibles Road and Narrow Lane Road on Tuesday, May 19, at about 9:40 a.m. in reference to a body found. At the scene, they located an adult female deceased. The cause of death is unknown. MPD is conducting a Death Investigation. There is no further information available for release.  …

Alabama State Men’s Basketball faces Postseason Ban in 2020-21

  Mo Williams and the Alabama State Hornets will be ineligible for the postseason in 2020-21 due to ASU’s low Academic Progress Rates. The penalties were assigned based on student-athlete academic achievement between 2015-16 and 2018-19.  In 2020-21, 15 teams will be ineligible for the postseason due to their low Academic Progress Rates, up from eight teams last year. The…

Birmingham Man Charged in Montgomery Shooting on Burgwyn Road

Montgomery police have made an arrest in a shooting in the 200 block of Burgwyn Road on May 5. According to court records, Leandre Moss, of Birmingham is charged with Burglary 1st degree and shooting/discharging a weapon into an occupied building or vehicle. Police say Moss broke into victim’s home and struck him in the head with a pistol. Moss…

What’s Next for Students Planning Summer Internships?

Many students who planned on summer internships and the chance to build professional relationships saw those hopes dashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. But there are new opportunities in virtual internships, and experts say the skill sets gained in these unusual times may come in handy for future jobs. Data from Glassdoor Economic Research shows one in two internship openings closed…

Family Offering $5,000 Reward for Information in 1998 Macon County Murder

It’s been 22-years since a Macon County murder case went cold. Sylvia Dowdell’s body was found with multiple gunshot wounds under a bridge on Macon County Road 22 in 1998. She was missing for about a week before her body was found. Dowdell was a mother of seven and one of the daughters returned to where the body was found…

More Than $1 Billion in Unemployment Benefits Have Been Dispersed in Alabama Since March 16

Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Tuesday that ADOL has disbursed more than $1 billion in COVID-19 related unemployment compensation benefits. Alabama is paying benefits under all three programs covered in the CARES Act: Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC). $1,007,106,963 has been paid to 267,357 claimants over the…

U.S. to Canada Extends Border Closure Agreement for Non-essential Travel to June 21

Canada and the US have agreed to extend their agreement to keep border closed to non essential travel to June 21 during the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says border is a source of vulnerability so the agreement will be extended by another 30 days. The restrictions were announced on March 18 and were extended in April. Trudeau said…

Warm Days with Pop-Up Afternoon Showers

An upper low deepens over the Southeast the few days as it is cutoff from the upper-level wind flow (jet stream), which means it is going nowhere fast, and looks to meander about the region through at least midweek. We have a saying in weather…upper-level low, weatherperson’s woe…as they can make the forecast tricky at times and somewhat unpredictable. For…

Gov. Ivey Issues Executive Order on Federal CARES Act Funds

The final day of the 2020 Alabama legislative session ended with both budgets being signed and Governor Ivey issuing an executive order on the allocation of federal CARES Act money. Some lawmakers felt left out, as the Governor issued her guidelines for the allocation of $1.8 Billion in Coronavirus relief funds. “I thought it was inappropriate , but at the…