The Lowdnes County Sheriff’s Department says an attempted murder suspect is now in police custody. Justin Lawrence is suspected of shooting Tracy Tillman. The shooting happened on Friday, February 21 on Harris Road in the Collirene community in Tyler. Upon arrival deputies discovered that the victim had been transported to Vaughn Medical Center in Selma. Tillman was then airlifted to…
The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Tuesday announced it has completed a joint law enforcement Operation Restore Order raid to locate and eliminate illegal contraband at Easterling Correctional Facility (Easterling) in Clio. Following careful and strategic planning to ensure operational safety and success, ADOC officials launched the Restore Order mass search at 4:00 a.m. CST with support from more than…
Alabama farmers and rural property owners who borrow money from are receiving a record $9.8 million in cash from the lending cooperative this year. That number equates to nearly one percent of the interest they paid in 2019. Customers of Alabama Ag Credit aren’t just borrowers — they are members and when the co-op does well, so do they. “The…
Photo from Troy University Troy University is mourning the death of longtime university music conductor Dr. Johnny Long. He died yesterday after a brief illness. He was 94 years old. The university says Long has been in declining health for more than a year. Long was a past president of the American Bandmasters Association and was a member of the…
The Alabama National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, February 21, at the newly revitalized Benjamin O. Davis Readiness Center in Tuskegee, AL. The Benjamin O. Davis Readiness Center opened in 1989 with an original acquisition cost of $2,223,883. The readiness center is 20,667 SF, on approximately 30 acres. Local dignitaries attending the event included Mayor Lawrence Haygood, and Mrs….
An Alabama inmate spared from execution by questions over whether dementia had erased memories of his crime has died on death row. The Alabama Department of Corrections said in a statement Monday that Vernon Madison died over the weekend. He was 69. The agency said no foul play is suspected. Madison spent more than three decades on Alabama’s death row…
CLOUDS LINGER, MILD DAY: Some spotty showers remain possible today, especially in our southeastern counties, but many locations will be dry today. We will see some peeks of sunshine today, but for the most part we will have more clouds than sun. Highs today will be mild, pretty close to 70° this afternoon. COLD FRONT ON THE WAY: Clouds increase…
     Calhoun High School’s defense limited Red Bay to just three field goals in the first half Monday night as the Tigers (19-12) closed out the first day of the 98th AHSAA State Basketball Championships at the BJCC Legacy Arena with a 46-30 win in the Class 2A boys’ semifinals. The victory sends Coach Ervin Starr’s team into the finals to…
To view the full Montgomery Public Schools Audit CLICK HERE. The misuse of funds happened from October 2017, to November 2018. Dr. Ann Roy Moore was not yet  Superintendent , and only one member of the current MPS School Board was on staff at the time. “It happened before we got here, but we are correcting it,” says Clare Weil, MPS…
As Alabama News Network was first to report on Sunday, an audit shows more than $700,000 is missing from Montgomery Public Schools. The details of that 106-page audit, which spans from October 2017 to September 2018, show several employees spent public funds to make purchases at a gentlemen’s club, a bar, for online gaming, video sites and more. Among the…
