An Alabama lawmaker fed up with her colleagues’ attempts to outlaw abortion has filed legislation to require all men over 50 to get vasectomies. Democratic Rep. Rolanda Hollis said her bill is no more outrageous than attempts to dictate a woman’s body and her reproductive rights. Alabama lawmakers last year approved a ban on abortion unless the woman’s life was…
On February 13, around 11:36 p.m., Opp Fire Department and Opp Police Department responded to a structure fire at 601 McCord Street. Upon arrival, Engine 7 reported a working fire with heavy fire showing vented through the roof and out the front. Fire personnel entered the residence extinguishing the fire and conducting a primary search for any victims. Fire personnel…
**UPDATE** The Prattville Police Department has notified CrimeStoppers that the two suspects wanted for stealing from Belk have been identified. However, the case is ongoing. CrimeStoppers says that on Friday, February 14, the two suspects wanted for stealing from Belk was identified after an anonymous tip through CrimeStoppers led to their identity. The case is still an ongoing investigation. A…
Jurors in Lawrence County have acquitted a former middle school teacher who was charged with having sex with a student. The 11-man, one-woman jury returned the verdict in favor of 30-year-old Taylor Brooks Boyles of Moulton on Thursday. A former student testified the two had sex twice in 2017, and jurors saw a videotape in which Boyles told authorities said…
Montgomery police charged Caleb Provitt, 24, with domestic violence strangulation and child abuse in reference to a domestic dispute that occurred on Feb. 14 shortly after midnight in the 6000 block of Monticello Drive. The adult female victim says that during a physical altercation she was choked and bitten by her boyfriend, Provitt. She sustained minor injuries. Provitt was present…
Opp police need your help finding the person who shot into a home this morning. Three people were inside the home. Investigators say at around 4:40 a.m., they responded to the 700 block of Barnes Street. They discovered five bullet holes in the front bedroom window. They say the bullets traveled through the bedroom before hitting a wall. Police say…
Gov. Kay Ivey has announced the members of her Study Group for Gambling Policy. She had announced the formation of the group during her State of the State Address earlier this month. The group will gather information to help her, the Legislature, and Alabama voters to understand how a possible expansion of gaming would impact the state. Currently, the…
On February 12, Diamond Markayla Mathis, 24, of Montgomery, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison for her role in committing multiple armed robberies and violating federal firearms laws, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell, and Montgomery Police Chief Ernest Finley. Following her 11-year prison sentence, Mathis will be on supervised…
Malden Brothers Barbershop sits on Jackson St. in Centennial Hill, a once bustling neighborhood in Montgomery that catered to black citizens at a time when Montgomery was dominated by segregation. Many of the most iconic figures of the civil rights movement were patrons. Nelson Malden was Dr. King’s barber. He remembers their first meeting. “I saw the blue Pontiac pull…
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Director Kenneth Boswell announced on Thursday that Elaine J. Fincannon has been appointed as the agency’s deputy director. Fincannon most recently served as Senior Vice President for Investor Relations for the Business Council of Alabama. She worked with BCA for over 25 years as part of its senior team, working with a diverse…
