Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday appointed Dr. Tommie ‘Tonea’ Stewart to represent District 5 on the Alabama State Board of Education. Governor Ivey spoke with Dr. Stewart today to ask her to serve. “Alabama’s students and teachers deserve our best, and Dr. Stewart is prepared to offer that,” Governor Ivey said. “Dr. Stewart is bringing forth a great passion and…
Aaron Cody Smith A judge later this month will sentence a former Montgomery police officer who was found guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man. Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin set a Jan. 29 sentencing date for former Montgomery police officer Aaron Cody Smith. A jury in November found Smith guilty of manslaughter for the 2016 shooting…
Prattville’s Way Off Broadway Theatre is accepting proposals for its 2021 and 2022 production seasons, as well as for activities that enhance the theatre’s community outreach. Proposals will be accepted through March 1. Anyone 18 years and older in Prattville and surrounding areas is welcome to submit proposals and should send them to brittany.glenn@prattvilleal.gov via email attachment in PDF or…
Isaiah Taylor, 17, a junior at Reeltown High School with cerebral palsy, has always dreamed of becoming a police officer. On Tuesday, that dream came true when Taylor was deputized by the Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office. He was also made an investigator with the State Bureau Investigations. Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies attended the ceremony. Afterwards, Taylor was given…
The Executive Director of the Central Alabama Red Cross says someone stole a disaster relief trailer from the Montgomery office. Executive Director, Kelly Hodges, says the theft occurred sometime between between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. Two of the three disaster relief trailers remained at the office. The Central Alabama Red Cross Montgomery office is located at 5015 Woods Crossing,…
On Saturday, agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections’ Investigations and Intelligence Division arrested multiple individuals on drug-related crimes during visitation at Elmore Correctional Facility. While conducting routine vehicle searches, detection canines alerted on three vehicles and a subsequent search uncovered narcotics in each vehicle. Kenyatta Graham, 41, of Camp Hill, and Adriana Halkias, 19, of Madison were charged with…
Photo from Lee County Sheriff’s Office **UPDATE** Todd Daigle was safely located Tuesday morning at approximately 7:00 AM. **ORIGINAL STORY** Lee County Sheriff’s deputies need your help finding a missing man. They are trying to find 47-year-old Todd Peter Daigle of Valley. Daigle’s family reported him missing at around 2:30AM CST this morning. Deputies responded to his home in…
The sky becomes sunny today as the front pushes to the east; the high will be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Wednesday will be another sunny day; the morning low will be around the freezing mark, followed by a high in the low 60s. Thursday will stay dry, with increasing clouds, temperatures rise into the mid to upper…
Last weekend the United Methodist Church made headlines, when a group proposed that the 13 million member strong denomination split. The proposal is centered around same sex marriage and the inclusion of LGBTQ clergy, which is prohibited by the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist. A group of 16 representatives from United Methodist advocacy groups around the country released…
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