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…
A three-day event is marking the 60th anniversary of the first Alabama sit-in against racial segregation. Five of the surviving demonstrators will be on hand Monday for a remembrance at Alabama State University. Civil rights lawyer Fred Gray also will participate. A student sit-in began on Feb. 25, 1960, at the Montgomery County Courthouse snack bar where thirty-five black women…
Georgia announced Monday that former Alabama head strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran is now the Bulldogs’ special teams coordinator. Cochran has been at Alabama since Saban arrived in 2007. Coach Saban Statement on Scott Cochran: “We appreciate Scott’s contribution to our organization over the last 13 years. We can’t thank him enough for his service and dedication to our…
The widow of Kobe Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband and her 13-year-old daughter last month. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant in Los Angeles says the pilot was careless and negligent by flying in cloudy conditions Jan. 26 and should have aborted the flight. The pilot was…
A host of NBA greats past and present are mourning at the public memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. Jerry West, Phil Jackson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell, Pau Gasol and Steph Curry are among the crowd at Staples Center on Monday. Late night host Jimmy Kimmel introduced Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, who received a rousing cheer…
