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Montgomery Police Arrest Suspect in Regions Bank Robbery

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Montgomery police say they’ve made an arrest in the robbery of the Regions Bank on Coliseum Boulevard. Police say they’ve charged 28-year-old Antonio Martin with second-degree robbery. The robbery happened on October 10 at about 9:30 a.m.  Police say a man used a note to rob the bank of money and then ran away. Martin was taken into custody this…

Persons of Interest in Kamille McKinney Kidnapping Deny Involvement

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Lawyers for a man and woman who were arrested after a toddler was abducted in Birmingham says their clients have nothing to do with the disappearance. Patrick Devone Stallworth, 39, of Birmingham Defense attorney Emory Anthony says that 39-year-old Patrick Devone Stallworth doesn’t know anything about what happened to 3-year-old Kamille McKinney. Anthony says finding the girl is the “top…

Birmingham Police Release Video of Suspect in Kamille McKinney Kidnapping

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The Birmingham Police Department has released surveillance video from within the Tom Brown Housing complex around the same time as Kamille McKinney was reported missing. If you have any information on her disappearance, please call the Birmingham Police Department at 205-254-7777. NEW DETAILS: The Birmingham Police Department has released video from a surveillance camera within the Tom Brown Housing complex…

Alabama’s Employment Rate Reaches New Record Low

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Alabama’s unemployment rate has fallen to a record 3%. An announcement released Friday by the Department of Labor says the state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate for September was one-tenth of a percent below the previous low set in August. It was also a half-percent lower than the U.S. unemployment rate of 3.5% in September. The state unemployment number represents about…

Photos Released of Montgomery BB&T Bank Robbery Suspect

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The Montgomery Police Department has now released photos of the suspect they say robbed a bank on Thursday. Police say the unknown man went into the BB&T on Carter Hill Road at around 10:40 a.m.  Police say he showed a note and then ran out of the bank with an undisclosed amount of money. The contents of the note have…

State Education Department Releases 2018-2019 School Report Cards

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The Alabama Department of Education has released what it calls “enhanced” school report cards for the 2018-2019 school year, assigning letter grades to schools and school systems. The department says the latest report cards include graphics and features to make it much easier to view data and compare school systems. State School Superintendent Eric Mackey says officials hope the report…

Price of Freedom: Allen Hyde of Montgomery

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Our veteran this week is a former U.S. Marine. Although he has seen the devastation of war and suffered the long term after effects, his pride for his service to the country and his fellow marines still rings true today. Allen Hyde has paid the price of freedom. Categories: Price of Freedom

1,400 Attend Regional Job Fair in Selma

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Alabama Department of Labor officials are calling a regional job fair held in Selma a huge success. Alabama News Network was one of the sponsors of the job far. An estimated 1,400 job seekers attended the job fair, held inside the gymnasium at Selma University. Many had lined up before the doors had opened yesterday morning. More than 40 companies…

All Eyes on the Gulf

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EYEING THE GULF: NHC is now giving Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 a 90 percent chance of becoming a tropical (or subtropical) depression or storm within the next 48 hours. At 400 AM CDT, the disturbance was centered near latitude 24.3 North, longitude 92.5 West. The system is moving toward the northeast near 14 mph. A northeastward motion at a faster…

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