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Alabama City’s Former Mayor, Judge Dies

OZARK, Ala. (AP) – A man who held several leadership posts, including mayor, judge and police chief in the Alabama City of Ozark, has died. Funeral services for Tom A. Goff will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Earl Bankston Memorial Chapel at the Fuqua (FEW-quay) Bankston Funeral Home in Ozark. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery. WTVY-TV reports…

Montgomery City Runoffs: The Results

Alabama News Network has the latest results in the Montgomery City Runoffs. Voters in Montgomery are deciding who will be the next mayor, as well as three city council seats. CLICK HERE for complete election results from Alabama News Network. Stay with Alabama News Network on CBS 8 and ABC 32 for complete reaction. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: montgomery…

What the Tech? Do You Have Too Many Subscriptions?

If you’re a child of the ’70s, the 80’s, heck even the 90’s you’re spending money on things that didn’t even exist back then. Smartphones, Netflix, Amazon Prime, satellite, internet, those subscriptions, for a family of four easily cost hundreds of dollars each month. Yet, we don’t realize how much money is leaving our bank accounts automatically each month on…

What the Tech? App of the Day: Madefire Comics

Are you sick and tired of seeing kids staring at a TV or playing video games on their phone? That’s how kids entertain themselves these days. Reading? Nah. Why read when you can play a game on your phone. But what if there was an app that got your kids reading? Would you care if it’s a comic book? Madefire…

ADOC Officer Arrested, Charged with Contraband Possession

On Monday, law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division arrested a corrections officer at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville for possession of illegal narcotics. Correctional Officer, Ivan Caldwell, 26, of Birmingham, was arrested and charged with two counts of trafficking in controlled substances, promoting prison contraband and violation of license to carry a pistol….

Judge to Allow One Representative from Each Candidate to be Present at Election Center

A judge has ordered that each candidate in the Montgomery runoff elections is entitled to have a duly-appointed watcher present at the Montgomery Election Center. They will be allowed to have someone there from the time machines are prepared to process absentee ballots until all vote counts are counted. This ruling by Judge Johnny Hardwick comes in wake of a…

Inmate Found Dead in Bessemer Prison

Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division agents are investigating an inmate’s death. The death occurred on October 7th at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility. Inmate, Elvin Burnseed, 53, of Dothan, was pronounced dead at approximately 3:58 p.m. Burnseed was serving a life sentence out of Houston County for  1st degree Robbery. An officer discovered Burnseed lying unconscious on…

ADOC Searching for Escaped Montgomery Prisoner

The Alabama Department of Corrections is searching for an escaped inmate. Vernell Sanders, left from his assigned job location at approximately 12:11 pm on Tuesday, October 8. His assigned job location is Red Eagle Work Center in Montgomery. If you have any information concerning the whereabouts of this escapee, please notify your local law enforcement agency, the facility from which…

Montgomery Voters Going to the Polls to Choose New Mayor

Today is runoff day in the city of Montgomery. Voters have until 7 p.m. to head to the polls to choose the city’s next mayor. In addition, three council races will be decided. In the mayor’s race, Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed is facing off against businessman David Woods, who owns WCOV Fox 20, a local TV station.  If…