The police chief of Odessa, Texas, says at least 21 people have been injured by gunfire and four killed in a shooting in West Texas. At a news conference, Police Chief Michael Gerke also says that at least three law enforcement officers were among those shot. ABC News coverage of the Texas shootings He spoke after a chaotic afternoon during…
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – A new golden eagle will be joining Auburn University’s avian air force. The Opelika-Auburn News reports that “Aurea” joins the bald eagle Spirit. The pair will soar over Jordan-Hare Stadium before home games. Aurea was brought to the Southeastern Raptor Center in Auburn’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2016, after being found near Selma, Alabama, with…
The Montgomery Police Department and Central Alabama CrimeStoppers are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect in connection to a business robbery. According to authorities, the robbery occurred on Saturday, Aug. 24, at a business located in the 700 block of South Perry Street. Police have released surveillance images to help identify the man. (Source:…
Courtesy of ADOCMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A federal appeals court has denied the appeal of a man sentenced to die for the 1989 murder of a woman. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday turned down the appeal of Mark Allen Jenkins. Jenkins was convicted in the death of Tammy Hogeland, who was last seen April 18, 1989…
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – Auburn University’s raptor facility is selling some of the equipment used to handle eagles during their ceremonial flights before football games. A statement from the school says the Southeastern Raptor Center at Auburn is holding online auctions for the cuffs, straps and lures used by handlers who take the field with the birds before home games….
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Police have made an arrest in a shooting that happened at a high school football game in Alabama, leaving at least 10 people injured. Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Battiste tells news outlets that six people were directly shot Friday and one person had a seizure shortly after the shooting at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, a city-owned venue hosting…
SATURDAY, AUG. 31, The Capri Theatre | 1045 East Fairview Ave. 334-262-4858 9 – 11 a.m. “IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK” (2018) (R) A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend/lover innocent of a crime he didn’t commit. 11:15 a.m. – 12:55 p.m. “THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG” (2009) (G) A waitress,…
First there were 12 and now there are only two candidates vying to be Montgomery’s next mayor as the race continues. Alabama News Network spoke with both Steven Reed and David Woods as they prepare for a runoff on Oct. 8. “This is what we’ve been wanting for six months, is to be in the runoff and now we are…
If you own an iPhone, your information could have been stolen by hackers just by visiting a website. It’s a major flaw just discovered by a security team at Google that destroys the perception some have that iPhones cannot be hacked. All someone had to do was visit a website. A Google security team discovered a small collection of hacked…
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) has awarded the Elmore County Commission with a $150,ooo Grant. This is the second $150k Grant the commission received this year to help complete the facility. The 32,000 square foot medical center will house 15 doctors, 50 exam rooms, a physical therapy suite, and a pharmacy. The River Region Medical Center…
