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ADOC Inmate Stabbed in Eye, Dies from Injuries

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Law enforcements agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigation and Intelligence Division are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred at Ventress Correctional Facility in Clayton on Thursday. Around 5:21 p.m., inmate, William Stanley Warren, 52, of Guntersville, was pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel as he was to be transported to the hospital. At around 5:00 p.m., a correctional…

Biden Criticizes Trump’s Treatment of Middle Class

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Joe Biden is hammering President Donald Trump’s treatment of the middle class while campaigning in his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, hours ahead of the president’s own rally in Pittsburgh. The former vice president on Wednesday cast the billionaire president as a charlatan populist whose tax policies and economic stewardship have hurt U.S. workers. Biden said in a 45-minute speech…

Black People Not Happy with Trump’s “Lynching” Statement

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President Donald Trump’s claim that the impeachment inquiry is a lynching has struck a painful chord for black people whose relatives died in racist lynchings. Ohio resident Malinda Edwards says Trump is ignorant, insensitive or racist. The Ku Klux Klan lynched her father, a 24-year-old black man, Willie Edwards Jr. in Alabama in 1957. No one ever went to prison….

Brantwood Children’s Home Telethon

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Since 1917, Brantwood Children’s Home has been providing a safe, stable, structured environment for abused, neglected and other “at-risk” children. On Thursday, October 24, you can help too by watching Alabama News Network from 5 to 7 p.m. and pledging a dollar amount to those children in need. Donate online or by filling out this form. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News Tags: BRANTWOOD CHILDREN’S…

Oh So Nice Weather; Rain and Storms Return by the Weekend

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OH SO NICE!!!: With the clear sky overnight, we are starting our Wednesday off rather chilly with temperatures in the 40s in most locations. For today, expect a sunny and pleasant day with highs generally in the lower 70s. Tonight will be another chilly one with lows by first thing tomorrow morning in the 40s again. Tomorrow will start off…

UPDATE: Aaron Gess, Suspect in Notasulga Double Murder, Arrested in Louisiana

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UPDATE: Aaron Gess was arrested in Louisiana by the Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service. He is currently awaiting extradition to Alabama. Aaron Flynn Gess was initally considered person of interest in an active homicide investigation that occurred on October 20, in the Notasulga community. Authorities say Gess has a history of mental illness and has made threats to…

Selma Gets New Fire Chief

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The Selma City Council voted unanimously to name Interim Chief Christopher Graham as new Selma Fire Chief. Graham’s resume’ includes 24 years of service in the Selma Fire Department. He has served as a Sergeant, Captain, and even worked in administration as a Fire Inspector with the City of Selma. “It gave me a lot of experience looking from an…

JSU President John Beechler Terminated by University

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Dr. John M. Beehler, Dean of Business, Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh and candidate for the Presidency at JSU. Jacksonville State University’s president has been fired. According to reports the school’s attorney, Sam Monk, confirms John Beehler’s termination, without cause, was approved by the school’s Board of Trustees. Monk says Beehler’s duties as president end Tuesday. However, his last day…

Governor’s Panel Tours Aging, Understaffed Prison

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State officials toured a state prison that the corrections commissioner say illustrates the state’s problem with aging facilities. It also shows the state’s ongoing problems with understaffing. The Governor’s Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy on Tuesday toured Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. The maximum-security inmate houses more than 1,000 inmates in facilities originally designed for about 500. Corrections Commissioner…

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