Alabama News Network now has more information on the wreck that killed an on-duty volunteer firefighter in Coosa County. Alabama State Troopers say 45-year-old Michael Wayne Johnston of Equality was killed when the tanker truck he was driving hit an embankment and overturned. The wreck happened just before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Investigators say Johnston was thrown out of the…
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is opening its 48th season with the play “Pipeline”. Alabama News Network got a sneak peek by talking with the director and the actors. The play dramatizes the pipeline from school to prison. It tells the story of a mother fighting to give her son a better future, while highlighting the social dynamics of race and…
My daughter’s phone is almost always low on battery. When I asked her why recently she said she didn’t know and that it had been connected to a charger for 2 hours in the car. I asked which charger and she pointed to the USB port in the glove box. I pointed out the problem of this and my wife…
According to the robocall blocking app YouMail, October and November are typically the busiest times of the year for people to receive robocalls. According to YouMail’s robocall index history, In October 2018, more than 5.1 million robocalls were placed which was a million more than in July 2018. If you have an iPhone Apple has introduced a new feature that…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
