Mountain High Outfitters will open its’ 8th Alabama location this fall at The Shoppes at EastChase. The Birmingham-based company offers apparel, footwear and gear for backpacking, bouldering, camping, caving, climbing, hiking, long-boarding, mountaineering, skiing, trail running, slack lining, paddle boarding, biking and yoga. “We are truly excited to be a part of the Montgomery community,” said Christopher Groom, Founder/CEO for…
The Montgomery Police Department is continuing to investigate the discharging of a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle following a Saturday evening shooting that occurred near the intersection of Woodley Road and East Fairview Avenue. On Saturday, August 3, around 6:40 p.m., MPD responded to the intersection of Woodley Road and East Fairview Avenue in reference to a shooting. At the…
FOR OUR MONDAY: To start the work week, rain chances will remain elevated and today will once again feature numerous showers and storms, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. With a mix of sun and clouds, highs will once again range from the upper 80s to lower 90s. REST OF WEEK: Tuesday through Friday look to feature pretty pretty…
The Autauga County Sheriff’s Office says a man has been charged with killing a woman this afternoon. Deputies say James Warren Thomas, 54, is being held on a $150,000 bond for domestic violence-related murder. This afternoon, deputies responded to the 1400 block of County Road 161 in Marbury on a possible fight between a man and woman. Deputies say upon…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Properly educating students who are learning English as a second language is proving to be a significant challenge for Montgomery County schools. Students who don’t speak English as their primary language make up nearly one-quarter of the student population and the Montgomery Advertiser reports that adequate funding and training for teachers don’t exist, causing caseloads be…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – More than 150 previously unlicensed daycares in Alabama have gotten licensed by the state in order to continue receiving childcare subsidies. A 2018 state law required centers to get licensed by Aug. 1 to continue receiving the payments that help low and moderate-income families pay for childcare. Alabama’s Department of Human Resources said there had been…
Around 2:50 a.m. Sunday morning, hundreds in cash was stolen from Moe’s Original Bar B Que in Cloverdale. Owner Hill Lubin said security footage shows a masked individual smashing through the window of a glass door with a brick. The suspect then used an outside chair to climb through the window and pry the cash register open. Lubin said $800-900…
Montgomery police say they’ve made an arrest in the shooting death of a man last night. Police say they’ve charged 22-year-old Markel Thomas of Montgomery with murder in the killing of 40-year-old Derrick Blount. Police say they found Blount dead in the 4800 block of Mobile Highway shortly after 9:30PM. Police say the shooting actually happened in the 3400 block…
Authorities work at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Several people in Ohio have been killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Early this morning, nine people were killed in a nightlife area of…
Texas state police cars block the access to the Walmart store in the aftermath of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)…
