Today some lawmakers got a first hand look at some of the problems facing Alabama’s prison system. The governors study group on criminal justice policy was at Staton Prison Wednesday  morning. When the Department of Justice issued a report to Alabama claiming that conditions inside state prisons was unconstitutional, overcrowding was one of the issued listed. That report prompted Governor…
Melissa Hill with ASE Credit Union talks mortgages and the pre-approval process. Categories: Money Matters
Melissa Hill with ASE Credit Union talks mortgages and the pre-approval process. Categories: Money Matters
The Montgomery Police Department is searching for the identity and location of a suspect wanted for the robbery of a business. On Thursday, July 25, an male entered the Metro PCS in the 2900 block of Lower Wetumpka Road and produced a handgun. He then, demanded currency from the register and safe. After obtaining an unspecified amount of currency from…
Today’s Morning Pledge, brought to you by ASE Credit Union, is presented by Ms. Delk’s 2nd grade class at Redland Elementary School. Categories: The Morning Pledge
VERY HOT, DRY PATTERN: Tons of sunshine in the sky today and it will be a hot day with highs in the upper 90s. For the rest of the week, the weather should be generally dry, mainly sunny and hot with highs in the mid to perhaps upper 90s each day. Tomorrow a weak surface front will move through the…
The Montgomery Police Department has arrested Carlos Jerido, 26, of Montgomery for Burglary 1st Degree and Sodomy 1st Degree. On Monday, September 2, at about 1:34 p.m., MPD responded to the 500 block of Festival Place after receiving a report of a residential burglary that just occurred. At the scene, they located an adult female victim who said that an…
It’s been six months since a EF-4 tornado shook the Beauregard community in Lee County to its core. 23 people lost their lives, the youngest of them was six years old. Six months later  and efforts to rebuild are still underway. Many residents have rebuilt on their properties, some tracts of land have ongoing construction. The landscape of Beauregard is…
A recent study found a growing number of children don’t read any books at all during the summer. Now a new book is out to help parents instill a love of reading in their kids. More and more children are starting the new school year without having cracked open a single book the entire summer. A Scholastic survey shows 20%…
The Top 25 went 23-0 against unranked teams to open the season, leaving the rankings mostly unchanged: No. 1 Clemson and No. 2 Alabama are at the top of the first regular-season AP college football poll of 2019. The Tigers received 54 first-place votes out of 62 in the media poll, up two from the preseason. The Crimson Tide received…
