The suspected shooter at Blount Elementary, Isaiah Johnson, escaped the mental health treatment facility that a judge sent him to. Montgomery police charged Johnson, 38 with first-degree escape after responding to a call on August 24, at about 9:13 p.m. in the 3900 block of Beth Manor Drive. The complainant advised Johnson escaped their facility. He was located by MPD…
Courtesy of ALGOP Facebook The Alabama Republican Party is against a proposal to replace the state’s elected school board with one appointed by the governor. The state party’s executive committee voted Saturday to oppose the constitutional amendment before state voters in March. The decision breaks with Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and Republican Senate Pro Tem Del Marsh who have endorsed…
Governor Kay Ivey announced today that the Alabama Department of Commerce has opened a business development office in Stuttgart, Germany, to enhance the state’s strategic efforts to attract European companies considering job-creating investments in the U.S. Christoph Doerr, an experienced German businessman who spent seven years in charge of an industrial operation in Alabama, serves as the director of the…
Five companies are expressing interest in building new prisons for the state of Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday that five firms responded to a “request for qualifications” to build the three proposed prisons. “The first steps in my plan to revitalize Alabama’s prisons are to generate interest from qualified developer teams, and we have been successful,” Governor Ivey said….
MONDAY/TUESDAY: These two days will feature periods of rain and scattered thunderstorms with some heavy rain and lightning. Expect more clouds than sunshine and highs should continue to hold into the mid to upper 80s. You’ll definitely want to take the umbrella with you to school or work these days. MIDWEEK FRONT: A surface front will push into Alabama by…
Credit: Montgomery Fire/Rescue Montgomery fire officials are looking into the cause of a mobile home fire. According to Montgomery Fire/Rescue, crews were dispatched to Phlox Lane on Saturday night to a possible structure fire. Once on scene, fire crews encountered a mobile home engulfed with flames. All occupants were out of the home and accounted for. No injuries were reported….
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Republican Party is against a proposal to replace the state’s elected school board with one appointed by the governor. The state party’s executive committee voted Saturday to oppose the constitutional amendment before state voters in March. The decision breaks with Republican Gov. Kay Ivey and Republican Senate Pro Tem Del Marsh who have endorsed…
Saturdays in the South mean football, and the 150th year of college football in America kicked off right here in the Capital City. Brutal heat greeted fans at Montgomery’s Cramton Bowl for the 2PM kickoff, but the heat didn’t drain the spirits of fans ready to see some football. “It’s exciting to be here to see the college season kick…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Some south Alabama breweries are working on a new beer to benefit a nonprofit environmental group that works to protect the state’s coast. Six breweries in Mobile and Baldwin County are teaming up to produce an ale called “Friends in Low Places IPA” as a fundraiser for the Alabama Coastal Foundation. The New England-style India pale…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Events in Alabama on Sunday will mark the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans being brought to colonial America. Communities across the nation are marking a “Day of Healing” recognizing the 400 years since the arrival of slaves to colonial Jamestown, Virginia. Africatown, a community formed by freed slaves after the Civil War, is hosting a Day…
