A South Carolina man has died after a two vehicle crash in Autauga County Monday afternoon. Troopers say 58-year-old Robert Atherton died when the tractor trailer he was driving hit head on by another tractor trailer that had crossed the median from the southbound lanes of I-65. The collision happened on I-65 North about 13 miles north of Prattville. Atherton…
Troy transfer Javan Johnson has signed with Iowa State. The Cyclones announced on Monday that Johnson, who averaged 10.4 points a game last season, will join the team next fall. Johnson will sit out next season due to the NCAA’s transfer guidelines and be eligible to play the next two seasons after that. Johnson, a 6-foot-7 forward, started all 30…
On Thursday, May 9, a federal jury convicted Laquanda Gilmore Garrott, 39, of Montgomery, on ten counts of aiding and assisting the filing of a false federal income tax return, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. and Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman, III of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division. The trial evidence showed that,…
The Supreme Court is shining an unusual public light on its internal squabbling over the death penalty. The justices on Monday released more than 30 pages of new opinions on issues they decided weeks ago. The high court almost never revisits opinions after the fact, but the spats the justices aired Monday involve cases the court ruled on in March…
Students from Montgomery Public Schools eight high schools have received just shy of $74 million dollars in scholarship offers this year – surpassing last year’s record of $71 million. This year’s total includes five students from LAMP who received offers in excess of $1 million each. In 2011 MPS students were offered just over $15 million in scholarships. That number…
Kevin Padlo launched two home runs and Riley O’Brien (1-1) struck out 10 batters over six scoreless innings in the Biscuits (24-13) 5-0 win over the Mississippi Braves (17-19) in what was the final Grand Slam School Day of the year on Monday afternoon at Riverwalk Stadium. Mississippi starter Tucker Davidson (0-2) retired the first six batters he faced, but…
The U.S. Justice Department is stepping in to help fight violent crime and gangs in Selma. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Richard W. Moore, will be in Selma tomorrow to announce a $1 million emergency  grant from the U.S. Dept. of Justice to help local law enforcement. Local law enforcement and city leaders will be present…
Law enforcement agents with the Alabama Department of Corrections Investigations and Intelligence Division made multiple arrests during visitation at the Ventress Facility in Clayton on Saturday. There was two separate incidents. Dionne Perdue Dionne Perdue, 28, of Grady, was arrested for promoting prison contraband after a Correctional Officer found a cell phone and cell phone charger wrapped in black electrical…
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus touched off the Montgomery bus boycott and the beginning of the civil rights movement, is fingerprinted by officer D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 1956. She was among some 100 people charged with violating segregation laws. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick) The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear…
THE WEEK AHEAD : The first half of the week looks very nice for much of the state. Today through Wednesday will be dry, humidity levels will be low and overnight lows will return to the 50s. Highs today and tomorrow will be right around the 80 degree mark, with tons of sunshine. A weak disturbance will be to our…
