MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The government says hundreds of people have sought federal aid since a tornado killed nearly two dozen people in east Alabama this spring. A statement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency says 817 homeowners and renters have applied for disaster assistance since the March 3 twister. More than $1.2 million has gone to Lee County residents…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A group for Alabama historians has elected its first African-American president after more than 70 years in existence. The Alabama Historical Association has elected Wetumpka native Franzine Taylor as president for the upcoming year. Taylor works in the archives department at Alabama State University in Montgomery. An announcement from the school says she’s the first black…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A new license allowing bait to be used in the hunting of white-tailed deer and feral pigs in Alabama is now on sale. Al.com reports that the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is issuing the annual bait privilege license after a new law was passed. The Alabama Legislature approved the baited hunting measure last…
Several law enforcement agencies responded to a call on Friday afternoon after a female suspect jumped out of a window to escape from two Andalusia Police officers. According to the Andalusia Police Department,  Investigators Tawona Ryce and Sgt. Gene Jackson attempted to make contact with Cortney Inman at a residence on Walding Road in Opp. While at the residence, Inman jumped out…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama inmate’s attorney has asked the governor to halt his Thursday lethal injection. Michael Brandon Samra was 19 when he participated in the 1997 slayings of four people, including two children. Samra’s attorney sent a letter to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey asking for a reprieve. He wrote there’s growing concern about the appropriateness of the…
Montgomery police are investigating after a man walked into Jackson Hospital with a gunshot wound and later died. Meanwhile, police say the man accused of shooting him has also died after a wreck fleeing the scene. Police say late last night, they went to the hospital after 40-year-old Daniel McCall Montgomery had walked in with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He…
The funeral for one of the first black members of the Alabama Legislature will be held in the same church where his daughter died in a racist bombing in 1963. A service for Chris McNair will be held May 17 at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. McNair’s daughter, Denise McNair, was among four black girls killed when Ku Klux…
A Prattville man says he was the target of a phone scam claiming to be from the Autauga County Sheriffs Office. The man says he received a call, and a male voice on the other end of the line said he was from the Autauga County Sheriffs Office. The man was told he had two warrants out for his arrest…
United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Anthony Ellis, 34, of Selma was sentenced to 100 months for possession of a .38 caliber Rohm pistol after being convicted of a felony. On January 28, Ellis was found guilty after a jury trial in Selma, being a felon in possession of a firearm. The…
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has announced that two airports in our area as well as three others in the state will get $20.8 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants. Franklin Field in Union Springs is scheduled to receive $3,866,048 for construction of a runway. Vaiden Field in Marion will get $2,262,634 for the continuation of construction on a…
