ALEA Marine Patrol troopers announce the arrest of one of the boat operators involved in the accident that took the lives of two people on Lake Jordan on July 4. Damion Bruno, 41, of Clanton, was arrested on Monday, July 29. Bruno is being charged with two counts of murder, one count of first degree assault, one count of 2nd…
Montgomery police are conducting a homicide investigation following the shooting death of Kenneth Sanders, 55, of Montgomery late last night. Police say they and fire medics responded to the 200 block of Conley Circle at about 10:45 p.m. That’s where they say they found Sanders dead of a bullet wound. Police are still investigating what led to the fatal shooting….
Leon Terrell Flowers, 23, of Troy, has been arrested and charged in the robbery-homicide at the J&S Buy Rite gas station in Brundidge. He has been charged with Capital Murder and Robbery. The incident occurred Wednesday, July 24 just after 6:00 a.m. The clerk of the store, Neil Kumar, was fatally shot during the course of the store being robbed….
On Sunday, July 28, 2019 at about 11:00 p.m., MPD and Fire Medics responded to the 700 block of Clinton Street after receiving a report of a subject shot. There, they located an adult male who had sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound. There have been no arrests and there is no further information available for release at this time….
THE FINAL DAYS OF JULY: Hot and mainly dry weather is expected for Monday as highs once again climb into the lower and mid 90s. For Tuesday and Wednesday, a few more scattered showers/storms are expected with the approach of a weak surface boundary, but even then, rain chances should only be in the 20-30% range. Highs these two days…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say they’re seeing an alarming rise in gun violence against Alabama law enforcement officers. Al.com reports that three Alabama police officers were killed in the first half of this year. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, two Alabama law officers died in the line of duty in all of 2018. One officer…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A memorial service will be held for an Alabama prison search dog that died after helping authorities discover synthetic marijuana. The Alabama Department of Corrections says “Jake” will be honored on Tuesday. The dog became ill during a contraband search at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore. Jake alerted authorities to a substance that turned out to…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – An Alabama family is continuing its fight for new safety rules for restaurant grease traps across the nation. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that Corrie Andrews’ 3-year-old daughter, Sadie Grace, died in October 2017 at an Auburn ice cream shop. She fell through the plastic covering of an underground grease trap at the establishment. Andrews says this…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – A judge will consider a police officer’s request for immunity in a 2016 fatal shooting in Montgomery. Defense lawyers argue Aaron Smith was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed 58-year-old-Greg Gunn. Smith currently faces murder charges related to the shooting. District Attorney Daryl Bailey objected to the request saying the previous judge in the…
We’ve hit the road for another Your Town Friday. As we highlight Alabama State Parks in our area, we take a trip to Opp in Covington County to see Frank Jackson State Park. This is one of the smaller state parks in Alabama, but there is still plenty to do. There is a 1,000 acre lake that is 26 feet…
