A white Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her unarmed, black neighbor in his home. The jury sentenced Amber Guyger on Wednesday. Guyger was convicted of murder Tuesday in the September 2018 killing of her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean. In Texas, a murder sentence can range from five years to life in…
Municipal offices in Selma are closed because of an employee sickout. According to reports, doors to City Hall were locked Wednesday because workers didn’t report for duty. A statement from Selma Mayor Darrio Melton says employees in a number of city departments took the day off because they want better wages, additional equipment and more staff. Melton is urging City…
The Alabama Ethics Commission found probable cause that a MPS basketball coach may have violated state ethics laws. The Commission voted 5-0 Wednesday morning to refer the case involving former Brewbaker Tech basketball coach Chauncey Shines to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office for review. According to officials with Montgomery Public Schools, the system reported a possible ethics violation at…
The Alabama Ethics Commission found probable cause that a former city councilor and current state senator may have violated state ethics laws. The Commission voted 4-0 Wednesday morning to refer the case involving former Montgomery City Councilor and current State Senator David Burkette to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office for review. The complaint was centered around Burkette’s time as…
An auto parts manufacturer says it’s building a new plant in Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey announced the news Tuesday. She says South Korean company Shinhwa Group is investing $42 million in a facility and will create 95 jobs in Auburn, the company’s first manufacturing facility in the United States. Construction is already underway. Phase 1 of the project is expected…
A woman previously charged with voter fraud has been appointed to a county elections board by Gov. Kay Ivey. According to reports, Ivey appointed 79-year-old Rosie Lyles to the Hale County Board of Registrars on Friday. Lyles was charged with four counts of voter fraud in 2007 and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of possession of a forged instrument. Ivey…
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Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions praised the policies of his former boss President Donald Trump and said he continues to support him. Sessions spoke Tuesday night at a Madison County Republican Party fundraiser in Huntsville. The former attorney general and U.S. senator made no mention of the Trump impeachment probe in his 40 minute speech. Instead he praised Trump’s efforts…
The Alabama Department of Public Health has confirmed the state’s first death from a vaping-associated injury. The death involved a man from East Alabama whose identity hasn’t been released. The death comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues its investigation of an outbreak of lung injury associated with vaping that involves several states. The CDC is…
Montgomery reached 101° yesterday, smashing the record high of 95° set in 1954, but also that 101° was the hottest ever recorded temperature in the city for the month of October. Sadly over the next few days, this new record remains in jeopardy. The very strong upper-ridge remains in place overhead allowing for the very hot and dry weather pattern…
