All of us at Alabama News Network want to remember a true legend of television broadcasting in Montgomery. Longtime meteorologist Dan Atkinson has died at 71. Atkinson is best known for his decades presenting the weather on WSFA, but he also spent some years doing weather and news for our ABC station WNCF and worked for The Weather Channel in…
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Alabama News Network is covering the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate between Sen. Luther Strange and Roy Moore. Click here for the latest election results. The winner of the GOP runoff will move on to face Democratic nominee, former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, in the general election on Dec. 12. Categories: Montgomery Metro, News, South Alabama, Statewide, Troy, West Alabama
Our weather stays very warm and dry through Thursday; highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s, with mild nights in the 60s. The air will dry out some in the coming days due to a northerly flow around the west side of the circulation of Hurricane Maria. The northerly flow means drier air filters into the state and will…
FIRST HALF OF WEEK: Not much change in the overall pattern and rain chances look pretty slim Monday through Wednesday. Highs will be well up in the 80s and lower 90s will show up on the maps as well. The sky will feature more sun than clouds, with just some of those fair weather cumulus clouds floating by from time…
Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies and CrimeStoppers are searching for a man wanted on murder and other charges in the Pike Road area. Investigators say Anfernee “Mook” Sledge is wanted for several burglaries and the breaking and entering of vehicles. He is 19 years old and is 5’6″ and 150 pounds. Investigators say Sledge’s last known address was in the 300…
Alabama News Network political analyst Steve Flowers has analysis of Thursday’s debate between U.S. Sen. Luther Strange and Roy Moore. The candidates will face each other in a Republican primary runoff on Tuesday. Strange and Moore appeared at a moderator-less debate in Montgomery. Flowers told our Senior Political Reporter Tim Lennox whether he thought either candidate changed the course of…
Montgomery County officials say they continue making progress in recovering from a ransomware attack on several county government computer systems this week. As of Thursday morning, county leaders gave this update: -The Sheriff’s Office is operating except for pistol permits but that system should be working later today. -Information System Department spent most of the night at probate satellite offices…
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Former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin will campaign for Roy Moore in Montgomery on Thursday. She will be a part of a bus tour that will stop at the Union Station Train Shed. Moore is facing Sen. Luther Strange in a Republican runoff on Tuesday. The Great America Alliance says that Palin will attend a rally after Moore and Strange…
