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Montgomery Police Launch Two Homicide Investigations

The Montgomery Police Department is conducting two homicide investigations involving separate cases. In one case, 56-year-old Jerome Nowden died after being wounded in an assault on Aug. 16. Police say Nowden had been taken to Jackson Hospital with what had first been thought to be a non-life-threatening injury. Nowden died a week later. Police say they later determined he had…

“Stuff the Truck” Is a Big Success

We want to thank all of you who helped Alabama News Network with the 3rd annual “Stuff the Truck” food drive on Saturday. We helped the “Tie and Doll” organization collect food for the Montgomery Food for Kids Backpack program for children who might otherwise go hungry. We were at the Sturbridge Winn-Dixie store all day Saturday, where we collected…

Alabama News Network Sports Premieres “Pepsi LACEUP”

Alabama News Network is hitting the football field for the start of the high school football season. This season, we’re calling our Friday night show “Pepsi LACEUP”, which will feature the entire sports team covering high school games and previewing the college action. Join sports director Adam Solomon along with sports analyst John Longshore as your hosts, with Darrell Puckett…

Gov. Kay Ivey Files Paperwork to Run for Full Term

Alabama News Network has confirmed through the Alabama Sec. of State’s Office that Gov. Kay Ivey has filed the paperwork needed to run for a full term in office.  An office spokesman says the account was created today. Ivey created an LLC on Aug. 18 listing Nimrod Frazer of Montgomery as her treasurer, according to the Sec. of State’s Office….

Changes in the Days Ahead

A weak frontal boundary will continue to slide south from the north and the boundary will yield better rain chances area wide as we are expecting an increase in showers and storms. Severe weather is not likely at this point, but a few storms could be strong with winds up to 40 MPH. The sky will be occasionally cloudy, and…

Standard August Weather

THE ECLIPSE HAS COME AND GONE: Well as a scientist, I can say that certainly was a show and hopefully you were able to go outside and witness the spectacular celestial event, but if not, there will be another one in seven years, and in 2045 another one occurs which will put much of Alabama in the area of complete…

Alabamians Pause to Watch Solar Eclipse

People gathering at Adams Drugs in Millbrook to see the eclipse. Alabamians across the state are stopping what they’d normally be doing on a Monday afternoon to witness the solar eclipse. In Montgomery, roughly 90% of the sun will be covered by the moon around 1:34 PM CDT. At the W.A. Gayle Planetarium, crowds are gathering to see the eclipse…

Great American Eclipse Weather

THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE: Well, the time is here for the biggest celestial event of the year, and the first total solar eclipse for the U.S. since 1979. Good news, the dry weather pattern holds for the event and it looks like a good day to watch a solar eclipse. We are forecasting a partly to mostly sunny sky, with…

Noon Update: Hot and Humid, Only Isolated Storms

LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE AUGUST TO ME: It will be hot and humid across Alabama, with a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the lower 90s and the heat index will be over 100° in spots. We are going to see a weak frontal boundary push south through the state, and it will likely produce…