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SPLC: Hate Groups at All-time High in 2018

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An organization that tracks white supremacists and other far-right extremists says its annual count of “hate groups” has reached the highest level in more than two decades. The Southern Poverty Law Center says the 1,020 hate groups it counted in 2018 is the most since 2011 and the highest number since it broadened its survey of such groups in the…

Rain and Storms in the Forecast

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The warm front moves north through the state today and we are going to maintain the threat for rain and occasional storms across the area. We could deal with a few strong storms as we head into the afternoon and the SPC has outlined portions of West Alabama in a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) for severe storms. Today will be…

MPS Board Votes No on Charter School Contract

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The Montgomery County School Board voted no Tuesday to a contract offer that would have put the charter schools conversion in motion. Members of the board said they did not have enough time to review a copy of the contract before making a decision. The school board had 60 days to approve the contract but did not get  a copy…

Contract for Charter School Conversion Fails to Pass at Montgomery County School Board

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A contract to convert some Montgomery Public Schools into charter schools failed to pass at a meeting of the Montgomery County school board this afternoon. The proposed contract was presented by the Montgomery Education Foundation. MEF had received approval by the state department of education to create the first conversion charter schools by the fall. Now it appears there will…

Update: Montgomery Escapee Recaptured in Birmingham

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Alabama News Network has learned that an escapee from Montgomery has been recaptured. The Alabama Department of Corrections says 48-year-old Fleurette Esmerelda Martin was caught around 7:30 this morning in Birmingham by the Birmingham Police Department. Martin was reported missing after corrections officials say she left her assigned job location at approximately 1:00 Monday morning. She had been sentenced in 2008 to…

Linden Newspaper Editorial Comes Under Fire for Supporting the KKK

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The publisher and editor of The Democrat-Reporter newspaper in the Marengo County town of Linden is coming under fire for an editorial he wrote that calls for the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan as a way to clean up politics in Washington. The editorial begins with the line: “Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again.”  It…

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