We are forecasting sunny days with lower humidity and clear cool nights, the next couple of days. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s, and lows will be in the lower 60s. We note, some of the high-res models are trying to show a few isolated showers east of the I-65 corridor today; not actually sure if these…
The surface front is pushing southward through Alabama and we are going to see the rain finally wind down from north to south across the state today. Behind the front, a new air mass flows into the state and this will allow us to remove rain chances from the forecast for a few days. The front will bring a nice…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says his office is helping in a joint state and federal investigation into current and former employees of the Selma Police Department. “The joint investigation will include an audit of the police department’s evidence room in the wake of recent reports of missing items from the department’s vault,” Marshall said in a written statement. Marshall…
Not much change today as showers and thunderstorms are likely as a cold front approaches Alabama from the north. As we have seen the last week, this will not be an “all day” rain, but passing showers and storms are expected at anytime. Highs this afternoon should be in the lower to mid 80s, which is below average for early…
A man is behind bars after Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said he killed a woman and left her body in a well on her property. Authorities say 59-year-old Jane Huddleston was found dead around 8:00 a.m. Monday . Deputies have charged 41-year-old David Helms, who lived with Huddleston, with murder. Helms is in the Elmore County Jail. Sheriff Franklin…
This muggy pattern continues across Central Alabama and we’ll continue to have a risk of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the area today and tomorrow. Rain will be possible at anytime, but thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon hours. Otherwise, when it is not raining, the sky will be mainly cloudy, and afternoon highs will be in the…
The Alabama Department of Corrections says it’s arrested five correctional officers on charges of using their positions as correctional officers for personal gain following a three-month investigation at the Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore. ADOC says it started its investigation after getting information of a suspected bribery scheme involving officers and inmates. In return for giving inmates drugs and cellphones,…
A woman has pleaded guilty to capital murder in connection with the 2014 death of a 23-month-old boy in Montgomery. The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office says Natasha Cottrell entered the plea during her trial last week. Cottrell was charged with capital murder after a 23-month-old child she was living with died. The murder happened in April 2014 at a home…
Chilton, Macon and Tallapoosa counties are among the 19 counties in Alabama that are getting grant money to provide better access to high-tech medical care. In a statement, Gov. Kay Ivey announced the services are being provided through a $139,650 Appalachian Regional Commission grant. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) plans to use the money to build and deploy telehealth…
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) says state troopers are investigating four traffic fatalities and two boating deaths statewide during the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. The period ran from 6 a.m. Friday, May 26 to midnight Monday, May 29. In a statement, ALEA says this year’s four traffic deaths were less than half of the 11 fatalities troopers investigated in 2016…
