From the Troy Newsroom — Two people are recovering following a shooting in Troy over the weekend. Troy police say the shooting happened Saturday night in the 400 block of Aster Avenue. Â A 26-year-old man was airlifted to a Montgomery hospital with life-threatening injuries. Â A woman was also hurt when she was hit with a bullet fragment and glass. If…
Golfer Tiger Woods prepares to sign copies of his new book at a book signing in New York, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Police in south Florida say golf great Tiger Woods has been arrested on a DUI charge. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says on its website that Woods was booked into a county jail around…
A West Alabama prosecutor frustrated by gang violence is asking churches to help in the fight against crime. District Attorney Michael Jackson is launching a program he calls “Adopt-A-Gang Member.” He says the idea is to help gang members feel more worthwhile by getting them involved in churches. Al.com (http://bit.ly/2s31agz ) reports that Jackson held a summit in Selma recently with…
Here’s a list of several Memorial Day Weekend events that are just a short drive away for people in our area: “To Kill a Mockingbird” What: Stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel, performed in historic former courthouse. When: May 26-27 at 7 p.m. Where: Monroe County Heritage Museum, 31 N. Alabama Ave., Monroeville. Admission: $55. Website: http://www.tokillamockingbird.com/the-play/ Art on the…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Selma police say a man was shot during an early morning shootout that involved a police officer at a public housing complex. Capt. Johnny King says the officer was patrolling around GWC Homes when the officer said he heard multiple gunshots. King said the officer then came upon four people who took off running. King…
New census projections show that Montgomery’s population has dropped about 3% since 2010. While it is still Alabama’s second-largest city, fast-growing Huntsville could overtake Montgomery in the coming years. Some Montgomery residents say crime is the reason the city is losing people. District 6 City Councilman Fred Bell held a town hall meeting Thursday night for residents at McKee Middle…
The long Memorial Day travel period is underway. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will not be taking a holiday. Instead, state troopers will be out to make sure people buckle up and obey traffic laws. This year’s official holiday travel period runs from 6 a.m. Friday, May 26, to midnight Monday, May 29. Alabama’s Secretary of Law Enforcement Hal Taylor…
Local Muslim leaders have broken ground on the first mosque in east Montgomery. The mosque will be the first place of worship for Muslims on the east side of town. Â It will be located on Vaughn Road, near the Deer Creek subdivision. Meetings about the construction were held at City Hall and with the Deer Creek neighborhood association, and there…
Montgomery Police say Lalin Sanderson has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that happened late Thursday night. Police say the shooting happened at about 11:30 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Court Street. Officers say the teenage male victim is an acquaintance of Sanderson.  He suffered a serious gunshot wound and was taken to a  hospital…
Alabama has put to death Tommy Arthur, the man who escaped seven prior execution dates for his conviction in a 1982 murder-for-hire. Officials say the 75-year-old inmate was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m. CDT following a lethal injection at a southwest Alabama prison. Arthur was convicted in the fatal shooting of Troy Wicker as he slept in his Muscle Shoals home….
