Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the first black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the MVP award in both leagues, has died. He was 83. Robinson had been in hospice care at his home in Bel Air. MLB confirmed his death Thursday. Robinson hit 586 career home runs and won the Triple Crown while leading…
A man accused of molesting a horse is now accused of trying to break into a Mobile County home with a stun gun and a sex toy. Report say Daniel James Bennett, 19, was arrested Monday on charges including attempted burglary. Mobile County Sheriff’s deputies say Bennett was knocking on doors in an Irvington neighborhood and tried climbing through one…
Authorities say an Montgomery teenager has been accused of abducting another teenager from West Virginia and driving her to South Carolina. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel says Yashar King, 19, was arraigned on an abduction charge Wednesday in Wood County Magistrate Court in West Virginia. The complaint says the Montgomery resident met the 14-year-old girl on January 26 at the…
Southern regional banks BB&T and SunTrust are combining in an all-stock deal valued at about $66 billion. The banks said Thursday that the combined company will be the sixth-largest U.S. bank based on assets and deposits. It will have approximately $442 billion in assets, $301 billion in loans and $324 billion in deposits serving more than 10 million households. The…
The Alabama Ethics Commission has cleared a district attorney of a complaint that he improperly paid an employee. According to reports, the ethics panel investigated a complaint that 19th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Randall Houston improperly paid an employee from grand funds. Houston is in his third term as prosecutor for Autauga, Chilton and Elmore counties. He said the complaint…
Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it proceed with the execution of an inmate who won a stay on religious grounds. The Alabama attorney general’s office on Wednesday asked justices to vacate an execution stay for Dominique Ray. Ray’s execution was scheduled for Thursday. Ray, who is Muslim, is asking that his imam replace a Christian prison…
SPRING PREVIEW CONTINUES: Today will be generally dry with a mix of sun and clouds, and we project a high in the lower 80s. The record high today for Montgomery is 81° set in 1957, we are forecasting a high of 82°. A cold front will push through late tonight with some scattered showers, but at this time there is…
Someone is killing deer in Autaugaville , cutting off heads, and leaving the whole carcass on the side of the road. Luther Atwell made the discovery when driving back from visiting a friend on County Road 3. “You got people out here killing deer and just throwing them out after they cut the heads off. I mean its unreal.” The…
Today in a statement emailed to Alabama News Network, Montgomery Co. Probate Judge Steven Reed announced his candidacy for mayor of Montgomery. In the statement, Reed said he will announce the details of his campaign kickoff event and will release the members of his campaign leadership team soon. “I reached this decision after much prayer and many discussions with family,…
FEELING LIKE SPRING: Alabama’s weather won’t change much today with more clouds than sun, and there will be some risk of scattered showers…but nothing really heavy or widespread. Look for a high in the mid to upper 70s. Thursday will be generally dry with a mix of sun and clouds, and we project a high in the near 80°, very…
