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21 States Ask US Supreme Court to Hear Alabama Abortion Case

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Twenty-one states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let Alabama ban a commonly used second trimester abortion procedure. The states filed a brief with the high court Monday asking justices to review the constitutionality of the Alabama law that was blocked by lower courts. Justices haven’t said if they’ll hear the case. The 2016 law banned the procedure known…

Officer Won’t be Charged in Fatal Thanksgiving Riverchase Galleria Shooting

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today informed the Hoover Police Department and the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation that he has concluded that the Hoover police officer who shot and killed Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr. at the Riverchase Galleria mall on November 22, 2018, did not commit a crime under Alabama law and thus will not be criminally charged for…

Warm is the Word

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Unseasonably warm weather will highlight much of the work week as temperatures will be running 15-20 degrees above average through Thursday, with afternoon highs in the 70-80 degree range for a very nice spring preview. Scattered showers remain possible today, but they should become fewer in number Wednesday and Thursday as an upper ridge noses in here from the south….

MPD Officer Injured in Off-Duty Assault

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A Montgomery police officer has been injured while helping with a dispute at an apartment complex. The incident appears to have taken place at the Stratford Village apartments, off Woodmere Boulevard. Police say the officer, who was off-duty, was called in to help with a dispute between two tenants and management staff. They say the dispute turned physical, and the…

Changes at the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce

Anna Buckalew to Replace the Retiring Randy George
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The Board of Directors of the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that President Randy George will retire on April 1.  Chamber Executive Vice President Anna Buckalew has been elected President and CEO, effective April 2. “The Chamber has been richly blessed to have had Randy George leading this organization for the past 30 years as president, and, prior…

Proud Boys Founder Sues SPLC Over Hate Group Label

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The founder of a far-right men’s group called the Proud Boys is suing the Southern Poverty Law Center for labeling the organization a hate group. Gavin McInnes filed the defamation lawsuit Monday in federal court in Alabama. The lawsuit contends the designation is false and damaged his career. McInnes was a co-founder of Vice Media. He founded the Proud Boys,…

Unseasonably Warm Week

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UNSEASONABLY WARM WEEK: Not a lot of change in the day to day forecast for the week ahead as it will be unseasonably warm with spotty showers. Today will once again see highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s, but mid to upper 70s are in the forecast Tuesday through Thursday, and we may even have so 80s in…

What is Shape Note Singing?

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Today people gathered at the State Department of History and Archives to participate in a unique way of singing. Shape note singing was originally  developed to help people learn how to read music. The art form is still popular practice in Alabama. Shape note singing is an early American form of hymn singing. It started in New England and eventually…

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