About 1000 students representing all 14 of Alabama’s public universities were in the capital city to remind lawmakers that higher education is critical to the states economy. “higher education, people with their college degrees staying in the state and making the state better is best for all of us.” The day began with a parade to the State House. Once…
Montgomery City Councilman Richard Bollinger has confirmed to Alabama News Network that he won’t be running in the Alabama House District 74 special election after all. The reason is that he doesn’t live in the district. Bollinger told Alabama News Network that after State Rep. Dimitri Polizos’ death last week which left the seat vacant, he researched the seat and believed…
A six-year-old boy has died in a mobile home fire in Butler County. The fire happened in the 100 block of Prairie Lane. Sheriff Danny Bond has told Alabama News Network the fire happened Tuesday night. A mother and three children were inside. She was able to get two of the children out of a window to safety, but couldn’t…
Our Thursday will feature increasing clouds and rain will move in from the west during the day with the threat of strong storms this evening and overnight. The SPC maintains a “marginal risk” (level 1/5) of severe storms for roughly the western half of Alabama. It really looks like there could be a complex of rain and storms develop along…
A Perry County man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for sexually abusing teen girls. “He would sexually abuse them and then tell them he loved them, but if they told anyone he would kill them,” said District Attorney Michael Jackson. 49-year-old Tony Carver Simmons was sentenced to 9 life sentences that will be served concurrently. He…
Montgomery police say they’re investigating the fatal shooting of a man and the wounding of another man. Police and fire medics responded to Court Street and West South Boulevard Tuesday afternoon to a traffic stop. They say they found a man with a gunshot wound inside the vehicle. Police say the man was taken to Baptist Medical Center South, where…
SPECTACULAR SPRING WEATHER: Tons of sunshine and blue sky across Alabama today and today should be our best day of weather this week. It will be very nice with ample sunshine and highs in the mid 70s for most of South/Central Alabama. THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Clouds will begin to increase Thursday and we will bring the chance of showers and thunderstorms back…
Republican State Representative Terri Collins of Decatur authored the bill. The bill is an attempt to overturn the 1973 Roe-v-Wade decision that made abortion legal in the United States. The Bill as written would ban all abortion in the state of Alabama. There is a loophole in the bill that allows for an abortion in the instance that birth poses…
Montgomery City Councilman Richard Bollinger has announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for the District 74 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. That seat, which represents part of Montgomery, became open with the death of Rep. Dimitri Polizos last week. “Dimitri was a wonderful man and a dear friend. I greatly respected him as a person, a business…
The non-profit group Leadership Montgomery has helped Capitol Heights Middle School with a much-needed facelift. Group members have completely refurbished the teachers workroom. Fresh paint replaced peeling paint on walls and wood floors were refinished after removing stained carpet and cracked tile. The lounge has also been reconfigured to provide more space and a new work table was purchased. “My…
