Montgomery is marking the new year by celebrating Emancipation Day. On Jan. 1, 1866, Montgomery began recognizing the Emancipation Proclamation, signed three years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln to declare freedom for “all persons held as slaves.” Selma Mayor Darrio Melton is speaking Tuesday at an event hosted by the Emancipation Association of Montgomery. The group’s president, Richard Bailey, says…
The Alabama Independent School Association (AISA) Board of Directors announces Michael McLendon as the Executive Director. As the search committee deliberated on the qualities desired of an executive director to lead the association, the committee determined that the individual must possess the following qualifications: a vision to advance the organization, an understanding of the diverse independent schools within the association,…
A group upset about the shooting death of a man by police at a mall gathered at the Alabama attorney general’s neighborhood to protest his taking over the investigation. Sunday night the group went to the reported neighborhood of Attorney General Steve Marshall. The protesters were there about an hour before Montgomery police told them they needed a permit. Twenty-one-year-old…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Tua Tagovailoa threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns and No. 1-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 on Saturday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. The high-scoring Sooners (12-2) reached the postseason despite a porous defense that was no match for Alabama’s diverse attack, and the Crimson Tide led…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Jarrett Stidham threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in his final college game , and Auburn routed Purdue 63-14 in the Music City Bowl on Friday. Auburn (8-5) rolled in the finale of a season that opened with a top-10 ranking, stumbled a bit in the middle and concluded with a record-setting performance. It was…
Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System hosted a town hall meeting to help veterans stay up to date about available benefits. Dozens of veterans gathered at the Montgomery VA clinic to learn more about their available health benefits, including prosthetics. VA officials were there any answer questions. They say they want to help improve the dialogue between the CAVHCS and…
We have an update to that shooting in downtown Montgomery from earlier this week. Police say the suspect, 58-year-old Theron Herbert has now died. Police say he shot and killed his wife, 58-year-old Lana Herbert in the 100 block of Commerce Street Wednesday evening. Police say he then shot himself. Police tell us this was a domestic-violence incident, which has…
Brad Mendheim will remain on the Alabama Supreme Court, despite his defeat at the polls earlier this year. Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed him to fill the vacancy that will be created when Justice Tom Parker becomes Chief Justice in January. Ivey first appointed Mendheim this past January when Justice Glenn Murdock retired. But Mendheim lost to Mobile circuit judge…
There were two shootings less than 24 hours apart in Montgomery this week, and both of them were the result of domestic violence. In the wake of these two crimes we sat down with Tay Knight, Executive Director of Family Sunshine Center. The organization has services available for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and family violence. She says that…
Three suspects were arrested after attempting to smuggle drugs into the Easterling Correctional Facility in Clio on Tuesday. Michael Alley, 39, Priscilla Alley, 34, and John Dasinger, 38, all three of Ozark, were arrested after a K9 unit found quantities of methamphetamines, marijuana, flakka, cell phones, phone chargers, batteries, and other contraband concealed inside two backpacks that belonged to the…
